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ARTEMiS (Automated Robotic Terrestrial Exoplanet Microlensing Search) – Hunting for planets of Earth mass and below

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2007

Martin Dominik ,
Keith Horne ,
Alasdair Allan ,
Nicholas J. Rattenbury ,
Yiannis Tsapras ,
Colin Snodgrass ,
Michael F. Bode ,
Martin J. Burgdorf ,
Stephen N. Fraser  and
Eamonn Kerins
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Martin Dominik
Affiliation:
SUPA, University of St Andrews, School of Physics & Astronomy, North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9SS, United Kingdom email: (md35@st-andrews.ac.uk, kdh1@st-andrews.ac.uk)
Keith Horne
Affiliation:
SUPA, University of St Andrews, School of Physics & Astronomy, North Haugh, St Andrews, KY16 9SS, United Kingdom email: (md35@st-andrews.ac.uk, kdh1@st-andrews.ac.uk)
Alasdair Allan
Affiliation:
School of Physics, University of Exeter, Stocker Road, Exeter EX4 4QL, United Kingdom email: aa@astro.ex.ac.uk
Nicholas J. Rattenbury
Affiliation:
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom email: (Nicholas.Rattenbury@manchester.ac.uk, Eamonn.Kerins@manchester.ac.uk)
Yiannis Tsapras
Affiliation:
Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Twelve Quays House, Egerton Wharf, Birkenhead, CH41 1LD, United Kingdom email: (yt@astro.livjm.ac.uk, mfb@astro.livjm.ac.uk, mjb@astro.livjm.ac.uk, snf@astro.livjm.ac.uk, cjm@astro.livjm.ac.uk, ias@astro.livjm.ac.uk)
Colin Snodgrass
Affiliation:
European Southern Observatory (ESO), Casilla 19001, Santiago de Chile, Chile email: csnodgra@eso.org
Michael F. Bode
Affiliation:
Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Twelve Quays House, Egerton Wharf, Birkenhead, CH41 1LD, United Kingdom email: (yt@astro.livjm.ac.uk, mfb@astro.livjm.ac.uk, mjb@astro.livjm.ac.uk, snf@astro.livjm.ac.uk, cjm@astro.livjm.ac.uk, ias@astro.livjm.ac.uk)
Martin J. Burgdorf
Affiliation:
Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Twelve Quays House, Egerton Wharf, Birkenhead, CH41 1LD, United Kingdom email: (yt@astro.livjm.ac.uk, mfb@astro.livjm.ac.uk, mjb@astro.livjm.ac.uk, snf@astro.livjm.ac.uk, cjm@astro.livjm.ac.uk, ias@astro.livjm.ac.uk)
Stephen N. Fraser
Affiliation:
Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Twelve Quays House, Egerton Wharf, Birkenhead, CH41 1LD, United Kingdom email: (yt@astro.livjm.ac.uk, mfb@astro.livjm.ac.uk, mjb@astro.livjm.ac.uk, snf@astro.livjm.ac.uk, cjm@astro.livjm.ac.uk, ias@astro.livjm.ac.uk)
Eamonn Kerins
Affiliation:
Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics, The University of Manchester, Manchester, M13 9PL, United Kingdom email: (Nicholas.Rattenbury@manchester.ac.uk, Eamonn.Kerins@manchester.ac.uk)
Christopher J. Mottram
Affiliation:
Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Twelve Quays House, Egerton Wharf, Birkenhead, CH41 1LD, United Kingdom email: (yt@astro.livjm.ac.uk, mfb@astro.livjm.ac.uk, mjb@astro.livjm.ac.uk, snf@astro.livjm.ac.uk, cjm@astro.livjm.ac.uk, ias@astro.livjm.ac.uk)
Iain A. Steele
Affiliation:
Astrophysics Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University, Twelve Quays House, Egerton Wharf, Birkenhead, CH41 1LD, United Kingdom email: (yt@astro.livjm.ac.uk, mfb@astro.livjm.ac.uk, mjb@astro.livjm.ac.uk, snf@astro.livjm.ac.uk, cjm@astro.livjm.ac.uk, ias@astro.livjm.ac.uk)
Rachel A. Street
Affiliation:
Las Cumbres Observatory Global Telescopes Network, 6740B Cortona Dr, Goleta, CA 93117, United States of America email: rstreet@lcogt.net
Peter J. Wheatley
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, United Kingdom email: P.J.Wheatley@warwick.ac.uk
Łukasz Wyrzykowski
Affiliation:
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, United Kingdom email: wyrzykow@ast.cam.ac.uk Warsaw University Astronomical Observatory, Al. Ujazdowskie 4, 00-478 Warszawa, Poland
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Abstract

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Gravitational microlensing observations will lead to a census of planets that orbit stars of different populations. From 2008, ARTEMiS will provide an expert system that allows to adopt a three-step strategy of survey, follow-up and anomaly monitoring of gravitational microlensing events that is capable of detecting planets of Earth mass and below. The SIGNALMEN anomaly detector, an integral part, has already demonstrated its performance during a pilot season. Embedded into eSTAR, ARTEMiS serves as an open platform that links with existing microlensing campaigns. Real-time visualization of ongoing events along with an interpretation moreover allows to communicate “Science live to your home” to the general public.

Keywords

gravitational lensingplanetary systems
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 3 , Symposium S249: Exoplanets: Detection, Formation and Dynamics , October 2007 , pp. 35 - 41
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2008

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