Keck Planet Finder: design updates

Steven R. Gibson; Andrew W. Howard; Kodi Rider; Arpita Roy; Jerry Edelstein; Marc Kassis; Jason Grillo; Sam Halverson; Martin M. Sirk; Christopher Smith; Steve Allen; Ashley Baker; Charles Beichman; Bruce Berriman; Thomas Brown; Kelleen Casey; Jason Chin; David Coutts; David Cowley; William Deich; Tobias Feger; Benjamin Fulton; Luke Gers; Yulia Gurevich; Yuzo Ishikawa; Ean James; Sharon Jelinsky; Stephen Kaye; Kyle Lanclos; Adela Li; Scott Lilley; Ben McCarney; Tim Miller; Steve Milner; Timothy J. O'Hanlon; Jacob Pember; Mike Raffanti; Constance Rockosi; Ryan Rubenzahl; Dave Rumph; Dale Sandford; Maureen Savage; Christian Schwab; Andreas Seifahrt; Abby Shaum; Roger Smith; Julian Stuermer; Jim Thorne; Adam Vandenberg; Tod Von Boeckmann; Cindy Wang; Qifan Wang; Marie Weisfeiler; Mavourneen Wilcox; Edward H. Wishnow; Peter Wizinowich; Truman Wold; Anna Wolfenberger

doi:10.1117/12.2561783

13 December 2020 Keck Planet Finder: design updates

Steven R. Gibson, Andrew W. Howard, Kodi Rider, Arpita Roy, Jerry Edelstein, Marc Kassis, Jason Grillo, Sam Halverson, Martin M. Sirk, Christopher Smith, Steve Allen, Ashley Baker, Charles Beichman, Bruce Berriman, Thomas Brown, Kelleen Casey, Jason Chin, David Coutts, David Cowley, William Deich, Tobias Feger, Benjamin Fulton, Luke Gers, Yulia Gurevich, Yuzo Ishikawa, Ean James, Sharon Jelinsky, Stephen Kaye, Kyle Lanclos, Adela Li, Scott Lilley, Ben McCarney, Tim Miller, Steve Milner, Timothy J. O'Hanlon, Jacob Pember, Mike Raffanti, Constance Rockosi, Ryan Rubenzahl, Dave Rumph, Dale Sandford, Maureen Savage, Christian Schwab, Andreas Seifahrt, Abby Shaum, Roger Smith, Julian Stuermer, Jim Thorne, Adam Vandenberg, Tod Von Boeckmann, Cindy Wang, Qifan Wang, Marie Weisfeiler, Mavourneen Wilcox, Edward H. Wishnow, Peter Wizinowich, Truman Wold, Anna Wolfenberger

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Proceedings Volume 11447, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII; 1144742 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561783
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2020, Online Only

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The Keck Planet Finder (KPF) is a fiber-fed, high-resolution, high-stability spectrometer in development at the UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory for the W.M. Keck Observatory. KPF is designed to characterize exoplanets via Doppler spectroscopy with a goal of a single measurement precision of 0.3 m s^-1 or better, however its resolution and stability will enable a wide variety of astrophysical pursuits. Here we provide post-preliminary design review design updates for several subsystems, including: the main spectrometer, the fabrication of the Zerodur optical bench; the data reduction pipeline; fiber agitator; fiber cable design; fiber scrambler; VPH testing results and the exposure meter.

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Steven R. Gibson, Andrew W. Howard, Kodi Rider, Arpita Roy, Jerry Edelstein, Marc Kassis, Jason Grillo, Sam Halverson, Martin M. Sirk, Christopher Smith, Steve Allen, Ashley Baker, Charles Beichman, Bruce Berriman, Thomas Brown, Kelleen Casey, Jason Chin, David Coutts, David Cowley, William Deich, Tobias Feger, Benjamin Fulton, Luke Gers, Yulia Gurevich, Yuzo Ishikawa, Ean James, Sharon Jelinsky, Stephen Kaye, Kyle Lanclos, Adela Li, Scott Lilley, Ben McCarney, Tim Miller, Steve Milner, Timothy J. O'Hanlon, Jacob Pember, Mike Raffanti, Constance Rockosi, Ryan Rubenzahl, Dave Rumph, Dale Sandford, Maureen Savage, Christian Schwab, Andreas Seifahrt, Abby Shaum, Roger Smith, Julian Stuermer, Jim Thorne, Adam Vandenberg, Tod Von Boeckmann, Cindy Wang, Qifan Wang, Marie Weisfeiler, Mavourneen Wilcox, Edward H. Wishnow, Peter Wizinowich, Truman Wold, and Anna Wolfenberger "Keck Planet Finder: design updates", Proc. SPIE 11447, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, 1144742 (13 December 2020); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2561783

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