@inproceedings{f40c6395254547d692d051ffde526f0f,
title = "The instrument development and selection process for the Giant Magellan Telescope",
abstract = "The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) is a 25.4-m optical/infrared telescope constructed from seven 8.4-m primary mirror segments. The collecting area is equivalent to a 21.6-m filled aperture. The instrument development program was formalized about two years ago with the initiation of 14-month conceptual design studies for six candidate instruments. These studies were completed at the end of 2011 with a design review for each. In addition, a feasibility study was performed for a fiber-feed facility that will direct the light from targets distributed across GMT's full 20 arcmin field of view simultaneously to three spectrographs. We briefly describe the features and science goals for these instruments, and the process used to select those instruments that will be funded for fabrication first. Detailed reports for most of these instruments are presented separately at this meeting.",
keywords = "Adaptive optics, ELT, GMT, Imaging, Infrared instruments, Integral-field spectrograph, Multi-object spectrograph, Optical instruments, Spectrograph",
author = "Jacoby, {George H.} and A. Bouchez and M. Colless and D. DePoy and D. Fabricant and P. Hinz and D. Jaffe and M. Johns and P. McCarthy and P. McGregor and S. Shectman and A. Szentgyorgyi",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1117/12.925402",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780819491473",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering",
booktitle = "Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV",
note = "Ground-Based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV ; Conference date: 01-07-2012 Through 06-07-2012",
}