WEAVE Detectors Completion
Lead Research Organisation:
Liverpool John Moores University
Department Name: Astrophysics Research Institute
Abstract
This grant is to complete the production and commissioning of 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 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
Jofré P
(2017)
Climbing the cosmic ladder with stellar twins in RAVE with Gaia
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Shimwell T
(2017)
The LOFAR Two-metre Sky Survey I. Survey description and preliminary data release?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Buist H
(2017)
Behaviour of streams in angle and frequency spaces in different potentials
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Debattista V
(2017)
Separation of stellar populations by an evolving bar: implications for the bulge of the Milky Way
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ting ?? Y
(2017)
Prospects for Measuring Abundances of >20 Elements with Low-resolution Stellar Spectra
in The Astrophysical Journal
Jean-Baptiste I
(2017)
On the kinematic detection of accreted streams in the Gaia era: a cautionary tale
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Antoja T
(2017)
Asymmetric metallicity patterns in the stellar velocity space with RAVE
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Morabito L
(2017)
Investigating the unification of LOFAR-detected powerful AGN in the Boötes field
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gonzalez-Perez V
(2017)
The host dark matter haloes of [O II] emitters at 0.5 < z < 1.5
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Pancino E
(2017)
The Gaia -ESO Survey: Calibration strategy
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Description | The WEAVE detector system was successfully built to specification and is now in use at the WHT. |
Exploitation Route | Scientific Exploitation of WEAVE |
Sectors | Other |
URL | https://www.ing.iac.es/astronomy/instruments/weave/weaveinst.html |