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The E-ELT first light spectrograph HARMONI: capabilities and modes

Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics 9908 (2016) 99081x-99081x-11

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Niranjan A Thatte, Fraser Clarke, Ian Bryson, Hermine Shnetler, Matthias Tecza, Thierry Fusco, Roland M Bacon, Johan Richard, Evencio Mediavilla, Benoît Neichel, Santiago Arribas, Begoña Garcia-Lorenzo, Christopher J Evans, Alban Remillieux, Kacem El Madi, Jose Miguel Herreros, Dave Melotte, Kieran O'Brien, Ian A Tosh, Joël Vernet, Peter Hammersley, Derek J Ives, Gert Finger, Ryan Houghton, Dimitra Rigopoulou, James D Lynn, Jamie R Allen, Simon D Zieleniewski, Sarah Kendrew, Vanessa Ferraro-Wood, Arlette Pécontal-Rousset, Johan Kosmalski, Florence Laurent, Magali Loupias, Laure Piqueras, Edgar Renault, Jeremy Blaizot, Eric Daguisé, Jean-Emmanuel Migniau, Aurélien Jarno, Andy Born, Angus M Gallie, David M Montgomery, David Henry, Noah Schwartz, William Taylor, Gérard Zins, Luis Fernando Rodríguez-Ramos, Miguel Cagigas, Giuseppina Battaglia, Refael Rebolo López, Elvio Hernández Suárez, José Vicente Gigante-Ripoll, Javier Piqueras López, Montserrat Villa Martin, Carlos Correia, Sandrine Pascal, Leonardo Blanco, Pascal Vola, Benoit Epinat, Celine Peroux, Arthur Vigan, Kjetil Dohlen, Jean-Francois Sauvage, Martin Lee, Alexis Carlotti, Christophe Verinaud, Tim Morris, Richard Myers, Andrew Reeves, Mark Swinbank, Ariadna Calcines, Marrie Larrieu
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VIRUS: first deployment of the massively replicated fiber integral field spectrograph for the upgraded Hobby-Eberly Telescope

Proceedings of SPIE--the International Society for Optical Engineering SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics 9908 (2016) 99081h-99081h-29

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Gary J Hill, Sarah E Tuttle, Brian L Vattiat, Hanshin Lee, Niv Drory, Andreas Kelz, Jason Ramsey, Trent W Peterson, DL DePoy, JL Marshall, Karl Gebhardt, Taylor Chonis, Gavin Dalton, Daniel Farrow, John M Good, Dionne M Haynes, Briana L Indahl, Thomas Jahn, Hermanus Kriel, Francesco Montesano, Harald Nicklas, Eva Noyola, Travis Prochaska, Richard D Allen, Ralf Bender, Guillermo Blanc, Maximilian H Fabricius, Steve Finkelstein, Martin Landriau, Phillip J MacQueen, MM Roth, RD Savage, Jan M Snigula, Heiko Anwad
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WAS: the data archive for the WEAVE spectrograph

SPIE Proceedings SPIE 9913 (2016) 99131X-99131X

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Jose Guerra, Emilio Molinari, Marcello Lodi, Adrian Martin, Gavin B Dalton, Scott C Trager, Shoko Jin, Don Carlos Abrams, Piercarlo Bonifacio, Jose Alfonso López Aguerri, Antonella Vallenari, Esperanza E Carrasco Licea, Kevin F Middleton
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Final design and build progress of WEAVE: the next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope

GROUND-BASED AND AIRBORNE INSTRUMENTATION FOR ASTRONOMY VI 9908 (2016) ARTN 99081G

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G Dalton, S Trager, D Carlos Abrams, P Bonifacio, JAL Aguerrig, K Middleton, C Benn, K Dee, F Sayede, I Lewis, J Pragt, S Pico, N Walton, J Rey, C Allende Prieto, J Penate, E Lhome, T Agocs, J Alonso, D Terrett, M Brock, J Gilbert, E Schallig, A Ridings, I Guinouard, M Verheijen, I Tosh, K Rogers, M Lee, I Steele, R Stuik, N Tromp, A Jasko, E Carrasco, S Farcas, J Kragt, D Lesman, G Kroes, C Mottram, S Bates, F Gribbin, L Fernando Rodriguez, J Miguel Delgado, J Miguel Herreros, C Martin, D Cano, R Navarro, M Irwin, J Lewis, EG Solares, D Murphy, C Worley, N O'Mahony, R Bassom, A Bianco, C Zurita, R ter Horst, E Molinari, M Lodi, J Guerra, A Martin, A Vallenari, B Salasnich, A Baruffolo, S Jin, V Hill, D Smith, J Drew, B Poggianti, M Pieri, L Dominguez Palmero, C Farina
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Final design and progress of WEAVE: the next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope

Proceedings of SPIE Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers 9908 (2016)

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Gavin Dalton, Scott Trager, Don C Abrams, Piercarlo Bonifacio, J Alonso L Aguerri, Kevin Middleton, Chris Benn, Kevin Dee, Frédéric Sayède, Ian Lewis, Johannes Pragt, Sergio Pico, Nic Walton, Juerg Rey, Carlos A Prieto, José Peñate, Emilie Lhome, Tibor Agócs, José Alonso, David Terrett, Matthew Brock, James Gilbert, Ellen Schallig, Andy Ridings, Isabelle Guinouard

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We present the Final Design of the WEAVE next-generation spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope (WHT), together with a status update on the details of manufacturing, integration and the overall project schedule now that all the major fabrication contracts are in place. We also present a summary of the current planning behind the 5-year initial phase of survey operations. 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 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. The project is now in the manufacturing and integration phase with first light expected for early of 2018.
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