Workshop at the Environmental Research Station (UFS) Schneefernerhaus

June 23/24, 2025

The Wetterstein Millimeter Telescope (WMT) is a planned radio telescope associated with the Environmental Research Station (UFS) Schneefernerhaus at the Zugspitze in the Bavarian Wetterstein mountains.

The WMT is planned to operate at radio frequencies between 1.2GHz and 120GHz with the possibility to extend further towards shorter millimeter wavelengths. It is envisioned as an interdisciplinary research platform for astronomy, geo- and environmental research as well as for data and technology development. The WMT shall be integrated into international networks such as the European VLBI Network, the Global mm-VLBI Array, and provide long baselines to the upcoming next-generation Very Large Array (ngVLA) and Square Kilometre Array (SKA VLBI). It can further provide key contributions to satellite technology and operation, to worldwide geodetic-VLBI services, to space-situational awareness and to solar-system research. At this workshop, we will discuss science opportunities for the German and international community opened by the WMT.

Scientific Program:

Introduction of WMT key science areas:

-) Black Holes and Relativistic Jets

-) Dark Matter

-) Protoplanetary Disks

-) Galaxy Evolution

-) SSA and Solar System

-) Atmospheric Physics

-) Satellite Technology and RFI Mitigation

-) Space Communication

-) Geodesy

-) Data Science

-) Receiver Technology

SOC: Matthias Kadler, Simona Vegetti, Til Birnstiel, Guido Dietl, Hakan Kayal, Lars Fuhrmann, Paul Hartogh, Urs Hugentobler, Karl Mannheim, Eric Murphy, Agnieszka Słowikowska, Tobias Ullmann, Fabian Walter

LOC: Christoph Wendel (Chair), Florian Eppel, Christian Fromm, Till Rehm, Laura Schmidt