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
Wang Y
(2019)
ATLAS probe: Breakthrough science of galaxy evolution, cosmology, Milky Way, and the Solar System
in Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Salvadori S
(2019)
Probing the existence of very massive first stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Costantin L
(2019)
A few StePS forward in unveiling the complexity of galaxy evolution: light-weighted stellar ages of intermediate-redshift galaxies with WEAVE
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Laverick M
(2019)
The Belgian repository of fundamental atomic data and stellar spectra (BRASS) II. Quality assessment of atomic data for unblended lines in FGK stars
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Hardcastle M
(2019)
Radio-loud AGN in the first LoTSS data release The lifetimes and environmental impact of jet-driven sources
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Belokurov V
(2019)
Gaia's living and breathing Galaxy
in Nature Reviews Physics
Aguado D
(2019)
The Pristine survey - VI. The first three years of medium-resolution follow-up spectroscopy of Pristine EMP star candidates
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Mooney S
(2019)
Revisiting the Fanaroff-Riley dichotomy and radio-galaxy morphology with the LOFAR Two-Metre Sky Survey (LoTSS)
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Hale C
(2019)
LOFAR observations of the XMM-LSS field
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Shipp N
(2019)
Proper Motions of Stellar Streams Discovered in the Dark Energy Survey
in The Astrophysical Journal
Casamiquela L
(2019)
OCCASO - III. Iron peak and a elements of 18 open clusters. Comparison with chemical evolution models and field stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Sabater J
(2019)
The LoTSS view of radio AGN in the local Universe The most massive galaxies are always switched on
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
Lewis J.
(2019)
The WEAVE Core Processing System at CASU
in Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X
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
Gentile Fusillo N
(2019)
A Gaia Data Release 2 catalogue of white dwarfs and a comparison with SDSS
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Terrett D
(2018)
First lab results of the WEAVE fibre positioner system
Zanutta A
(2018)
VPHGs for WEAVE: design, manufacturing and characterization
Casalta J
(2018)
The WEAVE prime focus correction: from design to integration
Leung H
(2018)
Deep learning of multi-element abundances from high-resolution spectroscopic data
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Terlevich R
(2018)
WEAVE spectrograph cameras: the polishing of the spherical lenses
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 |