PHARAOH

Detection of exo-Planets via High-Accuracy Radial-velocity spectrographic measurements with Adaptive Optics enHancement

Coordinatore	CENTRO DE INVESTIGACAO EM ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA DA UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO    more  Organization address address: Rua das Estrelas city: Porto postcode: 4150-762 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Elsa Marta Cognome: Pinho Pereira Silva Email: send email Telefono: +351 226 089 830 Fax: +351 226 089 831
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Portugal [PT]
Totale costo	157˙748 €
EC contributo	157˙748 €
Programma	FP7-PEOPLE Specific programme "People" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	FP7-PEOPLE-2011-IEF
Funding Scheme	MC-IEF
Anno di inizio	2013
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2013-04-01   -   2015-03-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	CENTRO DE INVESTIGACAO EM ASTRONOMIA E ASTROFISICA DA UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO  Organization address address: Rua das Estrelas city: Porto postcode: 4150-762 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Elsa Marta Cognome: Pinho Pereira Silva Email: send email Telefono: +351 226 089 830 Fax: +351 226 089 831	PT (Porto)	coordinator	157˙748.40

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The PHARAOH project aims the detection of exo-Planets via High-Accuracy Radial-velocity spectrographic measurements with Adaptive Optics enHancement. The chief objective of this proposal is therefore to assess the impact of adaptive-optics (AO) correction on the detectability of Earth-like planets with a high-resolution, high-stability spectrograph on the future European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT). Since the discovery of planet 51 Peg b by M. Mayor and D. Queloz, huge progress has been made in the detection and characterisation of extra-solar planets. The increasing instrumental precision (in particular in the Doppler radial velocity (RV) domain) has raised the detection efficiency and allowed the scientific community to discover in 2004 the first ‘Neptune-mass planet’. The goal with the next generation spectrographs is to be able to detect rocky planets on current telescopes and Earth-like planets with the E-ELT. For that end an outstanding RV precision of 1 cm/s is required to detect the wobble of harbouring stars caused by a revolving planet. Embedding AO in actual instruments can further increase their precision in RV and their efficiency. For this fellowship, 3 work-packages were identified with scientific and management objectives: 1) AO simulations of the E-ELT, 2) impact of AO on spectrographic resolution and 3) implementation of instrumentation-directed activities at the host institute. All packages will be developed in strong collaboration with the exo-planet and instrumentation communities, in particular those with which the host presently partners internationally: the ESPRESSO spectrograph for the Very Large Telescope and ESA’s PLATO mission. Through a pondered choice of training and transfer-of-knowledge actions together with an exciting scientific project, the fellow will increase the prospect of gaining a mature position in state-of-the-art research and thereupon benefit the European Research Area.'