2024MNRAS.530.2688J

Query : 2024MNRAS.530.2688J

2024MNRAS.530.2688J - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 530, 2688-2730 (2024/May-3)

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

JIN S., TRAGER S.C., DALTON G.B., AGUERRI J.A.L., DREW J.E., FALCON-BARROSO J., GANSICKE B.T., HILL V., IOVINO A., PIERI M.M., POGGIANTI B.M., SMITH D.J.B., VALLENARI A., ABRAMS D.C., AGUADO D.S., ANTOJA T., ARAGON-SALAMANCA A., ASCASIBAR Y., BABUSIAUX C., BALCELLS M., BARRENA R., BATTAGLIA G., BELOKUROV V., BENSBY T., BONIFACIO P., BRAGAGLIA A., CARRASCO E., CARRERA R., CORNWELL D.J., DOMINGUEZ-PALMERO L., DUNCAN K.J., FAMAEY B., FARINA C., GONZALEZ O.A., GUEST S., HATCH N.A., HESS K.M., HOSKIN M.J., IRWIN M., KNAPEN J.H., KOPOSOV S.E., KUCHNER U., LAIGLE C., LEWIS J., LONGHETTI M., LUCATELLO S., MENDEZ-ABREU J., MERCURIO A., MOLAEINEZHAD A., MONGUIO M., MORRISON S., MURPHY D.N.A., PERALTA DE ARRIBA L., PEREZ I., PEREZ-RAFOLS I., PICO S., RADDI R., ROMERO-GOMEZ M., ROYER F., SIEBERT A., SEABROKE G.M., SOM D., TERRETT D., THOMAS G., WESSON R., WORLEY C.C., ALFARO E.J., ALLENDE PRIETO C., ALONSO-SANTIAGO J., AMOS N.J., ASHLEY R.P., BALAGUER-NUNEZ L., BALBINOT E., BELLAZZINI M., BENN C.R., BERLANAS S.R., BERNARD E.J., BEST P., BETTONI D., BIANCO A., BISHOP G., BLOMQVIST M., BOECHE C., BOLZONELLA M., BONOLI S., BOSMA A., BRITAVSKIY N., BUSARELLO G., CAFFAU E., CANTAT-GAUDIN T., CASTRO-GINARD A., COUTO G., CARBAJO-HIJARRUBIA J., CARTER D., CASAMIQUELA L., CONRADO A.M., CORCHO-CABALLERO P., COSTANTIN L., DEASON A., DE BURGOS A., DE GRANDI S., DI MATTEO P., DOMINGUEZ-GOMEZ J., DORDA R., DRAKE A., DUTTA R., ERKAL D., FELTZING S., FERRE-MATEU A., FEUILLET D., FIGUERAS F., FOSSATI M., FRANCIOSINI E., FRASCA A., FUMAGALLI M., GALLAZZI A., GARCIA-BENITO R., GENTILE FUSILLO N., GEBRAN M., GILBERT J., GLEDHILL T.M., GONZALEZ DELGADO R.M., GREIMEL R., GUARCELLO M.G., GUERRA J., GULLIEUSZIK M., HAINES C.P., HARDCASTLE M.J., HARRIS A., HAYWOOD M., HELMI A., HERNANDEZ N., HERRERO A., HUGHES S., IRSIC V., JABLONKA P., JARVIS M.J., JORDI C., KONDAPALLY R., KORDOPATIS G., KROGAGER J.-K., LA BARBERA F., LAM M.I., LARSEN S.S., LEMASLE B., LEWIS I.J., LHOME E., LIND K., LODI M., LONGOBARDI A., LONOCE I., MAGRINI L., MAIZ APELLANIZ J., MARCHAL O., MARCO A., MARTIN N.F., MATSUNO T., MAUROGORDATO S., MERLUZZI P., MIRALDA-ESCUDE J., MOLINARI E., MONARI G., MORELLI L., MOTTRAM C.J., NAYLOR T., NEGUERUELA I., ONORBE J., PANCINO E., PEIRANI S., PELETIER R.F., POZZETTI L., RAINER M., RAMOS P., READ S.C., ROSSI E.M., ROTTGERING H.J.A., RUBINO-MARTIN J.A., SABATER J., SAN JUAN J., SANNA N., SCHALLIG E., SCHIAVON R.P., SCHULTHEIS M., SERRA P., SHIMWELL T.W., SIMON-DIAZ S., SMITH R.J., SORDO R., SORINI D., SOUBIRAN C., STARKENBURG E., STEELE I.A., STOTT J., STUIK R., TOLSTOY E., TORTORA C., TSANTAKI M., VAN DER SWAELMEN M., VAN WEEREN R.J., VERGANI D., VERHEIJEN M.A.W., VERRO K., VINK J.S., VIOQUE M., WALCHER C.J., WALTON N.A., WEGG C., WEIJMANS A.-M., WILLIAMS W.L., WILSON A.J., WRIGHT N.J., XYLAKIS-DORNBUSCH T., YOUAKIM K., ZIBETTI S. and ZURITA C.

Abstract (from CDS):

WEAVE, the new wide-field, massively multiplexed spectroscopic survey facility for the William Herschel Telescope, saw first light in late 2022. WEAVE comprises a new 2-deg 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 ∼ 5000, or two shorter ranges at $R\sim 20\, 000$. After summarizing the design and implementation of WEAVE and its data systems, we present the organization, 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 ∼3 million stars and detailed abundances for ∼1.5 million brighter field and open-cluster stars; (ii) survey ∼0.4 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 ∼400 neutral-hydrogen-selected galaxies with the IFUs; (v) study properties and kinematics of stellar populations and ionized gas in z < 0.5 cluster galaxies; (vi) survey stellar populations and kinematics in ${\sim} 25\, 000$ field galaxies at 0.3 ≲ z ≲ 0.7; (vii) study the cosmic evolution of accretion and star formation using >1 million spectra of LOFAR-selected radio sources; and (viii) trace structures using intergalactic/circumgalactic gas at z > 2. Finally, we describe the WEAVE Operational Rehearsals using the WEAVE Simulator.

Abstract Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society.

Journal keyword(s): instrumentation: spectrographs - surveys - stars: general - Galaxy: general - galaxies: general - cosmology: observations

Simbad objects: 23

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Number of rows : 23
N Identifier Otype ICRS (J2000)
RA 		ICRS (J2000)
DEC 		Mag U Mag B Mag V Mag R Mag I Sp type #ref
1850 - 2026 		#notes
1 NGC 188 OpC 00 47 14.8 +85 14 42           ~ 990 0
2 NAME Psc-Per Supercluster SCG 02 33.2 +41 37           ~ 444 1
3 NAME LMC G 05 23 34.6 -69 45 22     0.4     ~ 19090 0
4 NAME Gal Anticenter reg 05 46 +28.9           ~ 1024 0
5 NAME Rosette Nebula HII 06 32 26.76 +04 47 37.1           ~ 522 1
6 NAME MONOCEROS NEB SNR 06 38 43 +06 30.2           ~ 264 0
7 NGC 2264 OpC 06 40 53.7 +09 52 32           ~ 1876 0
8 NAME COSMOS Field reg 10 00 28.60 +02 12 21.0           ~ 3639 0
9 NAME Lockman Hole reg 10 45 00.0 +58 00 00           ~ 910 0
10 M 97 PN 11 14 47.7122947800 +55 01 08.482832076   15.414 15.777 15.960 16.194 ~ 356 2
11 NGC 3769 GiP 11 37 44.0727836208 +47 53 34.782808956   11.7       ~ 195 0
12 NAME NGP reg 12 51 26.275 +27 07 41.70           ~ 1274 0
13 Z 297-12 LSB 15 23 51.735 +58 03 11.23   14.6       ~ 85 0
14 ACO 2142 ClG 15 58 26.5 +27 13 52           ~ 825 0
15 ACO 2152 ClG 16 05 22.4 +16 26 55           ~ 165 0
16 ELAIS N1 reg 16 10 01 +54 30.6           ~ 489 0
17 NAME Galactic Center reg 17 45 39.60213 -29 00 22.0000           ~ 16269 0
18 NGC 6543 PN 17 58 33.4039587288 +66 37 58.750734000   11.09 11.28     [WC] 1197 2
19 NAME NEP reg 18 00 00.000 +66 33 38.55           ~ 430 0
20 CIZA J1930.0-1509 ClG 19 30 01.6 -15 09 45           ~ 8 0
21 NAME Cyg Complex reg 20 32 +45.0           ~ 667 0
22 NAME Gaia Enceladus-Sausage St* ~ ~           ~ 860 0
23 NAME Galactic Bulge reg ~ ~           ~ 4794 0

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