The Wetterstein Millimeter Telescope: A New German Facility for Astronomy and Geodesy

@misc{neidhardt2026wetterstein,
  title = {{The Wetterstein Millimeter Telescope: A New German Facility for Astronomy and Geodesy}},
  author = {Alexander Neidhardt and Matthias Kadler and Anne-Kathrin Baczko and Guido Dietl and Urs Hugentobler and Matthias Schartner and Tobias Ullmann and Till Rehm and Jompoj Wongphechauxsorn and for the WMT consortium},
  howpublished = {arXiv},
  year = {2026},
  month = aug,
  doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2608.02194},
  eprint = {2608.02194},
  archivePrefix = {arXiv},
  url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.02194},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
}

TY  - UNPB
TI  - The Wetterstein Millimeter Telescope: A New German Facility for Astronomy and Geodesy
AU  - Alexander Neidhardt
AU  - Matthias Kadler
AU  - Anne-Kathrin Baczko
AU  - Guido Dietl
AU  - Urs Hugentobler
AU  - Matthias Schartner
AU  - Tobias Ullmann
AU  - Till Rehm
AU  - Jompoj Wongphechauxsorn
AU  - for the WMT consortium
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/08/03
PB  - arXiv
DO  - 10.48550/arxiv.2608.02194
UR  - https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.02194
AB  - The Wetterstein Millimeter Telescope (WMT) is a planned broadband (1.2-120 GHz) radio telescope to be established near the Environmental Research Station Schneefernerhaus (UFS) on Germany's highest mountain, the Zugspitze. Developed by a consortium of German research institutes and partners, the WMT is conceived as a multidisciplinary research infrastructure supporting radio astronomy, geodetic VLBI, satellite communications, space situational awareness, and technology development. The telescope is designed to operate within international VLBI networks, including the European VLBI Network, the Global mm-VLBI Array, and future ngVLA and SKA-VLBI observations. This contribution summarizes recent progress in the WMT project, including the evolution of the antenna design, and highlights the potential of the WMT to support future astronomical and geodetic VLBI.
ER  -