EPJ Web of Conferences 16, 02001 (2011)
https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/20111602001

High precision radial velocities in the near-infrared domain: Status and prospects

¹ Centro de Astrobiología (CSIC-INTA), Ctra. Ajalvir km 4, 28850 Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid, Spain
² Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias, C/Vía Láctea, s/n, 38205 La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
³ Thüringer Landessternwarte Tautenburg, Sternwarte 5, 07778 Tautenburg, Germany
⁴ School of Cosmic Physics, Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies, Dublin, Ireland
⁵ UNINOVA-CA3, Campus da Caparica, Quinta da Torre, Monte de Caparica, 2825-149 Caparica, Portugal
⁶ University of Central Florida, Physics Department, Orlando, Fl 32816, USA
⁷ Fac. de Química Inorgánica, Universidad de de La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain
⁸ Fac. de Ciencias, Universidade de Lisboa, Ed. C8, Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal
⁹ Telescopio Nazionale Galileo, Rambla José Ana Fernández Pérez 7, 38712 Breña Baja, Spain

Abstract

The extension of the highly successful Doppler technique into the near-infrared (0.9–2.5 μm) is highly desirable as it would open the possibility for searches for extra-solar planets around young stars, very low-mass stars and brown dwarfs. Here we review the current status of this technique and discuss future prospects with particular emphasis on challenging problems for the next decade.