The WEAVE-LOFAR survey
In these proceedings we highlight the primary scientific goals and design of the WEAVE-LOFAR survey, which will use the new WEAVE spectrograph on the 4.2m William Herschel Telescope to provide the primary source of spectroscopic information for the LOFAR Surveys Key Science Project. Beginning in 201...
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| author | Smith, D Best, P Duncan, K Hatch, N Jarvis, M Röttgering, H Simpson, C Stott, J Cochrane, R Coppin, K Dannerbauer, H Davis, T Geach, J Hale, C Hardcastle, M Hatfield, P Houghton, R Maddox, N McGee, S Morabito, L Nisbet, D Pandey-Pommier, M Prandoni, I Saxena, A Shimwell, T Tarr, M Bemmel, I Verma, A White, G Williams, W |
| author_facet | Smith, D Best, P Duncan, K Hatch, N Jarvis, M Röttgering, H Simpson, C Stott, J Cochrane, R Coppin, K Dannerbauer, H Davis, T Geach, J Hale, C Hardcastle, M Hatfield, P Houghton, R Maddox, N McGee, S Morabito, L Nisbet, D Pandey-Pommier, M Prandoni, I Saxena, A Shimwell, T Tarr, M Bemmel, I Verma, A White, G Williams, W |
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| description | In these proceedings we highlight the primary scientific goals and design of the WEAVE-LOFAR survey, which will use the new WEAVE spectrograph on the 4.2m William Herschel Telescope to provide the primary source of spectroscopic information for the LOFAR Surveys Key Science Project. Beginning in 2018, WEAVE-LOFAR will generate more than 10$^6$ R=5000 365-960 nm spectra of low-frequency selected radio sources, across three tiers designed to efficiently sample the redshift-luminosity plane, and produce a data set of enormous legacy value. The radio frequency selection, combined with the high multiplex and throughput of the WEAVE spectrograph, make obtaining redshifts in this way very efficient, and we expect that the redshift success rate will approach 100 per cent at $z < 1$. This unprecedented spectroscopic sample - which will be complemented by an integral field component - will be transformational in key areas, including studying the star formation history of the Universe, the role of accretion and AGN-driven feedback, properties of the epoch of reionisation, cosmology, cluster haloes and relics, as well as the nature of radio galaxies and protoclusters. Each topic will be addressed in unprecedented detail, and with the most reliable source classifications and redshift information in existence. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:3d948d1e-9e54-4eda-835f-f1652e72cf5e2022-03-26T14:20:17ZThe WEAVE-LOFAR surveyConference itemhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_5794uuid:3d948d1e-9e54-4eda-835f-f1652e72cf5eSymplectic Elements at OxfordSociété Francaise d’Astronomie et d’Astrophysique (SF2A)2016Smith, DBest, PDuncan, KHatch, NJarvis, MRöttgering, HSimpson, CStott, JCochrane, RCoppin, KDannerbauer, HDavis, TGeach, JHale, CHardcastle, MHatfield, PHoughton, RMaddox, NMcGee, SMorabito, LNisbet, DPandey-Pommier, MPrandoni, ISaxena, AShimwell, TTarr, MBemmel, IVerma, AWhite, GWilliams, WIn these proceedings we highlight the primary scientific goals and design of the WEAVE-LOFAR survey, which will use the new WEAVE spectrograph on the 4.2m William Herschel Telescope to provide the primary source of spectroscopic information for the LOFAR Surveys Key Science Project. Beginning in 2018, WEAVE-LOFAR will generate more than 10$^6$ R=5000 365-960 nm spectra of low-frequency selected radio sources, across three tiers designed to efficiently sample the redshift-luminosity plane, and produce a data set of enormous legacy value. The radio frequency selection, combined with the high multiplex and throughput of the WEAVE spectrograph, make obtaining redshifts in this way very efficient, and we expect that the redshift success rate will approach 100 per cent at $z < 1$. This unprecedented spectroscopic sample - which will be complemented by an integral field component - will be transformational in key areas, including studying the star formation history of the Universe, the role of accretion and AGN-driven feedback, properties of the epoch of reionisation, cosmology, cluster haloes and relics, as well as the nature of radio galaxies and protoclusters. Each topic will be addressed in unprecedented detail, and with the most reliable source classifications and redshift information in existence. |
| spellingShingle | Smith, D Best, P Duncan, K Hatch, N Jarvis, M Röttgering, H Simpson, C Stott, J Cochrane, R Coppin, K Dannerbauer, H Davis, T Geach, J Hale, C Hardcastle, M Hatfield, P Houghton, R Maddox, N McGee, S Morabito, L Nisbet, D Pandey-Pommier, M Prandoni, I Saxena, A Shimwell, T Tarr, M Bemmel, I Verma, A White, G Williams, W The WEAVE-LOFAR survey |
| title | The WEAVE-LOFAR survey |
| title_full | The WEAVE-LOFAR survey |
| title_fullStr | The WEAVE-LOFAR survey |
| title_full_unstemmed | The WEAVE-LOFAR survey |
| title_short | The WEAVE-LOFAR survey |
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