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
Domínguez-Tenreiro R
(2017)
The Radial Distribution of Mono-metallicity Populations in the Galactic Disk as Evidence for Two-phase Disk Formation
in The Astrophysical Journal
Du Mas Des Bourboux H
(2017)
Baryon acoustic oscillations from the complete SDSS-III Ly a -quasar cross-correlation function at z = 2.4
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
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
Erkal D
(2017)
A sharper view of Pal 5's tails: discovery of stream perturbations with a novel non-parametric technique
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Esposito M
(2022)
Weighing cosmic structures with clusters of galaxies and the intergalactic medium
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Fariña C
(2018)
Design of the observation queue scheduler for WEAVE on the WHT
Figueras F
(2017)
Outskirts of Galaxies
Fratta M
(2023)
Spectroscopic follow-up of a subset of the Gaia /IPHAS catalogue of Ha-excess sources
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 |