WEAVE Detectors Main Grant
Lead Research Organisation:
Liverpool John Moores University
Department Name: Astrophysics Research Institute
Abstract
This grant is to produce 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 a 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
Miller J
(2019)
Searching for the shadows of giants: characterizing protoclusters with line of sight Lyman-a absorption
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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
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
Laporte C
(2019)
Stellar disc streams as probes of the Galactic potential and satellite impacts
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Kraljic K
(2022)
Forecasts for WEAVE-QSO: 3D clustering and connectivity of critical points with Lyman- a tomography
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Widmark A
(2019)
The dynamical matter density in the solar neighbourhood inferred from Gaia DR1
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Manser C
(2020)
The frequency of gaseous debris discs around white dwarfs
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Vos J
(2019)
Gaia Data Release 2 catalogue of extremely low-mass white dwarf candidates
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Minchev I
(2019)
Yule-Simpson's paradox in Galactic Archaeology
in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
Cornwell D
(2022)
Forecasting the success of the WEAVE Wide-Field Cluster Survey on the extraction of the cosmic web filaments around galaxy clusters
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 | Science exploitation |
Sectors | Other |
URL | https://www.ing.iac.es/astronomy/instruments/weave/weaveinst.html |
Description | Collaboration with Isaac Newton Group |
Organisation | Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING) |
Country | Spain |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Joint development of detector systems |
Collaborator Contribution | Expertise in operations and use |
Impact | Development in ongoing, with completion of the new system due in 2018. |
Start Year | 2014 |
Description | Collaboration with University of Oxford |
Organisation | University of Oxford |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Scientific Expertise, Access to telescope time |
Collaborator Contribution | Scientific Expertise, Financial Contribution |
Impact | Collaboration on followup of LOFAR radio transients starting in early 2014. |
Start Year | 2014 |