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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Weaver T
(2023)
Reconstructing Filaments around Galaxy Clusters from Spectroscopic Surveys using Machine Learning
in Research Notes of the AAS
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Williger G
(2023)
James Robert Lewis (1959-2019)
in Bulletin of the AAS
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Cornwell D
(2023)
The probability of identifying the cosmic web environment of galaxies around clusters motivated by the Weave Wide Field Cluster Survey
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Kordopatis G
(2023)
Automatic line selection for abundance determinations in large stellar spectroscopic surveys
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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Iovino A
(2023)
WEAVE-StePS: A stellar population survey using WEAVE at WHT
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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Ditrani F
(2023)
Stellar metallicity from optical and UV spectral indices: Test case for WEAVE-StePS
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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Nepal S
(2023)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: Preparing the ground for 4MOST and WEAVE galactic surveys Chemical evolution of lithium with machine learning
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
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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
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 |