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The WEAVE-LOFAR Survey. / Smith, D. J. B.; Best, P. N.; Duncan, K. J. et al.
2016.

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Smith, DJB, Best, PN, Duncan, KJ, Hatch, NA, Jarvis, MJ, Röttgering, HJA, Simpson, CJ, Stott, JP, Cochrane, RK, Coppin, KE, Dannerbauer, H, Davis, TA, Geach, JE, Hale, CL, Hardcastle, MJ, Hatfield, PW, Houghton, RCW, Maddox, N, McGee, SL, Morabito, L, Nisbet, D, Pandey-Pommier, M, Prandoni, I, Saxena, A, Shimwell, TW, Tarr, M, Bemmel, IV, Verma, A, White, GJ & Williams, WL 2016, 'The WEAVE-LOFAR Survey'.

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Smith, D. J. B., Best, P. N., Duncan, K. J., Hatch, N. A., Jarvis, M. J., Röttgering, H. J. A., Simpson, C. J., Stott, J. P., Cochrane, R. K., Coppin, K. E., Dannerbauer, H., Davis, T. A., Geach, J. E., Hale, C. L., Hardcastle, M. J., Hatfield, P. W., Houghton, R. C. W., Maddox, N., McGee, S. L., ... Williams, W. L. (2016). The WEAVE-LOFAR Survey.

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Smith DJB, Best PN, Duncan KJ, Hatch NA, Jarvis MJ, Röttgering HJA et al.. The WEAVE-LOFAR Survey. 2016.

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Smith, D. J. B. ; Best, P. N. ; Duncan, K. J. et al. / The WEAVE-LOFAR Survey.

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title = "The WEAVE-LOFAR Survey",
abstract = "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",
keywords = "astro-ph.GA, surveys, galaxies: formation, evolution, active, clusters",
author = "Smith, {D. J. B.} and Best, {P. N.} and Duncan, {K. J.} and Hatch, {N. A.} and Jarvis, {M. J.} and R{\"o}ttgering, {H. J. A.} and Simpson, {C. J.} and Stott, {J. P.} and Cochrane, {R. K.} and Coppin, {K. E.} and H. Dannerbauer and Davis, {T. A.} and Geach, {J. E.} and Hale, {C. L.} and Hardcastle, {M. J.} and Hatfield, {P. W.} and Houghton, {R. C. W.} and N. Maddox and McGee, {S. L.} and L. Morabito and D. Nisbet and M. Pandey-Pommier and I. Prandoni and A. Saxena and Shimwell, {T. W.} and M. Tarr and Bemmel, {I. van} and A. Verma and White, {G. J.} and Williams, {W. L.}",
note = "10 pages, 4 figures, proceedings of the SF2A conference, Lyon, 2016",
year = "2016",
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TY - CONF

T1 - The WEAVE-LOFAR Survey

AU - Smith, D. J. B.

AU - Best, P. N.

AU - Duncan, K. J.

AU - Hatch, N. A.

AU - Jarvis, M. J.

AU - Röttgering, H. J. A.

AU - Simpson, C. J.

AU - Stott, J. P.

AU - Cochrane, R. K.

AU - Coppin, K. E.

AU - Dannerbauer, H.

AU - Davis, T. A.

AU - Geach, J. E.

AU - Hale, C. L.

AU - Hardcastle, M. J.

AU - Hatfield, P. W.

AU - Houghton, R. C. W.

AU - Maddox, N.

AU - McGee, S. L.

AU - Morabito, L.

AU - Nisbet, D.

AU - Pandey-Pommier, M.

AU - Prandoni, I.

AU - Saxena, A.

AU - Shimwell, T. W.

AU - Tarr, M.

AU - Bemmel, I. van

AU - Verma, A.

AU - White, G. J.

AU - Williams, W. L.

N1 - 10 pages, 4 figures, proceedings of the SF2A conference, Lyon, 2016

PY - 2016/11/8

Y1 - 2016/11/8

N2 - 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

AB - 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

KW - astro-ph.GA

KW - surveys

KW - galaxies: formation

KW - evolution

KW - active

KW - clusters

M3 - Conference paper

ER -