Panoramic view of Sierra Negra summit at 15,000 feet or 4,580 m above the sea level. On the left, the 50-m diameter antenna LMT towards the zenith, and on the right Pico de Orizaba mountain of 5000 m. (Photo: Jorge Reyes. © INAOE.) 
 
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GH 2007

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:

  1. To bring together the Mexican and international astronomical communities that will benefit from the LMT/GTM and its suite of first-light instrumentation
  2. 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
  3. 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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