WEAVE Detectors Main Grant
Lead Research Organisation:
Liverpool John Moores University
Department Name: Astrophysics Research Institute
Abstract
This grant is to produce 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 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
Caffau E
(2019)
Systematic investigation of chemical abundances derived using IR spectra obtained with GIANO
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Xiang M
(2019)
Abundance Estimates for 16 Elements in 6 Million Stars from LAMOST DR5 Low-Resolution Spectra
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Gómez F
(2019)
Footprints of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy in the Gaia data set
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kushniruk I
(2019)
Disentangling the Arcturus stream
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Bianchini P
(2019)
Exploring the Outskirts of Globular Clusters: The Peculiar Kinematics of NGC 3201
in The Astrophysical Journal
Silk J
(2019)
Exploring a new definition of the green valley and its implications
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
Pittordis C
(2019)
Testing modified gravity with wide binaries in Gaia DR2
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Peralta De Arriba L.
(2019)
The WEAVE Quick-Look GUI
in Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X
Padilla C
(2019)
The Physics of the Accelerating Universe Camera
in The Astronomical Journal
Ness M
(2019)
In the Galactic Disk, Stellar [Fe/H] and Age Predict Orbits and Precise [X/Fe]
in The Astrophysical Journal
Žerjal M
(2019)
The GALAH Survey: lithium-strong KM dwarfs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mancera Piña P
(2019)
The evolution of ultra-diffuse galaxies in nearby galaxy clusters from the Kapteyn IAC WEAVE INT Clusters Survey
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Jofré P
(2019)
Accuracy and Precision of Industrial Stellar Abundances
in Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Laporte C
(2019)
Stellar disc streams as probes of the Galactic potential and satellite impacts
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
Marasco A
(2019)
HALOGAS: the properties of extraplanar HI in disc galaxies
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Ting Y
(2019)
The Payne : Self-consistent ab initio Fitting of Stellar Spectra
in The Astrophysical Journal
Vos J
(2019)
Gaia Data Release 2 catalogue of extremely low-mass white dwarf candidates
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Walsh S
(2019)
Optimizing the choice of analysis method for all-sky searches for continuous gravitational waves with Einstein@Home
in Physical Review D
Minchev I
(2019)
Yule-Simpson's paradox in Galactic Archaeology
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Bittner A
(2019)
The GIST pipeline: A multi-purpose tool for the analysis and visualisation of (integral-field) spectroscopic data
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Widmark A
(2019)
The dynamical matter density in the solar neighbourhood inferred from Gaia DR1
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Monari G
(2019)
Signatures of the resonances of a large Galactic bar in local velocity space
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Geier S
(2019)
The population of hot subdwarf stars studied with Gaia II. The Gaia DR2 catalogue of hot subluminous stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Conroy C
(2019)
Mapping the Stellar Halo with the H3 Spectroscopic Survey
in The Astrophysical Journal
Description | The WEAVE detector system was successfully built to specification and is now in use at the WHT. |
Exploitation Route | Science exploitation |
Sectors | Other |
URL | https://www.ing.iac.es/astronomy/instruments/weave/weaveinst.html |
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 |