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

Jin, Shoko; Scott, C Trager; Gavin, B Dalton; J Alfonso, L Aguerri; E Drew, J; Falc??n-Barroso, Jes??s; Boris, T G??nsicke; Hill, Vanessa; Iovino, Angela; Matthew, M Pieri; Bianca, M Poggianti; D J, B Smith; Vallenari, Antonella; Don Carlos Abrams,; David, S Aguado; Antoja, Teresa; Arag??n-Salamanca, Alfonso; Ascasibar, Yago; Babusiaux, Carine; Balcells, Marc; Barrena, R; Battaglia, Giuseppina; Belokurov, Vasily; Bensby, Thomas; Bonifacio, Piercarlo; Bragaglia, Angela; Carrasco, Esperanza; Carrera, Ricardo; Daniel, J Cornwell; Dom??nguez-Palmero, Lilian; Kenneth, J Duncan; Famaey, Benoit; Cecilia Fari Na,; Oscar, A Gonzalez; Guest, Steve; Nina, A Hatch; Kelley, M Hess; Matthew, J Hoskin; Irwin, Mike; Johan, H Knapen; Sergey, E Koposov; Kuchner, Ulrike; Laigle, Clotilde; Lewis, Jim; Longhetti, Marcella; Lucatello, Sara; M??ndez-Abreu, Jairo; Mercurio, Amata; Molaeinezhad, Alireza; Mongui??, Maria; Morrison, Sean; David N, A Murphy; Luis Peralta De Arriba,; P??rez, Isabel; P??rez-R??fols, Ignasi; Pic??, Sergio; Raddi, Roberto; Romero-G??mez, Merc??; Royer, Fr??d??ric; Siebert, Arnaud; George, M Seabroke; Som, Debopam; Terrett, David; Thomas, Guillaume; Wesson, Roger; C Clare Worley,; Emilio, J Alfaro; Carlos Allende Prieto,; Alonso-Santiago, Javier; Nicholas, J Amos; Richard, P Ashley; Lola Balaguer-N?? nez,; Balbinot, Eduardo; Bellazzini, Michele; Chris, R Benn; Sara, R Berlanas; Edouard, J Bernard; Best, Philip; Bettoni, Daniela; Bianco, Andrea; Bishop, Georgia; Blomqvist, Michael; Boeche, Corrado; Bolzonella, Micol; Bonoli, Silvia; Bosma, Albert; Britavskiy, Nikolay; Busarello, Gianni; Caffau, Elisabetta; Cantat-Gaudin, Tristan; Castro-Ginard, Alfred; Couto, Guilherme; Carbajo-Hijarrubia, Juan; Carter, David; Casamiquela, Laia; Ana, M Conrado; Corcho-Caballero, Pablo; Costantin, Luca; Deason, Alis; Abel De Burgos,; Sabrina De Grandi,; Paola Di Matteo,; Dom??nguez-G??mez, Jes??s; Dorda, Ricardo; Drake, Alyssa; Dutta, Rajeshwari; Erkal, Denis; Feltzing, Sofia; Ferr??-Mateu, Anna; Feuillet, Diane; Figueras, Francesca; Fossati, Matteo; Franciosini, Elena; Frasca, Antonio; Fumagalli, Michele; Gallazzi, Anna; Garc??a-Benito, Rub??n; Gentile Fusillo, Nicola Pietro; Gebran, Marwan; Gilbert, James; M Gledhill, T; Rosa, M Gonz??lez Delgado; Greimel, Robert; Mario Giuseppe Guarcello,; Guerra, Jose; Gullieuszik, Marco; Christopher, P Haines; Martin, J Hardcastle; Harris, Amy; Haywood, Misha; Helmi, Amina; Hernandez, Nauzet; Herrero, Artemio; Hughes, Sarah; Irsic, Vid; Jablonka, Pascale; Matt, J Jarvis; Jordi, Carme; Kondapally, Rohit; Kordopatis, Georges; Krogager, Jens-Kristian; Francesco La Barbera,; Man, I Lam; S??ren, S Larsen; Lemasle, Bertrand; Ian, J Lewis; Lhom??, Emilie; Lind, Karin; Lodi, Marcello; Longobardi, Alessia; Lonoce, Ilaria; Magrini, Laura; Jes??s Ma??z Apell??niz,; Marchal, Olivier; Marco, Amparo; Nicolas, F Martin; Matsuno, Tadafumi; Maurogordato, Sophie; Merluzzi, Paola; Miralda-Escud??, Jordi; Molinari, Emilio; Monari, Giacomo; Morelli, Lorenzo; Christopher, J Mottram; Naylor, Tim; Negueruela, Ignacio; Onorbe, Jose; Pancino, Elena; Peirani, S??bastien; Reynier, F Peletier; Pozzetti, Lucia; Rainer, Monica; Ramos, Pau; Shaun, C Read; Elena Maria Rossi,; Huub J, A R??ttgering; Jose Alberto Rubi no-Mart??n,; Jose Sabater Montes,; Jos?? San Juan,; Sanna, Nicoletta; Schallig, Ellen; Ricardo, P Schiavon; Schultheis, Mathias; Serra, Paolo; Timothy, W Shimwell; Sim??n-D??az, Sergio; Russell, J Smith; Sordo, Rosanna; Sorini, Daniele; Soubiran, Caroline; Starkenburg, Else; Iain, A Steele; Stott, John; Stuik, Remko; Tolstoy, Eline; Tortora, Crescenzo; Tsantaki, Maria; Mathieu Van Der Swaelmen,; Reinout, J Van Weeren; Vergani, Daniela; Marc A, W Verheijen; Verro, Kristiina; Jorick, S Vink; Vioque, Miguel; C Jakob Walcher,; Nicholas, A Walton; Wegg, Christopher; Weijmans, Anne-Marie; Wendy, L Williams; Andrew, J Wilson; Nicholas, J Wright; Xylakis-Dornbusch, Theodora; Youakim, Kris; Zibetti, Stefano; Zurita, Cristina

doi:10.1093/mnras/stad557

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∼20000 . 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 ∼25000 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.

The wide-field, multiplexed, spectroscopic facility WEAVE: Survey design, overview, and simulated implementation / Jin, Shoko; C Trager, Scott; B Dalton, Gavin; L Aguerri, J Alfonso; E Drew, J; Falc??n-Barroso, Jes??s; T G??nsicke, Boris; Hill, Vanessa; Iovino, Angela; M Pieri, Matthew; M Poggianti, Bianca; B Smith, D J; Vallenari, Antonella; Carlos Abrams, Don; S Aguado, David; Antoja, Teresa; Arag??n-Salamanca, Alfonso; Ascasibar, Yago; Babusiaux, Carine; Balcells, Marc; Barrena, R; Battaglia, Giuseppina; Belokurov, Vasily; Bensby, Thomas; Bonifacio, Piercarlo; Bragaglia, Angela; Carrasco, Esperanza; Carrera, Ricardo; J Cornwell, Daniel; Dom??nguez-Palmero, Lilian; J Duncan, Kenneth; Famaey, Benoit; Fari na, Cecilia; A Gonzalez, Oscar; Guest, Steve; A Hatch, Nina; M Hess, Kelley; J Hoskin, Matthew; Irwin, Mike; H Knapen, Johan; E Koposov, Sergey; Kuchner, Ulrike; Laigle, Clotilde; Lewis, Jim; Longhetti, Marcella; Lucatello, Sara; M??ndez-Abreu, Jairo; Mercurio, Amata; Molaeinezhad, Alireza; Mongui??, Maria; Morrison, Sean; A Murphy, David N; Peralta de Arriba, Luis; P??rez, Isabel; P??rez-R??fols, Ignasi; Pic??, Sergio; Raddi, Roberto; Romero-G??mez, Merc??; Royer, Fr??d??ric; Siebert, Arnaud; M Seabroke, George; Som, Debopam; Terrett, David; Thomas, Guillaume; Wesson, Roger; Clare Worley, C; J Alfaro, Emilio; Allende Prieto, Carlos; Alonso-Santiago, Javier; J Amos, Nicholas; P Ashley, Richard; Balaguer-N?? nez, Lola; Balbinot, Eduardo; Bellazzini, Michele; R Benn, Chris; R Berlanas, Sara; J Bernard, Edouard; Best, Philip; Bettoni, Daniela; Bianco, Andrea; Bishop, Georgia; Blomqvist, Michael; Boeche, Corrado; Bolzonella, Micol; Bonoli, Silvia; Bosma, Albert; Britavskiy, Nikolay; Busarello, Gianni; Caffau, Elisabetta; Cantat-Gaudin, Tristan; Castro-Ginard, Alfred; Couto, Guilherme; Carbajo-Hijarrubia, Juan; Carter, David; Casamiquela, Laia; M Conrado, Ana; Corcho-Caballero, Pablo; Costantin, Luca; Deason, Alis; de Burgos, Abel; De Grandi, Sabrina; Di Matteo, Paola; Dom??nguez-G??mez, Jes??s; Dorda, Ricardo; Drake, Alyssa; Dutta, Rajeshwari; Erkal, Denis; Feltzing, Sofia; Ferr??-Mateu, Anna; Feuillet, Diane; Figueras, Francesca; Fossati, Matteo; Franciosini, Elena; Frasca, Antonio; Fumagalli, Michele; Gallazzi, Anna; Garc??a-Benito, Rub??n; GENTILE FUSILLO, NICOLA PIETRO; Gebran, Marwan; Gilbert, James; M Gledhill, T; M Gonz??lez Delgado, Rosa; Greimel, Robert; Giuseppe Guarcello, Mario; Guerra, Jose; Gullieuszik, Marco; P Haines, Christopher; J Hardcastle, Martin; Harris, Amy; Haywood, Misha; Helmi, Amina; Hernandez, Nauzet; Herrero, Artemio; Hughes, Sarah; Irsic, Vid; Jablonka, Pascale; J Jarvis, Matt; Jordi, Carme; Kondapally, Rohit; Kordopatis, Georges; Krogager, Jens-Kristian; La Barbera, Francesco; I Lam, Man; S Larsen, S??ren; Lemasle, Bertrand; J Lewis, Ian; Lhom??, Emilie; Lind, Karin; Lodi, Marcello; Longobardi, Alessia; Lonoce, Ilaria; Magrini, Laura; Ma??z Apell??niz, Jes??s; Marchal, Olivier; Marco, Amparo; F Martin, Nicolas; Matsuno, Tadafumi; Maurogordato, Sophie; Merluzzi, Paola; Miralda-Escud??, Jordi; Molinari, Emilio; Monari, Giacomo; Morelli, Lorenzo; J Mottram, Christopher; Naylor, Tim; Negueruela, Ignacio; Onorbe, Jose; Pancino, Elena; Peirani, S??bastien; F Peletier, Reynier; Pozzetti, Lucia; Rainer, Monica; Ramos, Pau; C Read, Shaun; Maria Rossi, Elena; A R??ttgering, Huub J; Alberto Rubi no-Mart??n, Jose; Sabater Montes, Jose; San Juan, Jos??; Sanna, Nicoletta; Schallig, Ellen; P Schiavon, Ricardo; Schultheis, Mathias; Serra, Paolo; W Shimwell, Timothy; Sim??n-D??az, Sergio; J Smith, Russell; Sordo, Rosanna; Sorini, Daniele; Soubiran, Caroline; Starkenburg, Else; A Steele, Iain; Stott, John; Stuik, Remko; Tolstoy, Eline; Tortora, Crescenzo; Tsantaki, Maria; Van der Swaelmen, Mathieu; J van Weeren, Reinout; Vergani, Daniela; W Verheijen, Marc A; Verro, Kristiina; S Vink, Jorick; Vioque, Miguel; Jakob Walcher, C; A Walton, Nicholas; Wegg, Christopher; Weijmans, Anne-Marie; L Williams, Wendy; J Wilson, Andrew; J Wright, Nicholas; Xylakis-Dornbusch, Theodora; Youakim, Kris; Zibetti, Stefano; Zurita, Cristina. - In: MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY. - ISSN 0035-8711. - 530:3(2024), pp. 2688-2730. [10.1093/mnras/stad557]