GMT

The GMT Science Case flows from the Decadal Survey's report "Astronomy and Astrophysics in the New Millennium". The GMT Science Case focuses on those areas of frontier science best explored with a large aperture ground-based telescope. This document is included in the GMT Conceptual Design Review, and may be downloaded here (pdf).

The GMT Science Technical Requirements for the telescope and associated instruments and facilities flow down from the science priorities listed in the GMT Science Case. These requirements are used to make design trades in the telescope development process and to define the goals and requirements for the GMT first generation instruments. This document is included in the GMT Conceptual Design Review, and may be downloaded here (pdf).