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Science with the VLT

Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Held at Garching, Germany, 28 June – 1 July 1994

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. Jeremy R. Walsh

    1. European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany

  2. Ivan J. Danziger

    1. European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany

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

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ESO's new and exciting telescope, the VLT 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 rarely published before. The book covers the whole gamut of optical-IR astronomy from the solar system, search for planets in nearby stars, physics of galactic stars and clusters, galactic structure, structure of nearby galaxies, AGN and quasars, clusters of galaxies, to large structure and cosmology. Furthermore it summarizes the two panel discussions.

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Table of contents (59 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXV
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  2. The Solar System and the Extra-Solar System Planets

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Solar System and the VLT

      • C. de Bergh
      Pages 3-14

    3. Very Distant Objects in the Solar System

      • Richard M. West, Olivier R. Hainaut
      Pages 15-20

    4. How to Search for Extra-Solar Planets with the VLT/VISA?

      • A. Léger, J-M. Mariotti, D. Rouan, J. Schneider
      Pages 21-32

    5. Astrometric Detection and Investigation of Planetary Systems with the VLT Interferometer

      • A. Quirrenbach
      Pages 33-37

  3. Star Formation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 39-39
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    2. Star Formation Studies at the VLT

      • Claude Bertout, Bo Reipurth, Fabien Malbet
      Pages 41-52

    3. Circumstellar Disks with VLT/VLTI

      • Steven V. W. Beckwith
      Pages 53-61

  4. Stellar Astrophysics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. Do We Need the VLT to Study Nearby Stellar Populations?

      • Bengt Gustafsson
      Pages 65-74

    3. Nucleosynthesis in the First Galactic Stars

      • J. Andersen, B. Nordström, T. C. Beers, R. Cayrel, F. Spite, M. Spite et al.
      Pages 75-78

    4. Elemental and Isotopic Abundances in Metal-Poor Stars

      • Pierre Magain
      Pages 79-86

    5. Stellar Surface Structure: Doppler Imaging with the VLT-UVES

      • Klaus G. Strassmeier
      Pages 87-93

    6. Observation of Surface Activity on Cool Giants with the VLT Interferometer

      • O. von der Lühe, M. Schüssler, S. K. Solanki, P. Caligari
      Pages 94-99

    7. Imaging the Surfaces of Late-Type Stars

      • T. R. Bedding, O. von der Lühe, A. A. Zijlstra
      Pages 100-104

    8. A Sharper View on (Post-) AGB Evolution

      • L. B. F. M. Waters
      Pages 105-113

    9. The Asymptotic Giant Branch in the LMC, SMC and the Galactic Center

      • H. U. Käufl, L. B. F. M. Waters, G. Wiedemann, A. A. Zijlstra
      Pages 114-118

    10. Prospects for Circumstellar Physics. Observations and Models

      • Jean-Pierre J. Lafon
      Pages 119-123

    11. Compact Stars In and Out of Binaries

      • Frank Verbunt
      Pages 124-133
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"...well-presented and thought-provoking, carefully dissecting individual goals and requirements for the future." - Irish Astronomical Journal

Editors and Affiliations

  • European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany

    Jeremy R. Walsh, Ivan J. Danziger

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Science with the VLT

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Held at Garching, Germany, 28 June – 1 July 1994

  • Editors: Jeremy R. Walsh, Ivan J. Danziger

  • Series Title: ESO Astrophysics Symposia

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-49215-3

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-22397-0Published: 13 November 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-49215-3Published: 05 June 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1431-2433

  • Series E-ISSN: 1611-6143

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXV, 477

  • Topics: Astronomy, Observations and Techniques, Astrophysics and Astroparticles, Geophysics/Geodesy

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