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WEAVE Detectors Completion

Lead Research Organisation: Liverpool John Moores University
Department Name: Astrophysics Research Institute

Abstract

This grant is to complete the production and commissioning of 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 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

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Bestenlehner J (2024) Spectroscopic analysis of hot, massive stars in large spectroscopic surveys with de-idealized models in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Fratta M (2023) Spectroscopic follow-up of a subset of the Gaia /IPHAS catalogue of Ha-excess sources in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Williger G (2023) James Robert Lewis (1959-2019) in Bulletin of the AAS

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Bialek S (2023) StarUnLink: identifying and mitigating signals from communication satellites in stellar spectral surveys in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Iovino A (2023) WEAVE-StePS: A stellar population survey using WEAVE at WHT in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Lombardo L (2023) The Pristine survey - XXI. Exploring the metal-poor boundary with ESPaDoNS in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Tortora C (2022) The Central Dark Matter Fraction of Massive Early-Type Galaxies in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

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Esposito M (2022) Weighing cosmic structures with clusters of galaxies and the intergalactic medium in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Kraljic K (2022) Forecasts for WEAVE-QSO: 3D clustering and connectivity of critical points with Lyman- a tomography in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Cescutti G (2022) MINCE I. Presentation of the project and of the first year sample in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Veras D (2020) Constraining planet formation around 6-8 M? stars in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Hayden M (2020) The GALAH survey: chemodynamics of the solar neighbourhood in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Manser C (2020) The frequency of gaseous debris discs around white dwarfs in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Everall A (2020) seestar: Selection functions for spectroscopic surveys of the Milky Way in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Venn K (2020) The Pristine survey - IX. CFHT ESPaDOnS spectroscopic analysis of 115 bright metal-poor candidate stars in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Koposov S (2020) Discovery of a nearby 1700 km s-1 star ejected from the Milky Way by Sgr A* in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Morrison S (2019) Probing inhomogeneity in the helium ionizing UV background in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Mints A (2019) Ensemble age inversions for large spectroscopic surveys in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Peralta De Arriba L. (2019) The WEAVE Quick-Look GUI in Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X

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Carrera R. (2019) Open clusters through the eyes of WEAVE in Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X

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Lodieu N (2019) Metallicity, temperature, and gravity scales of M subdwarfs , in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Angthopo J (2019) Exploring a new definition of the green valley and its implications in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters

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Conroy C (2019) Mapping the Stellar Halo with the H3 Spectroscopic Survey in The Astrophysical Journal

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Minchev I (2019) Yule-Simpson's paradox in Galactic Archaeology in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Lewis J. (2019) The WEAVE Core Processing System at CASU in Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X

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Pittordis C (2019) Testing modified gravity with wide binaries in Gaia DR2 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Ting ? Y (2019) The Payne: Self-consistent ab initio Fitting of Stellar Spectra in The Astrophysical Journal

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Vos J (2019) Gaia Data Release 2 catalogue of extremely low-mass white dwarf candidates in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Xiang M (2019) Abundance Estimates for 16 Elements in 6 Million Stars from LAMOST DR5 Low-Resolution Spectra in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series

 
Description The WEAVE detector system was successfully built to specification and is now in use at the WHT.
Exploitation Route Scientific Exploitation of WEAVE
Sectors Other

URL https://www.ing.iac.es/astronomy/instruments/weave/weaveinst.html