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
Middleton K
(2018)
Low-level control software for the WEAVE spectrograph
Middleton K
(2018)
The polishing of WEAVE spectrograph collimator mirror
Miller J
(2019)
Searching for the shadows of giants: characterizing protoclusters with line of sight Lyman-a absorption
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Minchev I
(2019)
Yule-Simpson's paradox in Galactic Archaeology
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mints A
(2019)
Ensemble age inversions for large spectroscopic surveys
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Monari G
(2019)
Signatures of the resonances of a large Galactic bar in local velocity space
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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
Morrison S
(2019)
Probing inhomogeneity in the helium ionizing UV background
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ness M
(2019)
In the Galactic Disk, Stellar [Fe/H] and Age Predict Orbits and Precise [X/Fe]
in The Astrophysical Journal
Oliva E
(2019)
Experimental characterization of modal noise in multimode fibers for astronomical spectrometers
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Orenstein B
(2019)
The redshift distribution of infrared-faint radio sources
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Padilla C
(2019)
The Physics of the Accelerating Universe Camera
in The Astronomical Journal
Peralta De Arriba L.
(2019)
The WEAVE Quick-Look GUI
in Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X
Pittordis C
(2019)
Testing modified gravity with wide binaries in Gaia DR2
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Rendle B
(2019)
The K2 Galactic Caps Project - going beyond the Kepler field and ageing the Galactic disc
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sabater J
(2019)
The LoTSS view of radio AGN in the local Universe The most massive galaxies are always switched on
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Salvadori S
(2019)
Probing the existence of very massive first stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sharma S
(2019)
The K2-HERMES Survey: age and metallicity of the thick disc
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Shimwell T
(2019)
The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey II. First data release
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Shipp N
(2019)
Proper Motions of Stellar Streams Discovered in the Dark Energy Survey
in The Astrophysical Journal
Silk J
(2019)
Exploring a new definition of the green valley and its implications
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Tabernero H
(2019)
STEPAR: an automatic code to infer stellar atmospheric parameters
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Terlevich R
(2018)
WEAVE spectrograph cameras: the polishing of the spherical lenses
Terrett D
(2018)
First lab results of the WEAVE fibre positioner system
Thomas G
(2019)
Dwarfs or Giants? Stellar Metallicities and Distances from ugrizG Multiband Photometry
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ting Y
(2019)
The Payne : Self-consistent ab initio Fitting of Stellar Spectra
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
Veras D
(2020)
Constraining planet formation around 6-8 M? stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Vos J
(2019)
Gaia Data Release 2 catalogue of extremely low-mass white dwarf candidates
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Walsh S
(2019)
Optimizing the choice of analysis method for all-sky searches for continuous gravitational waves with Einstein@Home
in Physical Review D
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
Widmark A
(2019)
The dynamical matter density in the solar neighbourhood inferred from Gaia DR1
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Williams W
(2019)
The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey III. First data release: Optical/infrared identifications and value-added catalogue
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Xiang M
(2019)
Abundance Estimates for 16 Elements in 6 Million Stars from LAMOST DR5 Low-Resolution Spectra
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Youakim K
(2020)
The Pristine Survey - VIII. The metallicity distribution function of the Milky Way halo down to the extremely metal-poor regime
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Zanutta A
(2018)
VPHGs for WEAVE: design, manufacturing and characterization
Zavarygin E
(2019)
A search for cosmological anisotropy using the Lyman alpha forest from SDSS quasar spectra
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Zwitter T
(2020)
The GALAH survey: chemodynamics of the solar neighbourhood
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Žerjal M
(2019)
The GALAH Survey: lithium-strong KM dwarfs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
| 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 |