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, 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’ integra...

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Published in:	Monthly notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 2024, Vol.530 (3), p.2688-2730
Main Authors:	Dalton, Gavin B, Drew, J E, Falcón-Barroso, Jesús, Hill, Vanessa, Iovino, Angela, Abrams, Don Carlos, Aguado, David S, Aragón-Salamanca, Alfonso, Babusiaux, Carine, Balcells, Marc, Belokurov, Vasily, Bensby, Thomas, Carrera, Ricardo, Duncan, Kenneth J, Famaey, Benoit, Gonzalez, Oscar A, Hess, Kelley M, Kuchner, Ulrike, Lewis, Jim, Lucatello, Sara, Molaeinezhad, Alireza, Peralta de Arriba, Luis, Picó, Sergio, Raddi, Roberto, Romero-Gómez, Mercè, Royer, Frédéric, Wesson, Roger, Ashley, Richard P, Benn, Chris R, Bernard, Edouard J, Bettoni, Daniela, Blomqvist, Michael, Boeche, Corrado, Bolzonella, Micol, Britavskiy, Nikolay, Cantat-Gaudin, Tristan, Castro-Ginard, Alfred, Couto, Guilherme, Deason, Alis, de Burgos, Abel, Di Matteo, Paola, Drake, Alyssa, Ferré-Mateu, Anna, Figueras, Francesca, Frasca, Antonio, García-Benito, Rubén, González Delgado, Rosa M, Guarcello, Mario Giuseppe, Gullieuszik, Marco, Hardcastle, Martin J, Harris, Amy, Haywood, Misha, Helmi, Amina, Hernandez, Nauzet, Hughes, Sarah, Iršič, Vid, Jarvis, Matt J, Jordi, Carme, Kondapally, Rohit, Kordopatis, Georges, La Barbera, Francesco, Lam, Man I, Lemasle, Bertrand, Lind, Karin, Longobardi, Alessia, Lonoce, Ilaria, Magrini, Laura, Maíz Apellániz, Jesús, Marchal, Olivier, Maurogordato, Sophie, Merluzzi, Paola, Monari, Giacomo, Morelli, Lorenzo, Mottram, Christopher J, Naylor, Tim, Pancino, Elena, Peirani, Sébastien, Peletier, Reynier F, Rainer, Monica, Read, Shaun C, Röttgering, Huub J A, Sabater, Jose, San Juan, José, Schiavon, Ricardo P, Schultheis, Mathias, Serra, Paolo, Smith, Russell J, Steele, Iain A, Stott, John, Tortora, Crescenzo, Vergani, Daniela, Verheijen, Marc A W, Verro, Kristiina, Vink, Jorick S, Vioque, Miguel, Walcher, C Jakob, Weijmans, Anne-Marie, Xylakis-Dornbusch, Theodora, Zibetti, Stefano, Zurita, Cristina
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Language:	English
Subjects:	Astronomy and Astrophysics Aérospatiale, astronomie & astrophysique cosmology: observations galaxies: general Galaxy: general instrumentation: spectrographs Physical, chemical, mathematical & earth Sciences Physique, chimie, mathématiques & sciences de la terre Sciences of the Universe Space and Planetary Science Space science, astronomy & astrophysics stars: general surveys surveys - stars: general - Galaxy: general
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