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GMT & K-GMT

Byeong-Gon ParkKorea Astronomy and Space Science Institute

SSG Workshop at High 1, Jan 25th-27th

GMT Overview

Optical Characteristics

Seven 8.4m primary segments

Total diameter : 25.4m (area equiv. to 22m)

Seven 1.06m secondary segments

Total diameter : 3.2m

Fast Steering Mirrors & Adaptive Secondary

Mirrors

Gregorian Focus

f/8, FOV ~ 20 arcmin

Alt-Azimuth Mount

Dimension

Height : 38.7m

Weight : 1,123 ton

Site : Las Campanas Peak, Chile

2SSG Meeting@KIAS 2014. Oct,. 24.

GMT - Partners

SSG Meeting@KIAS 2014. Oct,. 24. 3

U.S.A. – 7 institutions

Carnegie Observatories

Harvard University

Smithonian Institute

University of Arizona

University of Texas

Texas A&M University

Chicago University

Australia - national

Australian National University

Astronomy Australia Limited

Korea - national

KASI

Brazil

University of San Paulo

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GMT Board of Directors

SSG Meeting@KIAS 2014. Oct,. 24.

Aug. 4th 2014, Hale Library of Carnegie Observatories

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GMT Master Plan – Staged Implementation

SSG Meeting@KIAS 2014. Oct,. 24.

Full Operation

First Light / Early

Science Operation

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Project Status Update Since Oct. 24th SSG

Legal Documents

Founders’ Agreement Amendment

Commitment Agreement

Signed and waiting for release in February

Official start of the Construction and Commissioning Phase

Entering into Construction/Commissioning Phase

Press release will be executed in February

Forthcoming Events

GMT FC & Board meeting at Sydney Feb.4-6

GMT S4 mirror casting event Mar. 28th

Community Science Workshop ?

GMT Groundbreaking event in Chile Nov.?

Survey Science Group Workshop 2015. Jan. 25-27 @ High 1

K-GMT Science White Paper

Byeong-Gon Park, prepared (mostly) by Narae Hwang

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K-GMT Science Group (KGSG)

Science Operation and Management in K-GMT Project

Support community-wide GMT-related scientific activities

Etc.


Narae Hwang

Hogyu Lee Minjin KimHyerim Noh

Hwihyun Kim

Yejin Kim

Jae-Joon Lee

Soung-Chul Yang

Hyeran Lee

Jun Hyeop Lee

Byeong-Gon Park

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Part of the efforts in strategic research program development

1st edition in 2014 (PDF file) focusing on GMT early operation with 1st

generation visible instruments

Revision every 1-2 years to accommodate new environments with new

science cases and instruments

Objective: Korean Science Cases for GMT

Written in Korean text

Will be used for educating students


GMT Science Book

1. INTRODUCTION

2. FORMATION OF STARS AND PLANETARY SYSTEMS

3. THE PROPERTIES OF EXOPLANETARY SYSTEMS

4. STELLAR POPULATIONS AND CHEMICAL EVOLUTION

5. GALAXY ASSEMBLY AND EVOLUTION

6. DARK MATTER, DARK ENERGY AND FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS

7. FIRST LIGHT AND REIONIZATION

8. TRANSIENT PHENOMENA

9. SCIENTIFIC SYNERGIES WITH OTHER MAJOR FACILITIES

10. GMT SCIENCE CASE SUMMARY


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Contents:

Science cases broken down to 6 categories (leading author):

Galaxy Cluster and Cosmology – Changbom Park (KIAS)

Galaxy Formation – Sukyeong Yi (Yonsei)

High-redshift Objects and Reionization – Myungshin Im (SNU)

Stellar Populations and Chemical Evolution – Myung Gyoon Lee

(SNU), Young Wook Lee (Yonsei)

Exoplanetary System – Byeong-Cheol Lee (KASI)

Star and Planet Formation – Hwankyung Sung (Sejong)

Adopt observing proposals with GMACS & G-CLEF

Goal: 1st K-GMT SWP written in Korean in 2014 (& 2015).


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Kick-off meeting on July 2nd, 2013:

Decide to invite pre-proposals from the community

Pre-proposals due on Oct. 7th, 2013


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Statistics on K-GMT SWP Pre-proposals Received 45 pre-proposals in total (as of Nov. 2013)

After the 2nd K-GMT SWP Committee on Nov. 14th

Confirmation from the authors completed on Dec. 10th



Distribution of Research Topics

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

1.GalaxyClustering &Cosmology

2.GalaxyFormation

3.High-redshiftObjects andReionization

4.ExoplanetarySystem

5.StellarPopulations &

ChemicalEvolution

6.Star andPlanet

Formation

7. 기타

9

12

7

4

8

5

0

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Distribution of Target Instruments

Statistics on K-GMT SWP Pre-proposals


0

5

10

15

20

25

30

G-CLEF GMACS

13

34

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Proposals for GMACS


8

12

5

1

6

2

1.Galaxy Clustering & Cosmology

2.Galaxy Formation

3.High-redshift Objects and Reionization

4.Exoplanetary System

5.Stellar Populations & Chemical Evolution

6.Star and Planet Formation

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Proposals for G-CLEF


1 0

3

4

2

3

1.Galaxy Clustering & Cosmology

2.Galaxy Formation

3.High-redshift Objects and Reionization

4.Exoplanetary System

5.Stellar Populations & Chemical Evolution

6.Star and Planet Formation

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K-GMT Science White Paper in 2014

K-GMT Science White Paper Workshop

Aim : Fix Topics of the 1st K-GMT Science White Paper

Dates & Venue: 2014.2.12-15. Muju Resort

Attendees : 43

Proposals presented : 33

3rd K-GMT SWP Committee (after the workshop)

Discussion on directions and timelines after the workshop

Discussion on the format of proposal manuscript


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K-GMT Science White Paper in 2014

Progress in 2014:

Feb. 12-15 : SWP Workshop

April. 30th : Finalized topics by merging and adjustment (40 topics)

Jun. 30th : 1st deadline for manuscript submission

Jul. – Sep. : review and revision by lead authors

Oct. – Nov. : drafting review of preface for each chapter

Nov. : Major editing started by Prof. Sung-Soo Kim

Dec. 21st : Completion of 1st version of the K-GMT SWP (275 pages)


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Cover Page (samples)


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K-GMT 과학백서 1차편집본


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Sample


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Sample


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Sample


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Sample


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K-GMT Science White Paper: Future

Plan in 2015

Jan- Feb : Review 1st version and finalize SWP

Mar. ~ : Publication and Distribution of the 1st ed. K-GMT SWP via Korean

Astronomical Scociety

Hold K-GMT SWP Workshop

Link K-GMT SWP with GMT Science cases (JJL as GMT SAC)

Preparation for K-GMT SWP 2nd Edition (HN, HGL)

Etc.,etc.,etc….


Large Synoptic Survey Telescope

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KPG Participation in LSST Operation

2011

Nov. 7. : first email request from LSST (Tyson)

Nov. 11. : circulation to SSG members

Nov. 25. : discussion at K-GMT SIWG

Dec. 3. : CBP identified 6 PI’s interested in LSST

Dec. 6. : BGP met LSST people at NOAO

Dec. 9. : BGP reported at SSG about the discussion

Dec. ? : Named Korean group as Korean Participation Group

Dec. 30. : sent draft LOI (unsigned) to LSST

2012

Jan. 17. : BGP met LSST people at NOAO

Jan 31. : sent final LOI (signed) to LSSTSurvey Science Group Workshop 2015. Jan. 25-27 @ High 1

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Recent Activity

2013

May 16th : LOI to MOA negotiation letter from LSST

Jul. 3rd : Circulated May 16th document to KPG members

(Questionnaires to be filled by the end of July)

Jul 26th : Sent out the answers to the questionnaires

2014

Feb 8th : Template MOA draft document received

Mar. 27th : KASI internal review for the MOA draft done

May 9th : Circulated draft MOA to KPG members

May 12th : Finally revised draft MOA is saved


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Action needed

Official organization of the KPG for LSST

Identify real members of the KPG among 11 LOI members +/- people who really

want to join.

Sign MOU among institutions which real members affiliate

Final revision of the MOA draft

Sign and execute MOA


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LSST Today?

Construction starts in 2014

Role definition divided

Project Office

Construct facilities

Corporation

Science

Fundraing

Partnership

Operation plan

M1M3 near finish at

RCML (formerly SOML) of UA

Camera

CD-2 approved from DOE (Jan. 9)

CD-3 next Summer
