Title
A NEW GAS CELL FOR HIGH-PRECISION DOPPLER MEASUREMENTS IN THE NEAR-INFRARED
Abbreviated Journal Title
Astrophys. J.
Keywords
instrumentation: spectrographs; stars: low-mass; techniques: radial; velocities; RADIAL-VELOCITY MEASUREMENTS; LASER FREQUENCY COMBS; SPECTROGRAPHS; CALIBRATION; PLANETS; Astronomy & Astrophysics
Abstract
High-resolution spectroscopy in the near-infrared could become the leading method for discovering extra-solar planets around very low mass stars and brown dwarfs. In order to help to achieve an accuracy of similar to m s(-1), we are developing a gas cell which consists of a mixture of gases whose absorption spectral lines span all over the near-infrared region. We present the most promising mixture, made of acetylene, nitrous oxide, ammonia, chloromethanes, and hydrocarbons. The mixture is contained in a small size 13 cm long gas cell and covers most of the H and K bands. It also shows small absorptions in the J band, but they are few and not sharp enough for near-infrared wavelength calibration. We describe the working method and experiments, and compare our results with the state of the art for near-infrared gas cells.
Journal Title
Astrophysical Journal
Volume
715
Issue/Number
2
Publication Date
1-1-2010
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
1366
Last Page
1369
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0004-637X
Recommended Citation
"A NEW GAS CELL FOR HIGH-PRECISION DOPPLER MEASUREMENTS IN THE NEAR-INFRARED" (2010). Faculty Bibliography 2010s. 878.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2010/878
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