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
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
Williams A
(2017)
On the run: mapping the escape speed across the Galaxy with SDSS
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Monreal-Ibero A
(2017)
Measuring diffuse interstellar bands with cool stars Improved line lists to model background stellar spectra?
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Griv E
(2017)
The Spiral Arm Segments of the Galaxy within 3 kpc from the Sun: A Statistical Approach
in The Astrophysical Journal
Simpson J
(2017)
Siriusly, a newly identified intermediate-age Milky Way stellar cluster: a spectroscopic study of Gaia 1
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Thévenin F
(2017)
Modern Geometric Methods of Distance Determination
in Space Science Reviews
Buist H
(2017)
Behaviour of streams in angle and frequency spaces in different potentials
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Youakim K
(2017)
The Pristine survey - III. Spectroscopic confirmation of an efficient search for extremely metal-poor stars
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ted Mackereth J
(2017)
The age-metallicity structure of the Milky Way disc using APOGEE
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 | Scientific Exploitation of WEAVE |
Sectors | Other |
URL | https://www.ing.iac.es/astronomy/instruments/weave/weaveinst.html |