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Title

The Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) Alfonso Serrano: Current Status and Telescope Performance

Authors

David H. Hughes, Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica
F. Peter Schloerb, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Itziar Aretxaga, Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica
Edgar Castillo-Domínguez, SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
Miguel Chávez Dagostino, Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica
Edgar Colín, Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica
Neal Erickson, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Daniel Ferrusca Rodriguez, Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica
David M. Gale, Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica
Arturo Gómez-Ruiz, Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica
José Luis Hernández Rebollar, Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica
Mark Heyer, University of Massachusetts Amherst
James Lowenthal, Smith CollegeFollow
Alfredo Montaña, Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica
Marcos Emir Moreno Nolasco, Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica
Gopal Narayanan, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Alexandra Pope, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Iván Rodríguez-Montoya, Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica
David Sánchez-Argüelles, Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica
David Smith, Georgia Institute of Technology
Kamal Souccar, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Miguel Velázquez De La Rosa Becerra, Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica Optica y Electronica
Grant W. Wilson, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Min S. Yun, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Document Type

Conference Proceeding

Publication Date

1-1-2020

Publication Title

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Abstract

The Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) Alfonso Serrano is a 50m-diameter single-dish radio telescope constructed at an altitude of 4600 meters on the summit of Volcan Sierra Negra, an extinct volcano in the Mexican state of Puebla. The LMT is a bi-national scientific collaboration between Mexico and the USA, led by the Instituto Nacional de Astrofisica, Optica y Electronica (INAOE) and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. The telescope currently operates at wavelengths from 4mm to 1mm, and during the dry winter months the LMT site provides the highest levels of atmospheric transmission and potential future access to submillimeter observing windows. This paper describes the current status and scientific performance of the LMT, the suite of scientific instrumentation and future engineering upgrades that will optimize the optical efficiency of the telescope and increase its scientific productivity.

Keywords

Camera, Kinetic inductance detector, Large Millimeter Telescope, mm-wavelength

Volume

11445

DOI

10.1117/12.2561893

ISSN

0277786X

Rights

© 2020 SPIE

Comments

Archived as published.

Recommended Citation

Hughes, David H.; Schloerb, F. Peter; Aretxaga, Itziar; Castillo-Domínguez, Edgar; Chávez Dagostino, Miguel; Colín, Edgar; Erickson, Neal; Ferrusca Rodriguez, Daniel; Gale, David M.; Gómez-Ruiz, Arturo; Hernández Rebollar, José Luis; Heyer, Mark; Lowenthal, James; Montaña, Alfredo; Moreno Nolasco, Marcos Emir; Narayanan, Gopal; Pope, Alexandra; Rodríguez-Montoya, Iván; Sánchez-Argüelles, David; Smith, David; Souccar, Kamal; De La Rosa Becerra, Miguel Velázquez; Wilson, Grant W.; and Yun, Min S., "The Large Millimeter Telescope (LMT) Alfonso Serrano: Current Status and Telescope Performance" (2020). Astronomy: Faculty Publications, Smith College, Northampton, MA.
https://scholarworks.smith.edu/ast_facpubs/61