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
| 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 |