Laser frequency combs for precision astrophysical spectroscopy

Searches for extrasolar planets using the periodic Doppler shift of stellar spectral lines resulting from the motion of the host star around the barycentre of an extrasolar system have recently achieved a precision of 60 cm/s. To find a 1-Earth-mass planet in an Earth-like orbit, a precision of 5 cm...

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Main Authors: Li, Chih-Hao (Author), Benedick, Andrew J. (Contributor), Cramer, Claire E. (Author), Chang, Guoqing (Contributor), Chen, Li-Jin (Contributor), Fendel, Peter (Contributor), Furesz, Gabor (Author), Glenday, Alexander G. (Author), Kaertner, Franz X. (Contributor), Phillips, David E. (Author), Sasselov, Dimitar (Author), Szentgyorgyi, Andrew (Author), Walsworth, Ronald L. (Author)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Research Laboratory of Electronics (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2010-11-05T17:40:05Z.
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