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
Simpson C
(2017)
Extragalactic radio surveys in the pre-Square Kilometre Array era.
in Royal Society open science
Pato M
(2017)
galkin: A new compilation of Milky Way rotation curve data
in SoftwareX
Thévenin F
(2017)
Modern Geometric Methods of Distance Determination
in Space Science Reviews
Padilla C
(2019)
The Physics of the Accelerating Universe Camera
in The Astronomical Journal
Majewski S
(2017)
The Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE)
in The Astronomical Journal
Sesar B
(2017)
Machine-learned Identification of RR Lyrae Stars from Sparse, Multi-band Data: The PS1 Sample
in The Astronomical Journal
Blanton M
(2017)
Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies, and the Distant Universe
in The Astronomical Journal
Maiolino R
(2019)
De re metallica: the cosmic chemical evolution of galaxies
in The Astronomy and Astrophysics Review
Ness M
(2019)
In the Galactic Disk, Stellar [Fe/H] and Age Predict Orbits and Precise [X/Fe]
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ting ?? Y
(2017)
Prospects for Measuring Abundances of >20 Elements with Low-resolution Stellar Spectra
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 |