Documentation | Gemini Observatory

The current primary references to be cited by GHOST users are:

Gemini High-resolution Optical SpecTrograph (GHOST) at Gemini-South: Instrument performance and integration, first science, and next steps, Kalari, V. M., Diaz, R. J., Robertson, G., McConnachie, A., Ireland, M. et al. 2024, AJ, 168, 208
The Science Performance of the Gemini High Resolution Optical Spectrograph, McConnachie A. W., Hayes C. R., Robertson J. G., Pazder J., Ireland M., Burley G., Churilov V., et al., 2024, PASP, 136

Publications related to instrument design

Sheinis, A. I., Anthony, A., Baker, G., et al. 2016, SPIE Proceedings, 9908, 990817, doi: 10.1117/12.2232231
Ireland, M., Anthony, A., Burley, G., et al. 2014, in Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, Vol. 9147, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy V, ed. S. K. Ramsay, I. S. McLean, & H. Takami, 91471J, doi: 10.1117/12.2057356
Ireland, M. J., Barnes, S., Cochrane, D., et al. 2012, in Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, Vol. 8446, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IV, ed. I. S. McLean, S. K. Ramsay, & H. Takami, 844629, doi: 10.1117/12.925746 I
Young, P. J., & Nielsen, J. G. 2016, in Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, Vol. 9913, Software and Cyberinfrastructure for Astronomy IV, ed. G. Chiozzi & J. C. Guzman, 99132Q, doi: 10.1117/12.2232235
Pazder, J., Burley, G., Ireland, M. J., et al. 2016, in Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, Vol. 9908, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, ed. C. J. Evans, L. Simard, & H. Takami, 99087F, doi: 10.1117/12.2234366
Pazder, J., McConnachie, A., Ireland, M., et al. 2020, in Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, Vol. 11447, Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, 1144743, doi: 10.1117/12.2561985
Pazder, J., McConnachie, A., Ireland, M., et al. 2022, in Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, Vol. 12184, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy IX, ed. C. J. Evans, J. J. Bryant, & K. Motohara, 121841D, doi: 10.1117/12.2630715

Publications related to the data reduction pipeline

Hayes C. R., Waller F., Ireland M., Nielsen J., White M., Bento J., Venn K., et al., 2022, SPIE, 12184, 121846H. doi:10.1117/12.2642905
Ireland, M. J., Artigau, E ́., Burley, G., et al. 2016, in Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE) Conference Series, Vol. 9908, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, ed. C. J. Evans, L. Simard, & H. Takami, 99087A, doi: 10.1117/12.2233927

White papers

Summary of white papers
Title	PI	Affiliation
The case for a zero-noise CCD on a high-resolution optical spectrograph	E. Artigau	Universite de Montreal, Canada
Stellar Chemistry in Stars with Planets as a Probe of Planetary Formation and Planetary-System Architecture	K.Cunha	National Optical Astronomy Observatory, USA
Understanding the Assembly History of the Milky Way with Observations of Dwarf Galaxies	A. Frebel	Harvard-Smithsonian, USA
The Shapes of Dwarf Galaxies and their Dark Matter Content: An Opportunity for Gemini	D. Hunter	Lowell Observatory, USA
Galactic structure in the survey age	J. Johnson	Ohio State University, USA
Extremely Metal‐Poor Stars	S. Keller	Australian National University, Australia
Extreme Metal-Poor Stars in Ultra Low-Luminosity Dwarf Galaxies and the Galaxy	A. McWilliam	Carnegie Observatory, USA
Detailed chemical abundances studies of extra-galactic globular clusters	A. McWilliam	Carnegie Observatory, USA
Cool dwarfs: new insights on chemical evolution, young stars and planets	J. Melendez	Universidad de Sao Paulo, Brazil
High Resolution Optical Spectroscopy for the Gemini Observatory	S. Ryder	Australian Astronomical Observatory, Australia
Fundamental Astrophysics with Open Clusters	S. Schuler	National Optical Astronomy Observatory, USA