The Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT/GTM, Gran Telescopio Milimétrico) is a
large-aperture single-dish telescope located on top of Sierra Negra in
Puebla, Mexico. Construction of the telescope is nearing completion and the
early scientific programmes with the suite of first-light instrumentation
are now being defined. This workshop will discuss and define projects that
are well-matched to the evolving sensitivity, resolution and rapid survey
speeds during the first few years of operation, and that will make the
LMT/GTM a recognised world-class facility at millimeter wavelengths.
The main goals of the workshop include the following:
- To bring together the Mexican and international astronomical
communities that will benefit from the LMT/GTM and its suite of first-light
instrumentation
- To identify the scientific areas, and key scientific projects, that
can be addressed with the LMT/GTM (Cosmology, Extragalactic Astronomy,
Interstellar Medium and Galactic Astronomy, Solar System) during the first
few years of commissioning and normal telescope operation
- To merge the research interests of the LMT partner institutes (in
Mexican & the USA), with those of international scientists, to encourage
collaboration and to begin the definition of long-term Key Projects that
will exploit the advantages of the LMT.
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