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
Li T
(2019)
The southern stellar stream spectroscopic survey (S5): Overview, target selection, data reduction, validation, and early science
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Haines T
(2019)
Implications of a Time-varying Galactic Potential for Determinations of the Dynamical Surface Density
in The Astrophysical Journal
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
Thomas G
(2019)
Dwarfs or Giants? Stellar Metallicities and Distances from ugrizG Multiband Photometry
in The Astrophysical Journal
Koppelman H
(2019)
Multiple retrograde substructures in the Galactic halo: A shattered view of Galactic history
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Caffau E
(2019)
Systematic investigation of chemical abundances derived using IR spectra obtained with GIANO
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Mints A
(2019)
Ensemble age inversions for large spectroscopic surveys
in Astronomy & Astrophysics
Smith D
(2018)
Panchromatic SED modelling of spatially resolved galaxies
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Ness M
(2018)
Galactic Doppelgängers: The Chemical Similarity Among Field Stars and Among Stars with a Common Birth Origin
in The Astrophysical Journal
Zanutta A
(2018)
VPHGs for WEAVE: design, manufacturing and characterization
Fariña C
(2018)
Design of the observation queue scheduler for WEAVE on the WHT
Casalta J
(2018)
The WEAVE prime focus correction: from design to integration
Harris A
(2018)
A and F stars as probes of outer Galactic disc kinematics
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Terrett D
(2018)
First lab results of the WEAVE fibre positioner system
De Boer T
(2018)
The fall of the Northern Unicorn: tangential motions in the Galactic anticentre with SDSS and Gaia
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
Casares J
(2018)
Hibernating black holes revealed by photometric mass functions
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
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
Smith L
(2018)
VIRAC: the VVV Infrared Astrometric Catalogue
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Middleton K
(2018)
Antireflective coatings for the red camera of WEAVE spectrograph
Yang M
(2018)
The LAMOST Complete Spectroscopic Survey of Pointing Area (LaCoSSPAr) in the Southern Galactic Cap. I. The Spectroscopic Redshift Catalog
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
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 |