GMT Project Status, March 2011 1 Giant Magellan Telescope Project Status Patrick McCarthy Director - GMTO
GMT Project Status, March 2011 1
Giant Magellan Telescope
Project Status
Patrick McCarthyDirector - GMTO
GMT Project Status, March 2011
Topics
• Partnership, Funding, Staffing, Organization• Science Case Review• Technical Status
• Schedule• Telescope• Primary Mirrors• Adaptive Optics• Site
• Things to Think About During the Week
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GMT Institutions
HarvardCarnegie
Texas A&M
ANU
KASI U. Arizona
LCO
SAO
U. Texas Austin
AAL
Chicago!
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GMT Partnership and Funding
AALANUArizonaCarnegieChicagoHarvardKASISmithsonianTexas A&MTexas Austin
Full FundingAALANUCarnegieKASI
PartialOther FoundersUS NSF
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GMT Org Chart
All of the group lead positions are now
filled
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Astro-2010
Decadal Survey Report
“New Worlds” - Exoplanets
“New Horizons” - First light & Reionization
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Astro-2010
Decadal Survey Report
18/20 Key science goals addressed by GMT
4/5 Discovery areas opened by GMT
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Updating the Science Case
Update of the Science Case is underway
Exoplanets TinneyStar and Planet Formation WeinbergerStellar Populations FrebelGalaxy Evolution & Black Holes PapovichFirst Light & Reionization FinkelsteinDark Matter, Energy GladdersTime-Domain Chen
First Drafts – mostly doneComment period via open Wiki – soon!
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The GMT Concept
Giant-Segmented Mirror Telescope
Increased angular resolution:
10 mas at 1µm with AOover ~30’’ field of view
0.2” FWHM over~5 arc-minutes with GLAO
Increased collecting Area:
380 square meters
10 x Magellan 6.5m Telescope
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The GMT Concept
Giant-Segmented Mirror Telescope
Increased angular resolution:
10 mas at 1µm with AOover ~30’’ field of view
0.2” FWHM over~5 arc-minutes with GLAO
Increased collecting Area:
380 square meters
10 x Magellan 6.5m Telescope
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The GMT Concept
Giant-Segmented Mirror Telescope
Increased angular resolution:
10 mas at 1µm with AOover ~30’’ field of view
0.2” FWHM over~5 arc-minutes with GLAO
Increased collecting Area:
380 square meters
10 x Magellan 6.5m Telescope
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New Horizons - The First GalaxiesObservationTheory
~ few photons per hour with Hubble
~ several photons per minute with GMT!10
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First Light and Reionization
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VLT & SINFONI14 hours
Lehnert et al. NATUREGMT & GMTNIFS
14 hours
Steve Finkelstein – TAMU
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Resolved Stellar Populations
Factor of 3 improvement in image size is huge in confused regions
Gemini 8m
GMT 25m
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Project Schedule
Near Term
• We are midway through the design phase
• Design progressing, some prototyping, primary mirror development
• Preconstruction site work
• Subsystems reviews in 2012, PDR in Fall 2012
Longer Term
• Primary mirrors remain pacing item
• Construction of major systems should start in 2013, site construction ~ 2014
• Commissioning start 2019
• Science operations 2020, shared risk observing in 2019
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Telescope Structure
Seismic analysis• Modal Analysis using GMT FSM• Damping 0.5%, 2.0%, 5.0%• Operation level earthquake = 200 yr. return• Survival level earthquake = 500 yr. return• Input conditions typical of Andes foothills• Soil conditions similar to Magellan = hard rock• Assumes primary mirror on static supports
Design accelerations (2% damping)Design accelerations (2% damping)Design accelerations (2% damping)
Location OLE SLE
Ground level .28g .34g
Instrument Platform 1.1g 1.4g
Primary mirror 3.5g 4.5g
Secondary mirror 4.1g 5.3g
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Primary Mirror Supports & Ventilator Assemblies
Ventilators (~50) (blue) Hardpoints (6)
(magenta)
Triple-axis actuators (85)
(brown)Single-axis
actuators (80) (red & green)
Cell top plate (gray)
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Actuators
Actuator assembly
Mirror
Loadspreader Assy Cell top plate
Triple-axis Actuator
Gimble attachment to cell
Mirror interface
Motorized jack-screw assembly
Force break-away mechanism
Load cell
HardpointDesigns nearing completion – prototyping next
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First Off-Axis GMT Primary Segment
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Primary Polishing
Stressed Lap ”Silly Putty” Lap
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Metrology- 3 tests
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Alignment of the Test Optics
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Alignment of the Test Optics
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GMT1 Surface as of mid Feb
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First Off-Axis GMT Primary Segment
Second Segment Casting planned for December
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AO System Performance
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SJ = 36%
SH = 56%
SK = 72%
SL’ = 90%SM = 94%
Stre
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On-axis total wave-front error: 196nm
Wavelength (µm)
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Adaptive Secondary Mirror (ASM)
Fixed Flange
Hexapod
Electronics
Mobile Flange
Cold plate
2 mm Face sheet & magnets (not shown)
Reference body & electromagnets
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The Large Binocular
Telescope ASM
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Viewed from below, with face sheet removed
Viewed from above
LBT GMT
Diameter 94 cm 101 cm
Actuators 672 672
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The LBT PSF in detail
Challenges for the GMT, Melbourne, June 16 2010 2727
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The LBT PSF in detail
Challenges for the GMT, Melbourne, June 16 2010 27
Linear intensity scale
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The LBT PSF in detail
Challenges for the GMT, Melbourne, June 16 2010 27
Linear intensity scale
Seeing = 0.7”
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The LBT PSF in detail
Challenges for the GMT, Melbourne, June 16 2010 27
Linear intensity scale
Seeing = 0.7”
Log intensity scale
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The LBT PSF in detail
Challenges for the GMT, Melbourne, June 16 2010 27
Linear intensity scale
Seeing = 0.7”
Log intensity scale
mv = 5.8
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The LBT PSF in detail
Challenges for the GMT, Melbourne, June 16 2010 27
Linear intensity scale
Seeing = 0.7”
Log intensity scale
4 s exposure
mv = 5.8
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The LBT PSF in detail
Challenges for the GMT, Melbourne, June 16 2010 27
Linear intensity scale
Seeing = 0.7”
Log intensity scale
4 s exposure
mv = 5.8
SR = 68%
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LBT Adaptive Secondary
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HST WFC3 LBT with AO~15”
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Adaptive Secondary Mirror (ASM)
Hexapod
Interface
Telescope structure
Controller
Wind shield
DM assembly• Cold plate• Reference Body• Face sheet
First round of design studies and cost estimate
complete
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Las Campanas Observatory
Alcaino Pk. (2410 m)
Manqui Pk. (2450 m)
(Magellan 6.5m telescopes)
Campanas Pk. (2551 m)
Manquis Ridge (2308 m)
(DuPont 100” telescope)
Pan American Hwy (Route 5)
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Seeing Statistics 2005-2008
Seeing Percen*les 10% 25% 50% 75% 90%
Manquis Ridge 0.46 0.55 0.67 0.85 1.07
Co. Manqui 0.42 0.51 0.62 0.79 0.99
Co. Alcaino 0.42 0.50 0.62 0.79 1.01
Co. Las Campanas 0.42 0.50 0.63 0.79 0.99
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The Ground-Layer Contribution
Tokovinin Thomas-Osip et al.Ground-Layer
Mauna Kea Ground Layer ~ 30m (Chun et al. 2009)LCO Ground Layer
~200-300m
32MooSci (TAMU) will further characterize LCO Ground Layer
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Some Things to Consider This WeekHow do we build scientific bridges to LSST?
With the astro2010 competition over, now is the time to think about synergy
How does GMT work best with JWST?
Where do we compete, where do we complement and where should fear to tread?
When is the science case “good enough”
The role of the science case is evolving – how do we balance specific science with discovery space considerations?
How do we avoid locking in too soon?
Science is changing much faster than the time scale for technical development
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soon!