GMT Presentations and Reports

"Science with Giant Telescopes: Public Participation in TMT and GMT"
- Chicago, June 2008. The GSMT Science Working Group, TMT and GMT sponsored this workshop toward developing the private-public partnership envisioned in the 2000 Decadal Survey.
Agenda and presentations are available here.

"Science with the Giant Magellan Telescope"
- Canberra, March 2008. An international meeting examining the science opportunities enabled by the GMT was held at Mt. Stromlo. The meeting was attended by scientists from 7 countries.
Agenda and presentations are available here.

Technical Reports

GMT Progress Report SPIE Conf. 7012-46
Conceptual Design of the GMT Enclosure, SPIE Conf. 6267
Wind Vibration Analyses of the GMT, SPIE Conf. 6271
Design of the Adaptive Optics Systems for GMT, SPIE Conf. 6272
Results from the GMT Ground-Layer Experiment at the Magellan Telescopes
Ground Layer Adaptive Optics, Glasgow SPIE Meeting
Design and Analysis for Interferometric Testing of the GMT Primary Mirror Segments, SPIE Conf. 6273
Alternate Surface Measurements for GMT Primary Mirror Segments, SPIE Conf. 6273
Use of Computer Generated Holograms for Alignment of Complex Null Correctors, SPIE Conf. 6273
MCAO on the GMT
Off-Axis Segment Manufacturing
Exoplanet Imaging with the GMT

Site Characterization

GMT Site Evaluation and Characterization at Las Campanas Observatory SPIE Conf. 7012-65
Two campaigns to compare three turbulence profiling techniques at Las Campanas Observatory SPIE Conf. 7014-196
Site Characterization Presentation

Science Reports

Joint Science with GMT and ALMA

Joint Science with GMT and SKA

Project Status

Project Overview and Status, March 2007

Instrumentation

Wide Field Imaging Spectrograph