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Precision Radial Velocities in the Near Infrared with TEDI James Lloyd (Cornell University) Do there exist many worlds, or is there but a single world? This is one of the most noble and exalted questions in the study of Nature.


  1. Precision Radial Velocities in the Near Infrared with TEDI James Lloyd (Cornell University) “Do there exist many worlds, or is there but a single world? This is one of the most noble and exalted questions in the study of Nature.” -Albertus Magnus 1193-1280 Wednesday, August 18, 2010

  2. Outline • M dwarfs & Infrared RV Declare victory: 60/40 by talk emphasis • Transits • Accuracy, precision and efficiency • TripleSpec Exoplanet Discovery Instrument Wednesday, August 18, 2010

  3. A brief history of Exoplanets De l'Infinito, Universo e Mondi (1584) , “Thus is the excellence of God magnified and the greatness of his kingdom made manifest; He is glorified not in one, but in countless suns; not in a single earth, a single world, but in a thousand thousand, I say in an infinity of worlds!” Executed in 1600 Giordano Bruno Wednesday, August 18, 2010

  4. Rate of Discovery Wednesday, August 18, 2010

  5. The Pothole of Comte’s Positivism ! “we can determine the shapes, distances, sizes, and motions of celestial bodies, but never, by any means, will we be able to study their chemical compositions. ” Auguste Comte, 1835 Wednesday, August 18, 2010

  6. Mass + Size = Density Wednesday, August 18, 2010

  7. Transits ! Astrophysics ! Zapolsky & Salpeter 1969 credit: J. Fortney Wednesday, August 18, 2010

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  11. Transiting planets around M-dwarfs enables detection of Earth-radius planets from the ground Secondary Transit In R-J limit: Wednesday, August 18, 2010

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  15. There is no gas cell analog of Iodine cell technique for M dwarfs For calibration derived from an absorption cell, precision is set by the smaller of Q star and Q abs Wednesday, August 18, 2010

  16. Line vs Continuum Opacity Wednesday, August 18, 2010

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  19. Think Picket Fence Wednesday, August 18, 2010

  20. Picket Fence = Moiré = Vernier Caliper = Beat Frequency = Spatial Frequency Heterodyning Wednesday, August 18, 2010

  21. Moiré is a heterodyning effect Spectral Frequency Components 21 Wednesday, August 18, 2010

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  23. First Fringes Dec 30 2007 Wednesday, August 18, 2010

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  28. Summary • Accuracy, not just precision is critical for the M dwarf opportunity • T-EDI is achieving ~20 ms -1 intranight, 40 ms -1 night-to- night, 80 ms -1 month-to-month precision • Accuracy is 12 m/s BarnardStar-Hale-decihr -1/2 • = 1 philmuirhead -1 Wednesday, August 18, 2010

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