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Chapter and Conference Paper
ESPRESSO: A High Resolution Spectrograph for the Combined Coudé Focus of the VLT
In the frame of the call for proposal for the E-ELT instrumentation studies, the CODEX team carried out the feasibility study for a spectrograph for extremely stable Doppler measurements. The CODEX project and...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
From ESPRESSO to CODEX
CODEX and ESPRESSO are concepts for ultra-stable, high-resolution spectrographs at the E-ELT and VLT, respectively. Both instruments are well motivated by distinct sets of science drivers. However, ESPRESSO wi...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Transiting Planets: Follow the FLAMES...
The identification of transiting planets candidates and their a posteriori confirmation and characterization by means of spectroscopic follow-up is allowing us to study the internal physics of these planets. H...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The PRIMA Astrometric Planet Search Project
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Codex
Many talks in this conference have shown the power of high resolution spectroscopy, coupled to high precision. A new spectrograph, fed by an Extremely Large Telescope, will have such a huge collecting power th...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Planet Detection Around M Dwarfs: New Constraints on Planet Formation Models
The dependence of planetary statistics on the physical conditions during the initial stages of the system (i.e. in the proto-planetary disk) represent an essential constraint on planetary formation mechanisms....
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Pushing Down the Limits of the Radial Velocity Technique
We present results from the first three years of operations of the HARPS spectrograph installed on the ESO-3.6m telescope at La Silla Observatory, Chile. This instrument, primarily built to detect extrasolar p...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
High-resolution Spectroscopy of Faint Stars with Transiting Planets
We present a series of studies based on high-resolution UVES/VLT spectroscopy of several faint stars for which a transit by a giant planet has been detected. The spectra were used to derive accurate stellar pa...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Towards High-Precision Astrometry: Diferential Delay Lines for PRIMA@VLTI
Deriving orbital parameters and masses of extrasolar planets by means of measuring the variation of the host star positions requires an astrometric accuracy of 10 microarcsec. To achieve this goal, a consortiu...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The HARPS Project
To pursue a competitive programme in the domain of extra-solar planet search, ESO proposed to build HARPS (High-Accuracy Radial-velocity Planetary Search), a new high-resolution spectrograph to be installed on...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Extrasolar Planets in the Southern Hemisphere: The CORALIE Survey
We are conducting a large survey to detect extrasolar planets by high precision Doppler spectroscopy using the new swiss Euler telescope and the spetrograph CORALIE. The sample includes 1600 nearby G and K sta...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
The CORALIE Planet-Search Sample
This short contribution presents a description of the CORALIE sample selection of more than 1600 dwarf stars for the planet-search programme on the 1.2-m Euler Swiss telescope at La Silla. The instrumentation,...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Epicurus was Right: Other Worlds Exist!
The discovery of the first planet orbiting a solar type star acted on all groups working in that field as a tremendeous stimulation. Nine months after the discovery of 51 Peg B, five planetary companions have ...