Part II
  Tuesday 14 July
  15:55-16:10
  
  CARMENES: Calar Alto high-Resolution search for M dwarfs with Exoearths with
  Near-infrared and optical Échelle Spectrographs (3.5m CAHA) 
  
  Andreas Quirrenbach
  (LSW/ZAH, Germany)
  
  CARMENES is a next-generation instrument being built for the 3.5m telescope at
  the Calar Alto Observatory by a consortium of German and Spanish institutions.
  It consists of two separated spectrographs covering the wavelength ranges from
  0.5 to 1.0 mum and from 1.0 to 1.7 mum with spectral resolutions R = 82,000,
  each of which shall perform simultaneous high-accuracy radial-velocity
  measurements (~1 m s-1) with long-term stability. The fundamental science
  objective of CARMENES is to carry out a survey of ~300 late-type main-sequence
  stars with the goal of detecting low-mass planets in their habitable zones. We
  aim at being able to detect 2 MEarth planets in the habitable zone of M5V
  stars. The CARMENES first light is expected to occur in Summer 2015.