Design, Assembly and Test of G-CLEF’s Exposure Meter I: Design Trade-off and First Conclusions

Henrique Lupinari*, Sagi Ben-Ami, Rafael Ribeiro, Claudia Mendes de Oliveira, Andrew Szentgyorgyi

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Abstract

This project aims to formulate, design, build and test a versatile, high-efficiency, low-resolution spectrograph to function as the G-CLEF (GMT-Consortium Large Earth Finder) exposure meter. G-CLEF, the first-generation Giant Magellan Telescope’s (GMT) instrument, is a state-of-the-art, high-resolution echelle spectrograph for the GMT, expected to be completed for the telescope’s first light. The exposure meter plays a vital role in adjusting Barycentric Corrections (BC) of Doppler radial velocity (RV) by accounting for Earth’s chromatic atmospheric influences. Its significance becomes pronounced in Extreme Precision RV (EPRV) measurements, where the atmosphere’s wavelength dependency contributes to errors at the scale of tens of centimeters per second, the same level of precision required for detecting Earth-analog planets orbiting stars similar to the Sun, aligning with one of the primary scientific objectives of G-CLEF. This paper explores the scientific motivation in detail, describes the design trade-off analysis and the performance simulations aiming to achieve 1cm/s precision on EPRV measurements, and outlines the resulting principal parameters derived from these analyses.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationOptical Instrument Science, Technology, and Applications III
EditorsHolger Munz, Breann N. Sitarski, Richard N. Youngworth
PublisherSPIE
Number of pages13
ISBN (Electronic)9781510673663
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Jun 2024
EventOptical Instrument Science, Technology, and Applications III 2024 - Strasbourg, France
Duration: 10 Apr 202411 Apr 2024

Publication series

SeriesProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume13024

Conference

ConferenceOptical Instrument Science, Technology, and Applications III 2024
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityStrasbourg
Period10/4/2411/4/24

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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