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
Brauer K
(2019)
The Origin of r -process Enhanced Metal-poor Halo Stars In Now-destroyed Ultra-faint Dwarf Galaxies
in The Astrophysical Journal
Osorio Y
(2022)
Accurate Metallicities for Very Metal-poor Stars from the Ca ii Infrared Triplet
in The Astrophysical Journal
Ness M
(2018)
Galactic Doppelgängers: The Chemical Similarity Among Field Stars and Among Stars with a Common Birth Origin
in The Astrophysical Journal
Xiang M
(2019)
Abundance Estimates for 16 Elements in 6 Million Stars from LAMOST DR5 Low-Resolution Spectra
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
Traven G
(2017)
The Galah Survey: Classification and Diagnostics with t-SNE Reduction of Spectral Information
in The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
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
Hughes S
(2022)
Optimisation of the WEAVE target assignment algorithm
Middleton K
(2018)
The polishing of WEAVE spectrograph collimator mirror
Bosma A
(2017)
Outskirts of Galaxies
Carrasco E
(2018)
The WEAVE observatory control system
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
Hughes S
(2022)
Calibration at elevation of the WEAVE fibre positioner
Figueras F
(2017)
Outskirts of Galaxies
Middleton K
(2018)
Antireflective coatings for the red camera of WEAVE spectrograph
Casalta J
(2018)
The WEAVE prime focus correction: from design to integration
Crnojevic D
(2017)
Outskirts of Galaxies
Terrett D
(2018)
First lab results of the WEAVE fibre positioner system
Fariña C
(2018)
Design of the observation queue scheduler for WEAVE on the WHT
| 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 |