Bibcode
Cristiani, S.; Avila, G.; Bonifacio, P.; Bouchy, F.; Carswell, B.; D'Odorico, S.; D'Odorico, V.; Delabre, B.; Dekker, H.; Dessauges, M.; Dimarcantonio, P.; García López, R. J.; Grazian, A.; Haehnelt, M.; Herrero, A.; Israelian, G.; Levshakov, S.; Liske, J.; Lovis, C.; Manescau, A.; Martin, E. L.; Mayor, M.; Megevand, D.; Molaro, P.; Murphy, M.; Pasquini, L.; Pepe, F.; Perez, J.; Queloz, D.; Rebolo, R.; Santin, P.; Shaver, P.; Spanò, P.; Udry, S.; Vanzella, E.; Viel, M.; Zapatero, M. R.; Zerbi, F.; Zucker, S.
Bibliographical reference
Il Nuovo Cimento B, vol. 122, Issue 9, p.1165-1170
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9
2007
Citations
31
Refereed citations
28
Description
CODEX, a high resolution, super-stable spectrograph to be fed by the
E-ELT, the most powerful telescope ever conceived, will for the first
time provide the possibility of directly measuring the change of the
expansion rate of the Universe with time and much more, from the
variability of fundamental constants to the search for other earths. A
study for the implementation at the VLT of a precursor of CODEX, dubbed
ESPRESSO, is presently carried out by a collaboration including ESO,
IAC, INAF, IoA Cambridge and Observatoire de Geneve. The present talk is
focused on the cosmological aspects of the experiment.