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
Conrad C
(2017)
A RAVE investigation on Galactic open clusters II. Open cluster pairs, groups and complexes?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Monreal-Ibero A
(2017)
Measuring diffuse interstellar bands with cool stars Improved line lists to model background stellar spectra?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Bosma A
(2017)
Outskirts of Galaxies
Freeman K
(2017)
Galaxies, Globular Clusters, and Dark Matter
in Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Schönrich R
(2017)
Assessing distances and consistency of kinematics in Gaia/TGAS
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Traven G
(2017)
The Galah Survey: Classification and Diagnostics with t-SNE Reduction of Spectral Information
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Harris A
(2018)
A and F stars as probes of outer Galactic disc kinematics
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Williams W
(2018)
LOFAR-Boötes: properties of high- and low-excitation radio galaxies at 0.5 < z < 2.0
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Carrasco E
(2018)
The WEAVE observatory control system
De Boer T
(2018)
The fall of the Northern Unicorn: tangential motions in the Galactic anticentre with SDSS and Gaia
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ciuca I
(2018)
The vertical metallicity gradients of mono-age stellar populations in the Milky Way with the RAVE and Gaia data
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Casalta J
(2018)
The WEAVE prime focus correction: from design to integration
Smith D
(2018)
Panchromatic SED modelling of spatially resolved galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Middleton K
(2018)
Antireflective coatings for the red camera of WEAVE spectrograph
Duncan K
(2018)
Photometric redshifts for the next generation of deep radio continuum surveys - I. Template fitting
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Terlevich R
(2018)
WEAVE spectrograph cameras: the polishing of the spherical lenses
Zanutta A
(2018)
VPHGs for WEAVE: design, manufacturing and characterization
Terrett D
(2018)
First lab results of the WEAVE fibre positioner system
Yang ? M
(2018)
The LAMOST Complete Spectroscopic Survey of Pointing Area (LaCoSSPAr) in the Southern Galactic Cap. I. The Spectroscopic Redshift Catalog
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Smith L
(2018)
VIRAC: the VVV Infrared Astrometric Catalogue
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Middleton K
(2018)
Low-level control software for the WEAVE spectrograph
Middleton K
(2018)
The polishing of WEAVE spectrograph collimator mirror
Casares J
(2018)
Hibernating black holes revealed by photometric mass functions
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kumari N
(2018)
O/H-N/O: the curious case of NGC 4670
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Fariña C
(2018)
Design of the observation queue scheduler for WEAVE on the WHT
Deason A
(2018)
Cresting the wave: proper motions of the Eastern Banded Structure
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Leung H
(2018)
Deep learning of multi-element abundances from high-resolution spectroscopic data
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ness M
(2018)
Galactic Doppelgängers: The Chemical Similarity Among Field Stars and Among Stars with a Common Birth Origin
in The Astrophysical Journal
Gürkan G
(2018)
LOFAR/H-ATLAS: the low-frequency radio luminosity-star formation rate relation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Laporte C
(2019)
Stellar disc streams as probes of the Galactic potential and satellite impacts
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pittordis C
(2019)
Testing modified gravity with wide binaries in Gaia DR2
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Monari G
(2019)
Signatures of the resonances of a large Galactic bar in local velocity space
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Maiolino R
(2019)
De re metallica: the cosmic chemical evolution of galaxies
in The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review
Bianchini P
(2019)
Exploring the Outskirts of Globular Clusters: The Peculiar Kinematics of NGC 3201
in The Astrophysical Journal Letters
Aguado D
(2019)
The Pristine survey - VI. The first three years of medium-resolution follow-up spectroscopy of Pristine EMP star candidates
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gómez F
(2019)
Footprints of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy in the Gaia data set
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
Ness M
(2019)
In the Galactic Disk, Stellar [Fe/H] and Age Predict Orbits and Precise [X/Fe]
in The Astrophysical Journal
Walsh S
(2019)
Optimizing the choice of analysis method for all-sky searches for continuous gravitational waves with Einstein@Home
in Physical Review D
Koppelman H
(2019)
Multiple retrograde substructures in the Galactic halo: A shattered view of Galactic history
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Duncan K
(2019)
The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey IV. First Data Release: Photometric redshifts and rest-frame magnitudes
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Žerjal M
(2019)
The GALAH Survey: lithium-strong KM dwarfs
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
Vos J
(2019)
Gaia Data Release 2 catalogue of extremely low-mass white dwarf candidates
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
Shimwell T
(2019)
The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey II. First data release
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Thomas G
(2019)
Dwarfs or Giants? Stellar Metallicities and Distances from ugrizG Multiband Photometry
in The Astrophysical Journal
Brauer K
(2019)
The Origin of r-process Enhanced Metal-poor Halo Stars In Now-destroyed Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxies
in The Astrophysical Journal
| 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 |