REACH

In 2014, we proposed a new instrumental concept for the high-resolution spectroscopic detection of planet’s molecules, which included the connection of the high-contrast instrument (AO+coronagraph) and the high-resolution spectrograph to efficiently detect atmospheric molecules in directly-imaged exoplanets. We are now developing REACH project , which connects SCExAO (AO+coronagraph) with IRD (IR spectrograph) on a Subaru telescope in international collaboration with the SCExAO team.

Grant

KAKEN A 20H00170.

References

Spectroscopic Coronagraphy for Planetary Radial Velocimetry of Exoplanets

Hajime Kawahara, Naoshi Murakami, Taro Matsuo, Takayuki Kotani, accepted for publication in ApJS, ApJS, 212, 27 (2014), arXiv:1404.5712, IOP