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Scientific Drivers for ESO Future VLT/VLTI Instrumentation

Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Held in Garching, Germany, 11–15 June 2001

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2002

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Editors:
  1. Jacqueline Bergeron

    1. Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, Paris, France

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  2. Guy Monnet

    1. European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany

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

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Table of contents (56 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
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  3. The Redshifted Universe

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 9-9
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    2. The Physics of Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows and the Nature of Their Host Galaxies

      • Paul Vreeswijk
      Pages 11-22

    3. Faint Object Spectroscopy and GRBs: The Need for a Spectroscopic Laboratory at the VLT

      • Michael I. Andersen
      Pages 23-29

    4. Absorption Studies with GRB Afterglows

      • Fabrizio Fiore
      Pages 30-35

    5. Advanced Telerobotic Field Spectrometer

      • Holger Pedersen, Michel Boer, Michael I. Andersen
      Pages 36-41

    6. REM — Rapid Eye Mount. A Fast Slewing Robotized Telescope to Monitor the Prompt Infra-Red Afterglow of GRBs

      • Filippo M. Zerbi, Guido Chincarini, Marcello Rodonó, Gabriele Ghisellini, Angelo Antonelli, Paolo Conconi et al.
      Pages 42-47

    7. Observing the First Galaxies — A Case for an Intermediate Resolution Multi-Object IR Spectrograph

      • Daniel Schaerer, Roser Pelló
      Pages 48-53

    8. 3D Spatial Distribution of the Intergalactic Medium: The ESO Blues?

      • Emmanuel Rollinde, Patrick Petitjean, Christophe Pichon, Stephane Colombi, Bastien Aracil
      Pages 54-59

    9. Galaxy Evolution from Deep Multicolor Surveys: The VLT Perspective

      • Adriano Fontana
      Pages 60-65

    10. Astrophysical Applications of Tunable Imaging Filters for the VLT

      • Heath Jones
      Pages 66-71

    11. High Redshift Ellipticals: Prospects for the VLT

      • Andrea Cimatti
      Pages 72-77

    12. Future VLT Instrumentation: An IoA View

      • Bob Carswell, Gerry Gilmore
      Pages 78-80

    13. Multi-Object Spectroscopy: The Faint Object Case

      • Olivier Le Fèvre
      Pages 81-86

    14. A Wide Field Multi-Object IR Imager and Spectrograph

      • J. G. Cuby, B. Delabre, J. L. Lizon, O. Le Fèvre, J. P. Picat
      Pages 87-92

    15. MAXIMUS: Exploiting the Full Power of OzPoz

      • Matthew Colless, Keith Taylor
      Pages 93-98

    16. A Million Element Integral Field Unit (MEIFU)

      • Simon Morris, Robert Content, Ray Sharpies, Richard Bower, Roger Davies, Carlton Baugh
      Pages 99-107

    17. A Mega Integral Field Spectrograph for the VLT

      • R. Bacon, G. Adam, S. Cabrit, F. Combes, R. L. Davies, E. Emsellem et al.
      Pages 108-117
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This is the start of a long process to ultimately operate new advanced capabilities at Paranal that can keep up with the evergrowing need for larger and more complex astrophysical data sets. A modern instrument represents a very significant investment in cash, human resources and time. Such a meeting gives us a precious yardstick to evaluate the competitiveness of 1st-generation instruments and associated current and forthcoming proposals for 1st-generation upgrades. This is also crucial to orient the large research and development effort that will provide the very foundation on which 2nd-generation VLT instrumentation can be built. Finally, it represents a significant step towards defining the hopes and goals for the future Extremely Large Telescope to come. The first outcome of this meeting, already in progress, is outlined in the epilogue.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris, Paris, France

    Jacqueline Bergeron

  • European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany

    Guy Monnet

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