@inproceedings{61043af2282c447896caf3193926014d,
title = "MANIFEST@GMT science overview: a multi-interface, multi-mode instrument science and simulations",
abstract = "The Many Instrument Fiber System (MANIFEST) is a facility fiber system for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). MANIFEST will be capable of feeding current and upcoming GMT instruments light from the telescopes full 20-arcmin field of view. The MANIFEST concept uses {"}Starbugs{"} - self-motile fiber heads deployed on a glass plate. MANIFEST will enhance the capabilities of different optical and near-infrared spectrographs at the GMT by feeding fibres and providing simultaneous observations. We have so far developed 15 science cases for MANIFEST which are listed under five broad science themes. Many science cases from galactic surveys, nearby galaxy surveys, intergalactic medium tomography, and spatially resolved studies of distant universe are of interest. These science cases drive the instrument requirements, modes of observations, and operation conditions for MANIFEST. Defined from the science cases, MANIFEST offers nine different modes of observations including high multiplexing, multiple and high sensitivity integral-field spectroscopy, polarimetry, and near-infrared spectroscopy. We discuss in this paper the latest developments of GMT/MANIFEST.",
keywords = "Giant Magellan Telescope, Extremely Large Telescopes, Many Instruments Fiber System, MANIFEST, MANIFEST Science, multiplexing, integral-field spectroscopy, optical instruments",
author = "Tayyaba Zafar and Jon Lawrence and Jessica Zheng and David Adams and Hartmann, {Vitor N.} and Celestina Lacombe and Michael Goodwin and Nuria Lorente and Ellie O'Brien and Will Saunders and Helen McGregor and Lew Waller and Nirmala Kunwar and Anilkumar Mailvaganam and Faes, {Daniel M.} and Jennifer Marshall and DePoy, {Darren L.} and Alexander Ji and Dennis Zaritsky and Casey Papovich and Finkelstein, {Steven L.} and Andrew Szentgyorgyi and Overzier, {Roderik A.} and Kyler Kuehn and Luca Cortese and Scott Croom and Sarah Martell and Matthew Colless and Hopkins, {Andrew M.} and Magda Arnaboldi and C{\'e}line P{\'e}roux and Christian Johnson",
note = "Alternative paper tile: {"}MANIFEST/GMT science overview: a multi-interface, multi-mode instrument science and simulations{"}; Conference on Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX ; Conference date: 17-07-2022 Through 22-07-2022",
year = "2022",
doi = "10.1117/12.2628142",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781510653498",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE",
publisher = "SPIE",
pages = "1--9",
editor = "Evans, {Christopher J.} and Bryant, {Julia J.} and Kentaro Motohara",
booktitle = "Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX",
address = "United States",
}