The astrometric data-reduction software for exoplanet detection with PRIMA

Nicholas M. Elias II; Rainer Köhler; Ingo Stilz; Sabine Reffert; Ronny Geisler; Andreas Quirrenbach; Jeroen de Jong; Françoise Delplancke; Robert N. Tubbs; Ralf Launhardt; Thomas Henning; Denis Mégevand; Didier Queloz

doi:10.1117/12.787560

28 July 2008 The astrometric data-reduction software for exoplanet detection with PRIMA

Nicholas M. Elias II, Rainer Köhler, Ingo Stilz, Sabine Reffert, Ronny Geisler, Andreas Quirrenbach, Jeroen de Jong, Françoise Delplancke, Robert N. Tubbs, Ralf Launhardt, Thomas Henning, Denis Mégevand, Didier Queloz

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Proceedings Volume 7013, Optical and Infrared Interferometry; 70133V (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.787560
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2008, Marseille, France

Abstract

PRIMA/PACMAN is scheduled for commissioning on Paranal in late 2008 as part of the VLTI. In this paper, we discuss the important aspects of its astrometric data-reduction software. For example, the top-level requirements, interfaces to existing ESO software, data types, data levels, and data flow among the recipes dictate the overall design of any software package. In addition, the complexity of the PACMAN instrument, the long-term nature of astrometric observations, and the need to improve algorithms as the understanding of the hardware improves, impose additional requirements on the astrometric data-reduction software.

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Nicholas M. Elias II, Rainer Köhler, Ingo Stilz, Sabine Reffert, Ronny Geisler, Andreas Quirrenbach, Jeroen de Jong, Françoise Delplancke, Robert N. Tubbs, Ralf Launhardt, Thomas Henning, Denis Mégevand, and Didier Queloz "The astrometric data-reduction software for exoplanet detection with PRIMA", Proc. SPIE 7013, Optical and Infrared Interferometry, 70133V (28 July 2008); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.787560

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