India’s Participation in the Thirty-Meter Telescope Project

dc.contributor.author	Reddy, B. E
dc.date.accessioned	2013-08-30T14:13:18Z
dc.date.available	2013-08-30T14:13:18Z
dc.date.issued	2013-06
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Astrophysics & Astronomy, Vol. 34, No. 2, pp. 87-95	en
dc.identifier.issn	0250-6335
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/6322
dc.description	Open Access	en
dc.description.abstract	In 2010, the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India, approved astronomers’ proposal of India joining the international consortium of the USA, Japan, Canada and China to build and operate the next generation mega ground based optical and infrared telescope known as the Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT) after its aperture size of 30-meter diameter. Since then, India is engaged in many aspects of the TMT project, both at technical and policy levels. In this article, I confine to the description of India’s efforts leading up to the decision to join the consortium, and the progress made since then with respect to India’s technical contributions to the project.	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.publisher	Indian Academy of Sciences	en
dc.relation.uri	http://www.ias.ac.in/jaa/jun2013/jaa-d-13-00039.pdf	en
dc.relation.uri	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12036-013-9180-x	en
dc.rights	© Indian Academy of Sciences	en
dc.subject	Telescope: thirty-meter telescope—India TMT: India	en
dc.subject	TMT:Co-ordination Center	en
dc.title	India’s Participation in the Thirty-Meter Telescope Project	en
dc.type	Article	en