WEAVE Detectors Interim
Lead Research Organisation:
Liverpool John Moores University
Department Name: Astrophysics Research Institute
Abstract
Start detector procurement for WEAVE
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
Middleton K
(2018)
Antireflective coatings for the red camera of WEAVE spectrograph
Casalta J
(2018)
The WEAVE prime focus correction: from design to integration
Casamiquela L
(2019)
OCCASO - III. Iron peak and a elements of 18 open clusters. Comparison with chemical evolution models and field stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Salvadori S
(2019)
Probing the existence of very massive first stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Lewis J.
(2019)
The WEAVE Core Processing System at CASU
in Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X
Duncan K
(2019)
The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey IV. First Data Release: Photometric redshifts and rest-frame magnitudes
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Padilla C
(2019)
The Physics of the Accelerating Universe Camera
in The Astronomical Journal
Mooney S
(2019)
Revisiting the Fanaroff-Riley dichotomy and radio-galaxy morphology with the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS)
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mints A
(2019)
Ensemble age inversions for large spectroscopic surveys
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Brauer K
(2019)
The Origin of r -process Enhanced Metal-poor Halo Stars In Now-destroyed Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxies
in The Astrophysical Journal
Costantin L
(2019)
A few StePS forward in unveiling the complexity of galaxy evolution: light-weighted stellar ages of intermediate-redshift galaxies with WEAVE
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Garavito-Camargo N
(2019)
Hunting for the Dark Matter Wake Induced by the Large Magellanic Cloud
in The Astrophysical Journal
Minchev I
(2019)
Yule-Simpson's paradox in Galactic Archaeology
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hardcastle M
(2019)
Radio-loud AGN in the first LoTSS data release The lifetimes and environmental impact of jet-driven sources
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Cenarro A
(2019)
J-PLUS: The Javalambre Photometric Local Universe Survey
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Orenstein B
(2019)
The redshift distribution of infrared-faint radio sources
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gentile Fusillo N
(2019)
A Gaia Data Release 2 catalogue of white dwarfs and a comparison with SDSS
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Koppelman H
(2019)
Multiple retrograde substructures in the Galactic halo: A shattered view of Galactic history
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Sharma S
(2019)
The K2-HERMES Survey: age and metallicity of the thick disc
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bittner A
(2019)
The GIST pipeline: A multi-purpose tool for the analysis and visualisation of (integral-field) spectroscopic data
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Morrison S
(2019)
Probing inhomogeneity in the helium ionizing UV background
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Shipp N
(2019)
Proper Motions of Stellar Streams Discovered in the Dark Energy Survey
in The Astrophysical Journal
Bianchini P
(2019)
Exploring the Outskirts of Globular Clusters: The Peculiar Kinematics of NGC 3201
in The Astrophysical Journal
Tabernero H
(2019)
STEPAR: an automatic code to infer stellar atmospheric parameters
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
| Description | This is an interim grant to begin work on the development of detectors for the WEAVE spectrograph. The main element of this work is to come in the final work package now underway - this funding was used to develop the project to conceptual design and make a downpayment on array production. |
| Exploitation Route | Experiments with pseudo-dummy and dummy CCD outputs to reduce common read house. |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) |
| 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 |