The wide-field, multiplexed, spectroscopic facility WEAVE: Survey design, overview, and simulated implementation

WEAVE, the new wide-field, massively multiplexed spectroscopic survey facility for the William Herschel Telescope, will see first light in late 2022. WEAVE comprises a new 2-degree field-of-view prime-focus corrector system, a nearly 1000-multiplex fibre positioner, 20 individually deployable '...

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Hauptverfasser: Trager, Scott C, Aguerri, J Alfonso L, Falcón-Barroso, Jesús, Hill, Vanessa, Iovino, Angela, Aragón-Salamanca, Alfonso, Babusiaux, Carine, Balcells, Marc, Barrena, R, Belokurov, Vasily, Bensby, Thomas, Bonifacio, Piercarlo, Cornwell, Daniel J, Hatch, Nina A, Hess, Kelley M, Hoskin, Matthew J, Knapen, Johan H, Lewis, Jim, Lucatello, Sara, Molaeinezhad, Alireza, Morrison, Sean, Murphy, David N A, Pérez-Ràfols, Ignasi, Picó, Sergio, Romero-Gómez, Mercè, Royer, Frédéric, Seabroke, George M, Worley, C Clare, Amos, Nicholas J, Bellazzini, Michele, Bernard, Edouard J, Bettoni, Daniela, Blomqvist, Michael, Boeche, Corrado, Bosma, Albert, Britavskiy, Nikolay, Cantat-Gaudin, Tristan, Castro-Ginard, Alfred, Couto, Guilherme, Conrado, Ana M, Domínguez-Gómez, Jesús, Drake, Alyssa, Feltzing, Sofia, Ferré-Mateu, Anna, Figueras, Francesca, Franciosin, Elena, Frasca, Antonio, Nicola Gentile Fusillo, Gledhill, T M, González Delgado, Rosa M, Guarcello, Mario Giuseppe, Gullieuszik, Marco, Haines, Christopher P, Hardcastle, Martin J, Haywood, Misha, Helmi, Amina, Hernandez, Nauzet, Herrero, Artemio, Hughes, Sarah, Jarvis, Matt J, Jordi, Carme, Kondapally, Rohit, Kordopatis, Georges, Lam, Man I, Lemasle, Bertrand, Lewis, Ian J, Lind, Karin, Magrin, Laura, Marchal, Olivier, Martin, Nicolas F, Maurogordato, Sophie, Merluzzi, Paola, Monari, Giacomo, Morelli, Lorenzo, Negueruela, Ignacio, Peirani, Sébastien, Peletier, Reynier F, Rainer, Monica, Röttgering, Huub J A, Jose Sabater Montes, José San Juan, Schiavon, Ricardo P, Schultheis, Mathias, Serra, Paolo, Shimwell, Timothy W, Smith, Russell J, Sorini, Daniele, Steele, Iain A, Tsantaki, Maria, Mathieu Van der Swaelmen, Vergani, Daniela, Verro, Kristiina, Vioque, Miguel, Wegg, Christopher, Weijmans, Anne-Marie, Williams, Wendy L, Wilson, Andrew J, Wright, Nicholas J, Xylakis-Dornbusch, Theodora, Zurita, Cristina
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creator Trager, Scott C
Aguerri, J Alfonso L
Falcón-Barroso, Jesús
Hill, Vanessa
Iovino, Angela
Aragón-Salamanca, Alfonso
Babusiaux, Carine
Balcells, Marc
Barrena, R
Belokurov, Vasily
Bensby, Thomas
Bonifacio, Piercarlo
Cornwell, Daniel J
Hatch, Nina A
Hess, Kelley M
Hoskin, Matthew J
Knapen, Johan H
Lewis, Jim
Lucatello, Sara
Molaeinezhad, Alireza
Morrison, Sean
Murphy, David N A
Pérez-Ràfols, Ignasi
Picó, Sergio
Romero-Gómez, Mercè
Royer, Frédéric
Seabroke, George M
Worley, C Clare
Amos, Nicholas J
Bellazzini, Michele
Bernard, Edouard J
Bettoni, Daniela
Blomqvist, Michael
Boeche, Corrado
Bosma, Albert
Britavskiy, Nikolay
Cantat-Gaudin, Tristan
Castro-Ginard, Alfred
Couto, Guilherme
Conrado, Ana M
Domínguez-Gómez, Jesús
Drake, Alyssa
Feltzing, Sofia
Ferré-Mateu, Anna
Figueras, Francesca
Franciosin, Elena
Frasca, Antonio
Nicola Gentile Fusillo
Gledhill, T M
González Delgado, Rosa M
Guarcello, Mario Giuseppe
Gullieuszik, Marco
Haines, Christopher P
Hardcastle, Martin J
Haywood, Misha
Helmi, Amina
Hernandez, Nauzet
Herrero, Artemio
Hughes, Sarah
Jarvis, Matt J
Jordi, Carme
Kondapally, Rohit
Kordopatis, Georges
Lam, Man I
Lemasle, Bertrand
Lewis, Ian J
Lind, Karin
Magrin, Laura
Marchal, Olivier
Martin, Nicolas F
Maurogordato, Sophie
Merluzzi, Paola
Monari, Giacomo
Morelli, Lorenzo
Negueruela, Ignacio
Peirani, Sébastien
Peletier, Reynier F
Rainer, Monica
Röttgering, Huub J A
Jose Sabater Montes
José San Juan
Schiavon, Ricardo P
Schultheis, Mathias
Serra, Paolo
Shimwell, Timothy W
Smith, Russell J
Sorini, Daniele
Steele, Iain A
Tsantaki, Maria
Mathieu Van der Swaelmen
Vergani, Daniela
Verro, Kristiina
Vioque, Miguel
Wegg, Christopher
Weijmans, Anne-Marie
Williams, Wendy L
Wilson, Andrew J
Wright, Nicholas J
Xylakis-Dornbusch, Theodora
Zurita, Cristina
description WEAVE, the new wide-field, massively multiplexed spectroscopic survey facility for the William Herschel Telescope, will see first light in late 2022. WEAVE comprises a new 2-degree field-of-view prime-focus corrector system, a nearly 1000-multiplex fibre positioner, 20 individually deployable 'mini' integral field units (IFUs), and a single large IFU. These fibre systems feed a dual-beam spectrograph covering the wavelength range 366\(-\)959\,nm at \(R\sim5000\), or two shorter ranges at \(R\sim20\,000\). After summarising the design and implementation of WEAVE and its data systems, we present the organisation, science drivers and design of a five- to seven-year programme of eight individual surveys to: (i) study our Galaxy's origins by completing Gaia's phase-space information, providing metallicities to its limiting magnitude for \(\sim\)3 million stars and detailed abundances for \(\sim1.5\) million brighter field and open-cluster stars; (ii) survey \(\sim0.4\) million Galactic-plane OBA stars, young stellar objects and nearby gas to understand the evolution of young stars and their environments; (iii) perform an extensive spectral survey of white dwarfs; (iv) survey \(\sim400\) neutral-hydrogen-selected galaxies with the IFUs; (v) study properties and kinematics of stellar populations and ionised gas in \(z1\) million spectra of LOFAR-selected radio sources; (viii) trace structures using intergalactic/circumgalactic gas at \(z>2\). Finally, we describe the WEAVE Operational Rehearsals using the WEAVE Simulator.
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subjects Data systems
Deposition
Galactic clusters
Kinematics
LOFAR
Milky Way
Multiplexing
Physics - Astrophysics of Galaxies
Physics - Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics
Physics - Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics
Physics - Solar and Stellar Astrophysics
Radio astronomy
Radio sources (astronomy)
Spectroscopy
Star & galaxy formation
Star formation
Stars & galaxies
Stellar evolution
Stellar kinematics
Stellar populations
White dwarf stars
title The wide-field, multiplexed, spectroscopic facility WEAVE: Survey design, overview, and simulated implementation
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