WEAVE Detectors Main Grant
Lead Research Organisation:
Liverpool John Moores University
Department Name: Astrophysics Research Institute
Abstract
This grant is to produce the detector system for the WEAVE spectrograph.
Planned Impact
ARI has a long tradition of strong industrial and PUS engagement. For this particular project we will continue our policy of engagement with engineering firms who will be commissioned to manufacture the structure of the instrument. In the past this has allowed firms working with us to upgrade their skills and machinery to deliver the high precision needed for astronomical instrumentation, allowing them to received a grants and R&D tax credits in order to upgrade their precision machining capability and safeguarding a number of jobs at the time. In addition such firms have been able to use their work on astronomical instrumentation to enhance their reputation with other customers and has assisted them in gaining access to new markets (for example contracts with ING and CERN).
Publications
Carrera R.
(2019)
Open clusters through the eyes of WEAVE
in Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X
Sabater J
(2019)
The LoTSS view of radio AGN in the local Universe The most massive galaxies are always switched on
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Garavito-Camargo N
(2019)
Hunting for the Dark Matter Wake Induced by the Large Magellanic Cloud
in The Astrophysical Journal
Wang Y
(2019)
ATLAS probe: Breakthrough science of galaxy evolution, cosmology, Milky Way, and the Solar System
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Mints A
(2019)
Ensemble age inversions for large spectroscopic surveys
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Shipp N
(2019)
Proper Motions of Stellar Streams Discovered in the Dark Energy Survey
in The Astrophysical Journal
Blomqvist M
(2019)
Baryon acoustic oscillations from the cross-correlation of Ly a absorption and quasars in eBOSS DR14
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Koppelman H
(2019)
Multiple retrograde substructures in the Galactic halo: A shattered view of Galactic history
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Pittordis C
(2019)
Testing modified gravity with wide binaries in Gaia DR2
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Orenstein B
(2019)
The redshift distribution of infrared-faint radio sources
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
| Description | The WEAVE detector system was successfully built to specification and is now in use at the WHT. |
| Exploitation Route | Science exploitation |
| Sectors | Other |
| URL | https://www.ing.iac.es/astronomy/instruments/weave/weaveinst.html |
| Description | Collaboration with Isaac Newton Group |
| Organisation | Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Joint development of detector systems |
| Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in operations and use |
| Impact | Development in ongoing, with completion of the new system due in 2018. |
| Start Year | 2014 |
| Description | Collaboration with University of Oxford |
| Organisation | University of Oxford |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | Scientific Expertise, Access to telescope time |
| Collaborator Contribution | Scientific Expertise, Financial Contribution |
| Impact | Collaboration on followup of LOFAR radio transients starting in early 2014. |
| Start Year | 2014 |