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
Ichikawa K
(2017)
Foreground effect on the J-factor estimation of classical dwarf spheroidal galaxies
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
González M
(2017)
Phase-space structures and stellar populations in the star-forming region NGC 2264
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Jofré P
(2017)
Climbing the cosmic ladder with stellar twins in RAVE with Gaia
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Blanton M
(2017)
Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV: Mapping the Milky Way, Nearby Galaxies, and the Distant Universe
in The Astronomical Journal
Lofthouse E
(2017)
Local analogues of high-redshift star-forming galaxies: integral field spectroscopy of green peas
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Gürkan G
(2018)
LOFAR/H-ATLAS: the low-frequency radio luminosity-star formation rate relation
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Deason A
(2018)
Cresting the wave: proper motions of the Eastern Banded Structure
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Middleton K
(2018)
The polishing of WEAVE spectrograph collimator mirror
Casares J
(2018)
Hibernating black holes revealed by photometric mass functions
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Carrasco E
(2018)
The WEAVE observatory control system
Smith D
(2018)
Panchromatic SED modelling of spatially resolved galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Terlevich R
(2018)
WEAVE spectrograph cameras: the polishing of the spherical lenses
Middleton K
(2018)
Low-level control software for the WEAVE spectrograph
Zanutta A
(2018)
VPHGs for WEAVE: design, manufacturing and characterization
Williams W
(2018)
LOFAR-Boötes: properties of high- and low-excitation radio galaxies at 0.5 < z < 2.0
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ciuca I
(2018)
The vertical metallicity gradients of mono-age stellar populations in the Milky Way with the RAVE and Gaia data
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Middleton K
(2018)
Antireflective coatings for the red camera of WEAVE spectrograph
Duncan K
(2018)
Photometric redshifts for the next generation of deep radio continuum surveys - I. Template fitting
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Casalta J
(2018)
The WEAVE prime focus correction: from design to integration
Kumari N
(2018)
O/H-N/O: the curious case of NGC 4670
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Smith L
(2018)
VIRAC: the VVV Infrared Astrometric Catalogue
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 |