The current primary references to be cited by users of GMOS on Gemini are:

1. "The Gemini-North Multiobject Spectrograph: Performance in Imaging, Long-slit, and Multi-Object Spectroscopic Modes",Hook, Isobel; Jørgensen, Inger; Allington-Smith, J. R.; Davies, R. L.; Metcalfe, N.; Murowinski, R. G.; Crampton, D., (2004), PASP, 116, p. 425-440
   To be cited by users of GMOS in any of its modes
2. "Integral Field Spectroscopy with the Gemini Multiobject Spectrograph. I. Design, Construction, and Testing" Allington-Smith, Jeremy; Graham, M.; Content, R.; Dodsworth, G.; Davies, R.; Miller, B. W.; Jørgensen, I.; Hook, I.; Crampton, D.; Murowinski, R., (2002) PASP, 114, p. 892-912
   To be cited by users of the GMOS IFU
3. "On-sky commissioning of Hamamatsu CCDs in GMOS-S" , German Gimeno ; Katherine Roth ; Kristin Chiboucas ; Pascale Hibon ; Luc Boucher ; John White ; Matthew Rippa ; Kathleen Labrie ; James Turner ; Kevin Hanna ; Manuel Lazo ; Gabriel Pérez ; Rolando Rogers ; Roberto Rojas ; Vinicius Placco ; Richard Murowinski; Proc. SPIE 9908, Ground-based and Airborne Instrumentation for Astronomy VI, 99082S (August 9, 2016); doi:10.1117/12.2233883
   To be cited by users of GMOS-S with Hamamatsu CCDs (i.e. data obtained after June 2014)

Other papers describing aspects of GMOS are:

1. "The Gemini-North Multiobject Spectrograph: Integration, Test and Commissioning", Hook, Isobel; Allington-Smith, J. R.; Beard, S.; Crampton, D.; Davies, R.; Dickson, C. J.; Ebbers, A.; Fletcher, M., Jørgensen, I.; Jean, I.; Juneau, S.; Murowinski, R.; Nolan, R.; Laidlaw, K.; Leckie, B.; Marshall, G.E.; Purkins, T.; Richardson, I.; Roberts, S.; Simons, D.; Smith, M.; Stilburn, J.; Szeto, K.; Tierney, C. J.; Wolff, R.; Wooff, R., (2002), SPIE, 4841, Power Telescopes and Instrumentation into the New Millennium
   (PostScript version)
2. "The Gemini-North Multiobject Spectrograph: Optical Performance", Murowinski, Richard; Allington-Smith, J. R.; Crampton, D.; Davies, R.; Henry, D.; Hook I. M.; Jørgensen, I.; Juneau, S.; Morbey, C.; Stilburn, J.; Szeto, K., (2002), SPIE, 4841, Power Telescopes and Instrumentation into the New Millennium (PostScript version)
3. "The Gemini-North Multiobject Spectrograph: Stability Performance", Murowinski, Richard; Allington-Smith, J. R.; Beard, S. M.; Crampton, D.; Davies, R.; Dickson, C. J.; Hook I. M.; Jørgensen, I.; Juneau, S.; Marshall, G. E.; Szeto, K.; Tierney, C. J., (2002), SPIE, 4841, Power Telescopes and Instrumentation into the New Millennium (PostScript version)
4. "Design and Implementation of an Atmospheric Dispersion Compensator/Corrector for the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph", Szeto, Kei; Morbey, C.; Mayer, C.; Crampton, D.; Fletcher, M., Murowinski, R.; Stilburn, J.; Taylor, P.; Wooff, R., (2002), SPIE, 4841, Power Telescopes and Instrumentation into the New Millennium (PostScript version)
5. "Gemini multi-object spectrograph GMOS: integration and tests", Crampton, David; Fletcher, J. Murray; Jean, I.; Murowinski, Richard G.; Szeto, Kei; Dickson, Colin G.; Hook, Isobel; Laidlaw, Ken; Purkins, Terry; Allington-Smith, Jeremy R.; Davies, Roger L., (2000), SPIE, 4008, p. 114-122, Optical and IR Telescope Instrumentation and Detectors, Masanori Iye; Alan F. Moorwood; Eds. (PostScript version)
6. "Gemini multiobject spectrographs", Murowinski, R. G., Bond, T., Crampton, D., Davidge, T. J., Fletcher, J. M., Leckie, B., Morbey, C. L., Roberts, S. Saddlemyer, L., Sebesta, J., Stilburn, J. R., Szeto, K., Allington-Smith, J. R., Content, R., Davies, R. L., Dodsworth, G. N., Haynes, R., Robinson, D. J., Robertson, D. J., Webster, J., Lee, D., Beard, S. M., Dickson, C. G., Kelly, D., Bennet, R., Ellis, M. A., Hastings, P. R. Williams, P. R. (1998) SPIE, 3355, 188 (PostScript version)
7. "Gemini multiobject spectrograph: a flexure critical design", Szeto, K., Murowinski, R. G., Roberts, S., Saddlemyer, L., Bennett, R., Dickson, C. G., Hastings, P. (1998) SPIE, 3355, 297
8. "New Developements in Integral Field Spectroscopy", Allington-Smith, J., Content, R., Haynes, R., (1998) SPIE, 3355, 196 (PostScript version)
9. "Opto-Mechanical Design of the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph On-Instrument Wavefront Sensor", Roberts, S., Fletcher, M., Leckie, B., Saddlemyer, L., Szeto, K., Sebesta, J., (1997)  (PostScript version)
10. "Integral field spectroscopy with the Gemini Multiobject Spectrographs", Allington-Smith, J. R., Content, R., Haynes, R., Lewis, I. J. (1997) SPIE, 2871, 1284 (PostScript version)
11. "GMOS: the GEMINI Multiple Object Spectrographs", Davies, R. L.; Allington-Smith, J. R., Bettess, P., Chadwick, E., Content, R., Dodsworth, G. N., Haynes, R., Lee, D., Lewis, I. J., Webster, J., Atad, E., Beard, S. M., Ellis, M., Hastings, P. R., Williams, P. R., Bond, T., Crampton, D., Davidge, T. J., Fletcher, M., Leckie, B., Morbey, C. L., Murowinski, R. G., Roberts, S., Saddlemyer, L. K., Sebesta, J., Stilburn, J. R., Szeto, K. (1997) SPIE, 2871, 1099 (PostScript version)
12. "Focus and translation mechanism for the Gemini Multiobject Spectrograph (GMOS)", Hastings, P. R. (1997) SPIE, 2871, 1216
13. "Fabrication of narrow-slit masks for the Gemini Multiobject Spectrograph", Szeto, K., Stilburn, J. R., Bond, T., Roberts, S., Sebesta, J., Saddlemyer, L. K. (1997) SPIE, 2871, 1262 (PostScript version)

Original design documents (which may be superseded by information described in the web documentation):

• The Operational Concepts Definition Document (OCDD)  (PostScript version of the main text, PostScript version of the appendix)
• The Functional and Performance Requirements Document (FPRD)  (PostScript version)