An important tool for the development of the next generation of extremely large telescopes (ELTs) is a robust Systems Engineering (SE) methodology. GMACS is a first-generation multi-object spectrograph that will work at visible wavelengths on the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). In this paper, we discuss the application of SE to the design of next-generation instruments for ground-based astronomy and present the ongoing development of SE products for the GMACS spectrograph, currently in its Conceptual Design phase. SE provides the means to assist in the management of complex projects, and in the case of GMACS, to ensure its operational success, maximizing the scientific potential of GMT.
@article{arxiv.1806.06390,
title = {Systems engineering applied to ELT instrumentation: The GMACS case},
author = {D. M. Faes and A. Souza and C. Froning and L. Schmidt and D. Bortoletto and E. Cook and D. L. DePoy and T. -G. Ji and D. Jones and H. -I. Lee and J. L. Marshall and C. M. Oliveira and S. Pak and C. Papovich and T. Prochaska and R. Ribeiro and K. Taylor},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1806.06390},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
To appear in Proc. SPIE 10705 (Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VII, SPIEastro18)