GIARPS@TNG GIANO-B & HARPS-N together for a wider wavelength range spectroscopy

TL;DR

GIARPS combines HARPS-N and GIANO-B spectrographs at TNG to enable simultaneous high-resolution spectroscopy across a broad wavelength range (0.383-2.45 microns), enhancing exoplanet research capabilities.

Contribution

This work integrates GIANO-B with HARPS-N at TNG for the first time, providing simultaneous wide-range high-resolution spectroscopy in visible and NIR for the first time globally.

Findings

Achieved simultaneous spectroscopy from 0.383 to 2.45 microns.

Enabled high-precision radial velocity measurements in both visible and NIR.

Demonstrated potential for improved exoplanet detection and characterization.

Abstract

Since 2012, thanks to the installation of the high resolution echelle spectrograph in the optical range HARPS-N, the Italian telescope TNG (La Palma) became one of the key facilities for the study of the extrasolar planets. In 2014 TNG also offered GIANO to the scientific community, providing a near-infrared (NIR) cross-dispersed echelle spectroscopy covering 0.97 - 2.45 micron at a resolution of 50,000. GIANO, although designed for direct light-feed from the telescope at the Nasmyth-B focus, was provisionally mounted on the rotating building and connected via fibers to only available interface at the Nasmyth-A focal plane. The synergy between these two instruments is particularly appealing for a wide range of science cases, especially for the search for exoplanets around young and active stars and the characterisation of their atmosphere. Through the funding scheme "WOW" (a Way to Others Worlds), the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF) proposed to position GIANO at the focal station for which it was originally designed and the simultaneous use of these spectrographs with the aim to achieve high-resolution spectroscopy in a wide wavelength range (0.383-2.45 micron) obtained in a single exposure, giving rise to the project called GIARPS (GIANO-B & HARPS-N). Because of its characteristics GIARPS can be considered the first and unique worldwide instrument providing not only high resolution in a large wavelength band, but also a high precision radial velocity measurement both in the visible and in the NIR arm, since in the next future GIANO-B will be equipped with gas absorption cells.