A new wide-field multi-object spectrograph
for the William Herschel Telescope


     

Publications


All WEAVE-related publications on NASA ADS.

[ Acronyms used for journals, countries, instruments ]

WEAVE imaging spectroscopy of NGC 6720: an iron bar in the Ring
Wesson et al., 2026, MNRAS, 546, 2139 [ADS].

Early Results from the Coma Legacy IFU Survey (CLIFS): Ram Pressure Induced Shocks and Ionization in Jellyfish Tails
Foster et al., 2026, ApJ, 10.48550/arXiv.2602.15976 [ADS].

Strong Bars, Strong Inflow: The Effect of Bar Strength on Gas Inflow
Hajnik et al., 2025, Research Notes of the AAS, Volume 9, Issue 12, id.341.

Signatures of the shock interaction as an additional power source in the nebular spectra of SN 2023ixf
Kumar et al., 2025, MNRAS, 538, 659 [ADS].

WEAVE first science
Balcells et al., 2025, Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics XII, Proceedings of the XVI Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society held on July 15--19, 2025, in Granada, Spain., 165.

The WEAVE-TwiLight-Survey: Expanding WEAVEs Reach to Bright and Low-Surface-Density Targets with a Novel Observing Mode
Hajnik et al., 2025, RASTI, 4, rzaf060 [ADS].

WEAVE First Light Observations: Origin and Dynamics of the Shock Front in Stephans Quintet
Arnaudova et al., 2024, MNRAS, 535, 2269 [ADS].

The wide-field, multiplexed, spectroscopic facility WEAVE: Survey design, overview, and simulated implementation
Jin et al., 2024, MNRAS, 530, 2688 [ADS].

The upcoming spectroscopic powerhouses at the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes
Balcells et al., 2023, Presented to the XV Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society, La Laguna, 4-9 Sep 2022.

The upcoming spectroscopic powerhouses at the Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes
Balcells et al., 2023, Presented to the XV Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society, La Laguna, 4-9 Sep 2022.

Rehearsing the complex data flow of multi-object spectrograph survey projects
Worley et al., 2022, Proc. SPIE, 12187, 1218706.

Optimisation of the WEAVE target assignment algorithm
Hughes et al., 2022, Proc. SPIE, 12184, 121846I.

Calibration at elevation of the WEAVE fibre positioner
Hughes et al., 2022, Proc. SPIE, 12184, 121846J.

Final assembly, metrology, and testing of the WEAVE fibre positioner
Hughes et al., 2020, Proc. SPIE, 11447, 114477R.

Integration and early testing of WEAVE: the next-generation spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope
Dalton et al., 2020, Proceedings Volume 11447, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VIII, 11447, 1144714.

Open clusters through the eyes of WEAVE
Carrera et al., 2019, Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X, Proceedings of the XIII Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society held on July 16-20, 2018, in Salamanca, Spain, ISBN 978-84-09-09331-1. B. Montesinos, A. Asensio Ramos, F. Buitrago, R. Schödel, E. Villave, 402.

Optical follow-up of galaxy cluster candidates detected by Planck satellite in the PSZ catalogue
Aguado et al., 2019, Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X, Proceedings of the XIII Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society held on July 16-20, 2018, in Salamanca, Spain, ISBN 978-84-09-09331-1. B. Montesinos, A. Asensio Ramos, F. Buitrago, R. Schödel, E. Villave, 201.

The WEAVE Quick-Look GUI
Peralta et al., 2019, Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X, Proceedings of the XIII Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society held on July 16-20, 2018, in Salamanca, Spain, ISBN 978-84-09-09331-1. B. Montesinos, A. Asensio Ramos, F. Buitrago, R. Schödel, E. Villave, 608.

The WEAVE Core Processing System at CASU
Lewis et al., 2019, Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X, Proceedings of the XIII Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society held on July 16-20, 2018, in Salamanca, Spain, ISBN 978-84-09-09331-1. B. Montesinos, A. Asensio Ramos, F. Buitrago, R. Schödel, E. Villave, 606.

What do we find when nothing is found? A deep search for planetary nebulae at the outskirts of M33
Galera et al., 2019, Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics X, Proceedings of the XIII Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society held on July 16-20, 2018, in Salamanca, Spain, ISBN 978-84-09-09331-1. B. Montesinos, A. Asensio Ramos, F. Buitrago, R. Schödel, E. Villave, 217.

Construction progress of WEAVE: the next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope
Dalton et al., 2018, Proc. SPIE, 10702.

Design of the observation queue scheduler for WEAVE on the WHT
Farina et al., 2018, Proc. SPIE, 10704, 107040W.

The WEAVE observatory control system
Pico et al., 2018, Proc. SPIE, 10704, 107042A.

Testing process for the WEAVE prime focus corrector lenses for the William Herschel Telescope
Bogunovic et al., 2018, Proc. SPIE, 10700, 107003A.

The hardware control system for WEAVE at the William Herschel Telescope
Delgado et al., 2018, Proc. SPIE, 10700.

WEAVE-QSO: A Massive Intergalactic Medium Survey for the William Herschel Telescope
Pieri et al., 2017, SF2A-2016: Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 259.

The WEAVE disk dynamics survey
Famaey et al., 2017, SF2A-2016: Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 281.

The WEAVE-LOFAR Survey
Smith et al., 2017, SF2A-2016: Proceedings of the Annual meeting of the French Society of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 271.

Intermediate and old age Open Clusters science case for high resolution spectroscopy
Jordi et al., 2017, Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics IX, Proceedings of the XII Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society held on July 18-22, 2016, in Bilbao, Spain, ISBN 978-84-606-8760-3. S. Arribas, A. Alonso-Herrero, F. Figueras, C. Hernández-Monteagudo, A., 508.

The Spanish network for Gaia Science Exploitation
Figueras et al., 2017, Highlights on Spanish Astrophysics IX, Proceedings of the XII Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society held on July 18-22, 2016, in Bilbao, Spain, ISBN 978-84-606-8760-3. S. Arribas, A. Alonso-Herrero, F. Figueras, C. Hernández-Monteagudo, A., 504.

A WEAVE Radial Velocity Survey to Unravel the Nature of the Milky Ways Spiral Arms
Monguio et al., 2016, Multi-Object Spectroscopy in the Next Decade: Big Questions, Large Surveys, and Wide Fields. Proceedings of a conference held at Teatro Circo de Marte, Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain on 2-6 March 2015. Edited by Ian Skillen, Marc Barcells, a, 507, 129.

MOS: A Critical Tool for Current and Future Radio Surveys
Smith et al., 2016, Multi-Object Spectroscopy in the Next Decade: Big Questions, Large Surveys, and Wide Fields. Proceedings of a conference held at Teatro Circo de Marte, Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain on 2-6 March 2015. Edited by Ian Skillen, Marc Barcells, a, 507, 373.

Verification of Commercial Motor Performance for WEAVE at the William Herschel Telescope
Gilbert et al., 2016, Multi-Object Spectroscopy in the Next Decade: Big Questions, Large Surveys, and Wide Fields. Proceedings of a conference held at Teatro Circo de Marte, Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain on 2-6 March 2015. Edited by Ian Skillen, Marc Barcells, a, 507, 117.

Towards an Integrated Model of the WEAVE Performance
Ham et al., 2016, Multi-Object Spectroscopy in the Next Decade: Big Questions, Large Surveys, and Wide Fields. Proceedings of a conference held at Teatro Circo de Marte, Santa Cruz de La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain on 2-6 March 2015. Edited by Ian Skillen, Marc Barcells, a, 507, 121.

Final design and progress of WEAVE: the next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope
Dalton et al., 2016, Proc. SPIE., 9908, 99081G.

William Herschel Telescope site characterization using the MOAO pathfinder CANARY on-sky data
Martin et al., 2016, Proc. SPIE, 9909, 99093P.

The HARPS-N archive through a Cassandra, NoSQL database suite?
Molinari et al., 2016, Proc. SPIE., 9913, 99132A.

Developments in fiber-positioning technology for the WEAVE instrument at the William Herschel Telescope
Schallig et al., 2016, Proc. SPIE, 9908, 99087U.

Manufacturing process for the WEAVE prime focus corrector optics for the 4.2m William Hershel Telescope
Lhome et al., 2016, Proc. SPIE, 9912, 991245.

WAS: the data archive for the WEAVE spectrograph
Guerra et al., 2016, Proc. SPIE, 9913, 99131X.

The WEAVE focus translation system: from design to construction
Canchado et al., 2016, Proc. SPIE, 9912, 99126D.

First results of tests on the WEAVE fibres
Sayede et al., 2016, Proc. SPIE, 9912, 991220.

Design of the calibration unit for the WEAVE multi-object spectrograph at the WHT
Dominguez et al., 2016, Proc. SPIE, 9908, 99088R.

The PAUCam readout electronics system
Jimenez et al., 2016, Proc. SPIE, 9908, 99084J.

The ING observatory in the 2015-2025 decade
Balcells et al., 2015, Highlights of Spanish Astrophysics VIII, Proceedings of the XI Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society held on September 8-12, 2014, in Teruel, Spain.

Gaia, PLATO and WEAVE: A Powerful combination for Exoplanet Characterisation
Walton et al., 2015, American Astronomical Society, ESS meeting #3, id.503.05. BAAS volume 47 #6.

Integrating Mass Scale Spectroscopic Processing
Walton et al., 2014, ASPC, 485, 443.

The hardware control system for WEAVE at the William Herschel telescope
delgado et al., 2014, SPIE Proc, 9147, 67.

Project overview and update on WEAVE: the next generation wide-field spectroscopy facility for the William Herschel Telescope
Dalton et al., 2014, SPIE Proc, 9147, 0L.

Fibre positioning concept for the WEAVE spectrograph at the WHT
Lewis et al., 2014, SPIE Proc, 9147, 34.

WEAVE Core Processing System
Walton et al., 2014, SPIE Proc, 9152, 91520R.

Fibre positioning algorithms for the WEAVE spectrograph
Terret et al., 2014, SPIE Proc, 9152, 91520P.

The mechanical design for the WEAVE prime focus corrector system
Abrams et al., 2014, SPIE Proc, 9147, 91472K.

WEAVE MOS fibre bundle test plan
Sayede et al., 2014, SPIE Proc, 9151, 91515Y.

The design of the WEAVE spectrograph
Rogers et al., 2014, SPIE Proc, 9147, 91476H.

Final optical design for the WEAVE twodegree prime focus corrector
Agocs et al., 2014, SPIE Proc, 9147, 914773.

Conceptual Design Of A Two-degree Field Corrector And ADC For Prime Focus At The 4.2m WHT
Mahony et al., 2013, RMxAC, 42, 129.

Conceptual design of a two-degree field corrector andadc for prime focus at the 4.2m WHT
OMahoney et al., 2013, RevMexAA, 42, 129.

WEAVE: The Next Generation Wide-field Spectroscopy Facility For The William Herschel Telescope
Dalton et al., 2012, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV. Proceedings of the SPIE, 8446, 2012.

Preliminary Optical Design For The WEAVE Two-degree Prime Focus Corrector
Agocs et al., 2012, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes IV. Proceedings of the SPIE, 8444, 84446J.

Design drivers for a wide-field multi-object spectrograph for the William Herschel Telescope
Balcells et al., 2010, SPIE Proc, 7735, E242.


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