From Extrasolar Planets to Cosmology: The VLT Opening Symposium: Proceedings of the ESO Symposium Held at Antofagasta, Chile, 1-4 March 1999 (ESO Astrophysics Symposia)

Science with FORS....Pages 3-11
Science with ISAAC....Pages 12-19
The Most Distant Galaxies....Pages 20-31
Nuclear Activity and Galaxy Evolution....Pages 32-42
Supernovae at High Redshift....Pages 43-51
Cosmic Star Formation History and the Brightness of the Night Sky....Pages 52-60
Galaxy Centers....Pages 61-69
New Frontiers in the Solar System....Pages 70-77
Science with the Atacama Large Millimeter Array....Pages 78-93
Synergy Between the VLT and the NGST....Pages 94-101
Clusters of Galaxies at High Redshift....Pages 102-111
Galaxy Populations in High Redshift Clusters....Pages 115-120
One of the Highest Redshift X-Ray Selected Clusters of Galaxies....Pages 121-125
Intracluster Planetary Nebulae....Pages 126-130
Probing Distant Galaxies with Lensing Clusters....Pages 131-137
Gravitational Redshift and Cluster Masses....Pages 138-142
Velocity Dispersion Analysis of CNOC Clusters....Pages 143-149
A Sunyaev-Zel’dovich Effect Survey for High Redshift Clusters....Pages 150-156
Probing the Large-Scale Structure with the REFLEX Cluster Survey....Pages 157-163
The Cluster Population in a Complete Sample of Optically Identified RASS X-Ray Sources....Pages 164-167
The Metal Enrichment History of Clusters of Galaxies....Pages 168-175
The Connection of X-Ray Clusters of Galaxies with the Early Star Formation Histories....Pages 176-179
The Connection Between X-Ray Clusters and Star Formation....Pages 180-183
Clustering at High Redshift....Pages 184-191
EIS - An Imaging Survey for VLT Science....Pages 192-197
The Space Missions WAXS /WFXT and SWIFT: New Targets for the VLT....Pages 198-203
The VST - VLT Survey Telescope....Pages 204-208
KUEYEN: A Unique Machine for Stellar Studies....Pages 211-216
Improvement of Cepheids as Distance Indicators....Pages 217-224
Eclipsing Binaries as Precise Distance Indicators....Pages 225-231
Magellanic Cloud Eclipsing Binaries: Distances and Dimensions....Pages 232-235
Blue Supergiants - Starway to Virgo and Fornax....Pages 236-241
Extragalactic Planetary Nebulae and What to Do with Them....Pages 242-247
Towards Understanding the Planetary Nebula Luminosity Function....Pages 248-251
HII Galaxies as Cosmological Probes....Pages 252-258
The Hubble Constant from the Fornax Cluster Distance....Pages 259-263
Lunar Occultations, Setting the Stage for VLTI: The Case Study of CW-Leo (aka IRC+10216)....Pages 264-268
Absolute Ages of Globular Clusters and the VLT....Pages 269-274
The Galactic Bulge: Prospects for the VLT....Pages 275-280
Globular Clusters in the Galactic Bulge....Pages 281-286
Studying the Stellar Populations of the Local Group with VLT....Pages 287-293
Fine Structure of the Red Clump in Local Group Galaxies....Pages 294-297
Old Stars in Dwarf Irregular Galaxies: WLM and NGC3109....Pages 298-302
High Mass Class I Sources in M 17....Pages 303-306
WR Stars in Star Forming Regions....Pages 307-312
Supernova Rates....Pages 313-316
Massive Stars and Their Role in Spectra and Abundances of High Redshift Galaxies....Pages 317-322
Low and Intermediate Mass Stars: Learning Theory from Observations....Pages 323-330
Abundance Determinations in Massive Blue Stars Within the Local Group....Pages 331-337
Abundances in Sagittarius: Present State and Perspectives for the Use of VLT....Pages 338-344
The Old Population of the Magellanic Clouds....Pages 345-350
The Deep Thick Disk as Seen by UVES....Pages 351-356
Abundances of Intermediate/Low Mass Stars in the Galactic Bulge....Pages 357-362
Abundances and Kinematics of Halo Stars....Pages 363-368
Tidal Tails Around Galactic Globular Clusters....Pages 369-374
Diversity of Planetary Systems: Formation Scenarios and Unsolved Problems....Pages 377-390
Solar Nebulae and Replenished Dust Disks with Planets....Pages 391-398
Evolution of Low-Mass Stars and Substellar Objects. Contribution to the Galactic Mass Budget....Pages 399-407
Extrasolar Giant Planets: Masses and Luminosities from In-Situ Formation Theories....Pages 408-414
Imaging Exosolar Dust Disks....Pages 415-421
The Stellar Mass Function....Pages 422-428
Aspects of the Substellar Mass Function....Pages 429-435
Planetary Microlensing: Present Status and Long-Term Goals....Pages 436-445
Approaching the Deuterium Burning Limit in the $\\sigma$ Orionis Young Cluster....Pages 446-449
From PTI to the Keck Interferometer....Pages 450-461
Astrometry with the VLT Interferometer....Pages 462-467
PRIMA - The VLTI Dual Feed System....Pages 468-473
High Precision Interferometry with the NPOI....Pages 474-478
Extra-Solar Planets with GAIA....Pages 479-491
Searching for Planets with the Space Interferometry Mission....Pages 492-498
Extrasolar Planets Transits: Detection and Follow-Up....Pages 499-504
2MASS Brown Dwarfs and a First Estimate of the Substellar Mass Function....Pages 505-510
Brown Dwarfs in Open Clusters....Pages 511-517
Adaptive Optics Imaging of Faint Companions: Test Case of MWC480....Pages 518-520
Observations of Disks and Faint Companions with NAOS....Pages 521-527
VISIR and the Detection of Exo-Planets....Pages 528-534
The Darwin Space Interferometer....Pages 535-538
Radial Velocity Searches for Extra Solar Planets from Keck and McDonald Observatories....Pages 539-547
Extrasolar Planets in the Southern Hemisphere: The CORALIE Survey....Pages 548-555
Use of the 3.6m Telescope at La Silla for Planetary Detection....Pages 556-559
Direct Observation of Hot Jupiters and Other Faint Companions with the VLTI....Pages 560-564
Direct Detection of Hot Extrasolar Planets Using Differential Interferometry....Pages 565-570
The CORALIE Planet-Search Sample....Pages 571-571
The HARPS Project....Pages 572-572