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The Power of Optical/IR Interferometry: Recent Scientific Results and 2nd Generation Instrumentation

Proceedings of the ESO Workshop held in Garching, Germany, 4-8 April 2005

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  • © 2008

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Editors:
  1. A. Richichi

    1. European Southern Observatory, Germany

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  2. F. Delplancke

    1. European Southern Observatory, Germany

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  3. F. Paresce

    1. IASF Bologna, Bologna 40129, Italy

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  4. A. Chelli

    1. Observatoire de Grenoble, Lab. d’Astrophysique, Grenoble CX 38041, France

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  • Covers technical aspects and recent scientific results of optical and infrared interferometry
  • Serves as reference for astronomers working in the field

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

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Table of contents (106 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXVIII
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  2. The Power of Optical/IR Interferometry

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Power of Optical/IR Interferometry

      • Francesco Paresce
      Pages 1-8

    3. The Early Days of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer

      • Pierre Léena
      Pages 9-21

    4. 1988–1993: The Final Definition of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer, its Site and Configuration

      • Jacques M. Beckers
      Pages 23-28

  3. Science: Stars — stellar diameters, limb darkening, flattening, surface structures

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 29-29
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    2. Stellar Diameters: Breaking the Barriers

      • A. Richichi
      Pages 31-42

    3. Imaging the Effects of Rotation in Altair and Vega

      • D. M. Peterson, C. A. Hummel, T. A. Pauls, J. T. Armstrong, J. A. Benson, C. G. Gilbreath et al.
      Pages 43-54

    4. Rapid Rotation across the HR Diagram with VLTI: Achernar and Altair

      • A. Domiciano de Souza
      Pages 55-59

    5. Multi-Wavelength Interferometry of Evolved Stars Using VLTI and VLBA

      • M. Wittkowski, D. A. Boboltz, T. Driebe, K. Ohnaka
      Pages 61-70

    6. Limb Darkening: Getting Warmer

      • J. P. Aufdenberg, H.-G. Ludwig, P. Kervella, A. Mérand, S. T. Ridgway, V. Coudé du Foresto et al.
      Pages 71-82

    7. Cepheid Distances from Interferometry

      • P. Kervella, N. Nardetto, D. Bersier, D. Mourard, P. Fouqué, V. Coudé du Foresto
      Pages 83-94

    8. The K-Band Intensity Profile of R Leonis Probed by VLTI/VINCI

      • D. Fedele, M. Wittkowski, F. Paresce, M. Scholz, P.R. Wood, S. Ciroi
      Pages 95-98

    9. Cepheids Observations Using CHARA/FLUOR: αUMi and δCep

      • Antoine Méerand, Pierre Kervella, Vincent Coudé du Foresto, Stephen T. Ridgway, Jason Aufdenberg, Theo ten Brummelaar et al.
      Pages 99-103

    10. Cepheid Observations with the Sydney University Stellar Interferometer: ℓCarinae and βDoradus

      • J. Davis , M. J. Ireland, A. P. Jacob, J. R. North, S. M. Owens, J. G. Robertson et al.
      Pages 105-109

    11. The Circumstellar Environment of Evolved Stars as seen by VLTI/MIDI

      • K. Ohnaka, J. Bergeat, T. Driebe, U. Graser, K.-H. Hofmann, R. Köhler et al.
      Pages 111-115

  4. Science: Stars — circumstellar matter, IR objects

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 117-117
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    2. Evolved Stars: Interferometer Baby Food or Staple Diet?

      • Peter Tuthill
      Pages 119-130

    3. Eta Car through the Eyes of Interferometers

      • O. Chesneau, R. van Boekel, T. Herbst, P. Kervella, M. Min, L.B.F.M. Waters et al.
      Pages 131-141

    4. The Ejecta of Eta Carinae: What we have Learned from Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph and the Ultraviolet Echelle Spectrograph

      • Theodore R. Gull
      Pages 143-151
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New interferometers as the VLTI, the Keck-I and CHARA along with their sophisticated instrumentation have provided new levels of accuracy, spectral resolution and access to various spectral bands from the optical to the thermal infrared. Investigations are now enabled on a wealth of astrophysical sources with unprecedented levels of angular resolution and sensitivity, producing a considerable body of new, exciting scientific results.

Celebrating the completion of the first phase of the VLTI development, the organisors of the ESO workshop "The Power of Optical/IR Interferometry", held in April 2005, saw an opportunity to invite the community to come together to review and discuss not just interferometers, but science with interferometers and its impact on astronomy as a whole. The workshop was also intended to showcase ideas and concepts for the future of interferometry, and in particular for the second generation of VLTI instrumentation.

This volume contains the proceedings of this workshop and serves as reference for astronomers working with optical and infrared interferometry.

Editors and Affiliations

  • European Southern Observatory, Germany

    A. Richichi, F. Delplancke

  • IASF Bologna, Bologna 40129, Italy

    F. Paresce

  • Observatoire de Grenoble, Lab. d’Astrophysique, Grenoble CX 38041, France

    A. Chelli

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