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
Hardcastle M
(2019)
Radio-loud AGN in the first LoTSS data release The lifetimes and environmental impact of jet-driven sources
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hale C
(2019)
LOFAR observations of the XMM-LSS field
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Sabater J
(2019)
The LoTSS view of radio AGN in the local Universe The most massive galaxies are always switched on
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Khoperskov S
(2020)
Hic sunt dracones: Cartography of the Milky Way spiral arms and bar resonances with Gaia Data Release 2
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Tabernero H
(2019)
STEPAR: an automatic code to infer stellar atmospheric parameters
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
De Sainte Agathe V
(2019)
Baryon acoustic oscillations at z = 2.34 from the correlations of Ly a absorption in eBOSS DR14
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Croston J
(2019)
The environments of radio-loud AGN from the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS)
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Duncan K
(2019)
The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey IV. First Data Release: Photometric redshifts and rest-frame magnitudes
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Balcells M
(2015)
The WEAVE spectrograph on the WHT: plans for radial velocity and chemistry surveys of the northern and equatorial Milky Way
in EAS Publications Series
Tortora C
(2022)
The Central Dark Matter Fraction of Massive Early-Type Galaxies
in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Schultheis Mathias
(2016)
Large surveys of Galactic populations with the new WEAVE faciligy
in Galactic Surveys: New Results on Formation, Evolution, Structure and Chemical Evolution of the Milky Way
Peralta De Arriba L.
(2019)
The WEAVE Quick-Look GUI
in Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X
Carrera R.
(2019)
Open clusters through the eyes of WEAVE
in Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X
Lewis J.
(2019)
The WEAVE Core Processing System at CASU
in Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X
Chabanier S
(2019)
The one-dimensional power spectrum from the SDSS DR14 Lya forests
in Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics
Rendle B
(2019)
The K2 Galactic Caps Project - going beyond the Kepler field and ageing the Galactic disc
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Das P
(2020)
seestar: Selection functions for spectroscopic surveys of the Milky Way
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gómez F
(2019)
Footprints of the Sagittarius dwarf galaxy in the Gaia data set
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Youakim K
(2020)
The Pristine Survey - VIII. The metallicity distribution function of the Milky Way halo down to the extremely metal-poor regime
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pittordis C
(2019)
Testing modified gravity with wide binaries in Gaia DR2
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
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
Vos J
(2019)
Gaia Data Release 2 catalogue of extremely low-mass white dwarf candidates
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 | 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 |