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Precise Radial Velocities

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Gordon A.H. Walker*
Affiliation:
Geophysics and Astronomy Department, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4

Abstract

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Current techniques for the detection of long-term, low-amplitude (<50 m s−1), radial velocity variations are briefly reviewed together with some of their most successful programs. In the era of 8- to 10-m telescopes we must strive for a precision of < 1ms−1.

Type
Spectroscopic Studies
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1992

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