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

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Carrera R. (2019) Open clusters through the eyes of WEAVE in Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X

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Morrison S (2019) Probing inhomogeneity in the helium ionizing UV background in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Salvadori S (2019) Probing the existence of very massive first stars in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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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

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Das P (2020) seestar: Selection functions for spectroscopic surveys of the Milky Way in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Japelj J (2019) Simulating MOS science on the ELT: Ly a forest tomography in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Fratta M (2023) Spectroscopic follow-up of a subset of the Gaia /IPHAS catalogue of Ha-excess sources in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Laporte C (2019) Stellar disc streams as probes of the Galactic potential and satellite impacts in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Tabernero H (2019) STEPAR: an automatic code to infer stellar atmospheric parameters in Astronomy & Astrophysics

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Pittordis C (2019) Testing modified gravity with wide binaries in Gaia DR2 in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

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Tortora C (2022) The Central Dark Matter Fraction of Massive Early-Type Galaxies in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences

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Widmark A (2019) The dynamical matter density in the solar neighbourhood inferred from Gaia DR1 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