Bibcode
Dalton, Gavin; Trager, Scott; Abrams, Don Carlos; Bonifacio, Piercarlo; Aguerri, J. Alfonso L.; Vallenari, Antonella; Bishop, Georgia; Middleton, Kevin; Benn, Chris; Dee, Kevin; Mignot, Shan; Lewis, Ian; Pragt, Johannes; Pico, Sergio; Walton, Nicholas; Rey, Juerg; Allende Prieto, Carlos; Lhomé, Emilie; Balcells, Marc; Terrett, David; Brock, Matthew; Ridings, Andy; Skvarč, Jure; Verheijen, Marc; Steele, Iain; Stuik, Remko; Kroes, Gabby; Tromp, Neils; Kragt, Jan; Lesman, Dirk; Mottram, Chris; Bates, Stuart; Gribbin, Frank; Burgal, Jose Alonso; Herreros, José Miguel; Delgado, José Miguel; Martin, Carlos; Cano, Diego; Navarro, Ramon; Irwin, Mike; Peralta de Arriba, Luis; O'Mahoney, Neil; Bianco, Andrea; Moleinezhad, Alireza; ter Horst, Rik; Molinari, Emilio; Lodi, Marcello; Guerra, José; Baruffalo, Andrea; Carrasco, Esperanza; Farcas, Szigfrid; Schallig, Ellen; Hughes, Sarah; Hill, Vanessa; Smith, Dan; Drew, Janet; Poggianti, Bianca; Iovino, Angela; Pieri, Mat; Jin, Shoko; Dominguez Palmero, Lillian; Fariña, Cecilia; Martín, Adrian; Worley, Clare; Murphy, David; Guest, Steve; Morris, Huw; Elswijk, Eddy; de Haan, Menno; Hanenburg, Hiddo; Salasnich, Bernardo; Mayya, Divakara; Izazaga-Pérez, Rafael; Gafton, Emanuel; Caffau, Elisabetta; Horville, David; Paz Chinchón, Francisco; Falcon-Barosso, Jesus; Gänsicke, Boris; San Juan, Jose; Hernandez, Nauzet
Referencia bibliográfica
Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series
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2020
Número de citas
11
Número de citas referidas
10
Descripción
We present an update on the overall integration progress of the WEAVE next-generation spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope (WHT), now scheduled for first light in early-2021, with almost all components now arrived at the observatory. We also present a summary of the current planning behind the 5-year initial phase of survey operations, and some detailed end-to-end science simulations that have been implemented to evaluate the final on-sky performance after data processing. WEAVE will provide optical ground-based follow up of ground-based (LOFAR) and space-based (Gaia) surveys. WEAVE is a multi-object and multi-IFU facility utilizing a new 2-degree prime focus field of view at the WHT, with a buffered pick-and-place positioner system hosting 1000 multi-object (MOS) fibres, 20 mini integral field units, or a single large IFU for each observation. The fibres are fed to a single (dual-beam) spectrograph, with total of 16k spectral pixels, located within the WHT GHRIL enclosure on the telescope Nasmyth platform, supporting observations at R~5000 over the full 370-1000nm wavelength range in a single exposure, or a high resolution mode with limited coverage in each arm at R~20000.