WEAVE: The next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the WHT (Cambridge Element: 2013/14)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Cambridge
Department Name: Institute of Astronomy
Abstract
This is a joint proposal and this section is completed on the Lead Institution application
Planned Impact
This is a joint proposal and this section is completed on the Lead Institution application
Publications
Walton Nicholas
(2015)
Gaia, PLATO and WEAVE: A Powerful combination for Exoplanet Characterisation
in AAS/Division for Extreme Solar Systems Abstracts
Casali G
(2020)
The Gaia -ESO survey: the non-universality of the age-chemical-clocks-metallicity relations in the Galactic disc
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Gutiérrez Albarrán M
(2020)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: Calibrating the lithium-age relation with open clusters and associations I. Cluster age range and initial membership selections
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Heiter U
(2021)
Atomic data for the Gaia -ESO Survey
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Bonito R
(2020)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: A new diagnostic for accretion and outflow activity in the young cluster NGC 2264
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Baratella M
(2020)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: a new approach to chemically characterising young open clusters I. Stellar parameters, and iron-peak, a -, and proton-capture elements
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Randich S
(2020)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: Galactic evolution of lithium at high metallicity
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Peralta De Arriba L.
(2019)
The WEAVE Quick-Look GUI
in Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X
Lewis J.
(2019)
The WEAVE Core Processing System at CASU
in Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X
Jackson R
(2020)
The Gaia-ESO Survey: membership probabilities for stars in 32 open clusters from 3D kinematics
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
| Description | The grant supported initial development work of the data management system for the WEAVE spectrograph. |
| Exploitation Route | Data analysis techniques have relevance in fields such as medical imaging. |
| Sectors | Environment,Healthcare |
| Description | This grant supported the development of the early stage design of the WEAVE spectrograph. During this period, approval for the full build of the system was granted. Pipeline development work proceeded to plan. Development continued supported by a follow on grant. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2013 |
| Sector | Aerospace, Defence and Marine,Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software),Healthcare |
| Description | CASU Equipment 2016/17 |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/R000433/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 02/2017 |
| End | 03/2017 |
| Description | CASU Equipment 2017/18 |
| Amount | £50,000 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/R006881/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 01/2018 |
| End | 03/2018 |
| Description | Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit (CASU): Filling the Astronomical Data Lake (2020-2024) |
| Amount | £1,222,752 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/T003081/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 04/2020 |
| End | 03/2023 |
| Description | WEAVE |
| Organisation | Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) |
| Country | Spain |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | WEAVE is a new instrument under development and construction for the ING's William Herschel Telescope. We are responsible for the development of the Data Analysis system for the instrument - and also participate in the WEAVE Science Team. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The page at http://www.ing.iac.es/weave/consortium.html gives a list of the partners in the WEAVE consortium. |
| Impact | The consortium is responsible for the development of the WEAVE spectrograph. This will be commissioned on the ING's WHT late 2017. |
| Start Year | 2010 |