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Science with the VLT [electronic resource] : proceedings of the ESO workshop held at Garching, Germany, 28 June-1 July 1994 / Jeremy R. Walsh, Ivan J. Danziger, eds.

ESO's new and exciting telescope, the VTL in Chile, will certainly bring a host of new results in optical astronomy for the years to come. This workshop surveys a large variety of possible observations and the needed instrumentation. It is an exciting overview of front research in astronomy rar...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Walsh, Jeremy R., 1952-, Danziger, John, 1936-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©1995.
Series:ESO astrophysics symposia.
Subjects:
Astrophysics > Congresses.
Infrared astronomy > Congresses.
Very Large Telescope (Chile) > Congresses.
Astrophysics.
Infrared astronomy.
Very Large Telescope (Chile)
Conference papers and proceedings.
Table of Contents:
  • 1 The Solar System and Extra-Solar System Planets
  • The Solar System and the VLT
  • Very Distant Objects in the Solar System
  • How to Search for Extra-Solar Planets with the VLT/VISA
  • Astrometric Detection and Investigation of Planetary Systems with the VLT Interferometer
  • 2 Star Formation
  • Star Formation Studies with the VLT
  • Circumstellar Disks with VLT/VLTI
  • 3 Stellar Astrophysics
  • Do We Need the VLT to Study Nearby Stellar Populations?
  • Nucleosynthesis in the First Galactic Stars
  • Elemental and Isotopic Abundances in Metal-Poor Stars
  • Stellar Surface Structure: Doppler Imaging with the VLT-UVES
  • Observation of Surface Activity on Cool Giants with the VLT Interferometer
  • Imaging the Surfaces of Late-Type Stars
  • A Sharper View on (Post- ) AGB Evolution
  • The Asymptotic Giant Branch in the LMC, SMC and the Galactic Center
  • Prospects for Circumstellar Physics. Observations and Models
  • Compact Stars In and Out of Binaries
  • VLT High-Speed Spectro-Photometry: A Powerful Tool for Exploring Compact Stellar Objects and Related Phenomena
  • Observational Astrophysics on Milli-, Micro-, and Nanosecond Timescales
  • Problems and Prospects in White Dwarf Stars
  • Mass Determination of Very Low Mass Stars
  • Evolution of Massive Stars and the VLT
  • 4 Stellar Clusters
  • Globular Clusters with the VLT
  • Detailed Analysis of Stars in the Galactic Bulge with the VLT
  • Deep Star Counts and Cosmological Backgrounds: A Powerful New Model for the Point Source Sky
  • 5 Interstellar Medium
  • High Resolution Spectroscopy of the Interstellar Medium
  • The Interstellar Medium in Galaxies
  • 6 Astronomical Targets in Nearby Galaxies
  • Supernovae and the VLT: More Light to Examine
  • Supernovae with the VLT
  • Late Stages of Supernovae with the VLT
  • Faint Planetary Nebulae as Mass Tracers for Early Type Galaxies
  • Resolving Distant Galaxies into Stars
  • Proper Motions for the Nearest Galaxies Using ASTROCAM on the VLT
  • Quantitative Spectroscopy of Luminous Blue Stars in Distant Galaxies
  • Distance Indicators and the Expansion Field of the Universe
  • Distance Indicators: Beyond Distances
  • A Return to Astrophysics
  • 7 Active Galactic Nuclei
  • High Resolution Infrared Imaging and Spectroscopy with the VLT: Galactic Nuclei
  • Resolving Extragalactic Nuclei with the VLT
  • Galaxy Dynamics, Black Holes and FUEGOS: Prospects for Studying Stellar Dynamics
  • The VLT Contribution to Development of AGN Unified Schemes
  • Subarcsecond Observations of Galactic Nuclei
  • The AGN Environment
  • 8 Quasars
  • Quasar Surveys and the VLT
  • QSO Absorption Line Systems
  • 9 The Distant Universe
  • Observational Cosmology with Faint Galaxies and a (9"1)-meter Telescope
  • Deep Spectroscopy of 780 Galaxies: Results and Prospects for the VLT
  • Deep Redshift Surveys on Faint Galaxies: Prospects for the VLT above z=1
  • VLT Observations with Large Natural Gravitational Telescopes
  • Integral Field Spectroscopy of Selected Extragalactic Objects with FUEGOS
  • Perspectives in the Study of Large Scale Structure and Galaxy Evolution with the VLT
  • The Nature of Compact Objects at R=23
  • Faint AGNs, Evolution and the X-Ray Background
  • 10 High-Resolution Imaging and Interferometry
  • High-Resolution Imaging with the VLT at Optical Wavelengths
  • From Planets to Galaxies: Adaptive Optics Revolution and VLT Interferometry
  • A Strategy for High Angular Resolution Astrophysical Programmes at the VLT in the Visible
  • Narrow-Angle Astrometry with the VLT Interferometer
  • 11 Strategies for Use of the VLT
  • Flexible Professional Observing at the VLT
  • The VLT: max (4 × 8; 1 × 16; 1/X × 64)?
  • 12 Synopses of Panel Discussions
  • I. Interferometry
  • II. Future Instrumentation.

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