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From Extrasolar Planets to Cosmology: The VLT Opening Symposium

Proceedings of the ESO Symposium Held at Antofagasta, Chile, 1–4 March 1999

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. Jacqueline Bergeron
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  2. Alvio Renzini
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  • This book discusses the hot topics in astrophysics for the upcoming decades from an observer's vantage point.
  • It defines in a way the future tasks of the world's most powerful ground-based telescope, the VLT.
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: ESO Astrophysics Symposia (ESO)

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Table of contents (84 papers)

  1. Science with FORS

    • I. Appenzeller, R. Bender, H. Böhnhardt, S. Cristiani, M. Dietrich, K. Fricke et al.
    Pages 3-11

  2. Science with ISAAC

    • Alan Moorwood
    Pages 12-19

  3. The Most Distant Galaxies

    • Max Pettini, Charles C. Steidel, Kurt L. Adelberger, Alice E. Shapley, Mark Dickinson, Mauro Giavalisco
    Pages 20-31

  4. Nuclear Activity and Galaxy Evolution

    • George Miley
    Pages 32-42

  5. Supernovae at High Redshift

    • Bruno Leibundgut
    Pages 43-51

  6. Cosmic Star Formation History and the Brightness of the Night Sky

    • Piero Madau
    Pages 52-60

  7. Galaxy Centers

    • Ralf Bender
    Pages 61-69

  8. New Frontiers in the Solar System

    • Maria Antonietta Barucci
    Pages 70-77

  9. Science with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array

    • Karl M. Menten
    Pages 78-93

  10. Synergy Between the VLT and the NGST

    • H. S. Stockman
    Pages 94-101

  11. Clusters of Galaxies at High Redshift

    • Bernard Fort
    Pages 102-111

  12. Galaxy Populations in High Redshift Clusters

    • S. A. Stanford
    Pages 115-120

  13. One of the Highest Redshift X-Ray Selected Clusters of Galaxies

    • Ingo Lehmann, Günther Hasinger, Riccardo Giacconi, Jim E. Gunn, Maarten Schmidt, Don P. Schneider et al.
    Pages 121-125

  14. Intracluster Planetary Nebulae

    • Magda Arnaboldi, Massimo Capaccioli, Holland Ford, Kenneth C. Freeman, Rolf Kudritzki, Ortwin Gerhard et al.
    Pages 126-130

  15. Probing Distant Galaxies with Lensing Clusters

    • Roser Pelló
    Pages 131-137

  16. Gravitational Redshift and Cluster Masses

    • Tom Broadhurst, Evan Scannapieco
    Pages 138-142

  17. Velocity Dispersion Analysis of CNOC Clusters

    • Stefano Borgani
    Pages 143-149

  18. A Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Effect Survey for High Redshift Clusters

    • J. J. Mohr, J. E. Carlstrom, G. P. Holder, W. L. Holzapfel, M. K. Joy, E. M. Leitch et al.
    Pages 150-156

  19. Probing the Large-Scale Structure with the REFLEX Cluster Survey

    • H. Böhringer, L. Guzzo, C. A. Collins, P. Schuecker, S. Schindler, W. Voges et al.
    Pages 157-163

  20. The Cluster Population in a Complete Sample of Optically Identified RASS X-Ray Sources

    • Immo Appenzeller, Reinhold Kneer, Franz-Josef Zickgraf, Joachim Krautter, Inge Thiering
    Pages 164-167
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About this book

This symposium was dedicated to science opportunities with the VLT. All major areas of astronomical research were discussed in the plenary sessions, ranging from where we stand in cosmology to the new frontiers in the solar system. The workshops published in this volume focussed on different ways of finding clusters of galaxies at high redshift, on gravitational lensing by distant compact clusters, on the use of stellar populations as distance, age or abundance indicators, and on the extraordinary progress made in the discovery of extrasolar planets. This book affords a glimpse of what will be at the center of astrophysical research in the forthcoming decade. It is addressed to researchers and graduate students.

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