Science with the VLT in the ELT Era

Front Matter....Pages i-xxv
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
VLT Science Highlights....Pages 3-14
Pushing the VLT Spectroscopy of Distant Galaxies to the Limits and Future Prospects....Pages 15-21
Pushing FORS to the Limit—A New Population of Faint Extended Ly α Emitters at z ∼3....Pages 23-26
VIMOS Integral Field Spectroscopy of Gaseous Nebulae in Local Group Dwarf Galaxies....Pages 27-28
Near IR Integral Field Spectroscopy of a Nearby Starburst....Pages 29-30
The ESO Large Programme “First Stars”....Pages 31-35
The Contribution of UVES@VLT to the New Era of QSO Absorption Line Studies....Pages 37-42
IMAGES: A Unique View of the Galaxy Mass Assembly Since z =1....Pages 43-47
The Metallicity Evolution at High Redshift....Pages 49-53
Near-IR Spectroscopy of Blue Supergiants....Pages 55-60
Integral Field Spectroscopy of Protoplanetary Disks in Orion with VLT FLAMES....Pages 61-65
MAD@VLT: Deep into the Madding Crowd of Omega Centauri....Pages 67-71
Chemical Evolution of the Galaxy and Supernova Yields after UVES....Pages 73-77
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
VLTI Science Highlights....Pages 81-87
MIDI Sees Active Galactic Nuclei....Pages 89-93
The Use of the VLTI for Studying the Asymmetric Mass Loss of Evolved Stars....Pages 95-99
Mid-infrared Interferometric Observations of Young Circumstellar Discs....Pages 101-105
VLTI-AMBER Observations of η  Carinae with High Spatial Resolution and Spectral Resolutions of λ /Δ λ =1500 and 12 000 * ....Pages 107-111
Resolving the Inner Active Accretion Disk Around the Herbig Be Star MWC 147 with VLTI/MIDI + AMBER Spectro-interferometry....Pages 113-118
Multi-epoch VLTI/MIDI Observations of the Carbon-rich Mira Star V Oph....Pages 119-123
Front Matter....Pages 79-79
A Mid-infrared Interferometric Study of the Circumstellar Environment of Dusty OH/IR Stars with VLTI/MIDI....Pages 125-126
The Closest Dusty Cloud Ever Detected Around a R CrB Variable Star Using the VLTI/MIDI Instrument....Pages 127-129
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
A Twenty Year Science Vision for European Astronomy....Pages 133-139
Baryonic Acoustic Oscillations....Pages 141-145
Galaxy Formation and Evolution....Pages 147-153
Exoplanets: The Road to Earth Twins....Pages 155-162
Next Generation Deep Redshift Surveys with the VLT....Pages 163-168
GUAIX: The UCM Group of Extragalactic Astrophysics and Astronomical Instrumentation....Pages 169-170
VISTA Public Surveys and VLT followup....Pages 171-175
Probing Dark Energy with Cosmological Redshift Surveys at the VLT....Pages 177-181
The First Galaxies and Galaxy Clusters....Pages 183-185
Narrow Band Surveys and the Epoch of Reionization....Pages 187-191
Stellar Archaeology and Galaxy Genesis: The Need for Large Area Multi-Object Spectrograph on 8 m-Class Telescopes....Pages 193-197
Near-field Cosmology with the VLT....Pages 199-203
Chemical Evolution of Local Group Galaxies....Pages 205-209
The VLTI as a Tool to Study Eclipsing Binaries for an Improved Distance Scale....Pages 211-213
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
Status of the European ELT....Pages 217-223
The Science Case for the European ELT....Pages 225-232
GRB Afterglows in the ELT Era....Pages 233-234
On the Way to an E-ELT Instrumentation Plan....Pages 235-242
Front Matter....Pages 215-215
From ESPRESSO to CODEX....Pages 243-247
First Results of AQuEye, a Precursor ‘Quantum’ Instrument for the E-ELT....Pages 249-253
The E-ELT: A Chance to Measure Cosmic Magnetic Fields....Pages 255-259
The Experience from VISIR and the Design of an ELT Mid-infrared Instrument....Pages 261-265
HARMONI: A Narrow Field Near-infrared Integral Field Spectrograph for the E-ELT....Pages 267-271
Which Synergies Between LBT/LINC Nirvana and Future ELTs?....Pages 273-277
TMT Science and Instruments....Pages 279-285
Front Matter....Pages 287-287
The Atacama Large Millimeter/Submillimeter Array....Pages 289-294
Observational Cosmology with the ELT and JWST....Pages 295-299
Integral Field Spectroscopy of (U)LIRGs. From VLT to JWST....Pages 301-305
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
VLT and VLTI Second Generation Instrument Overview and Resources....Pages 309-313
HAWK-I and Infrared Imaging on the VLT....Pages 315-318
X-Shooter: A Medium-resolution, Wide-Band Spectrograph for the VLT....Pages 319-324
KMOS and KMOS++....Pages 325-329
New Science Opportunities Offered by MUSE....Pages 331-336
SPHERE: A ‘Planet Finder’ Instrument for the VLT....Pages 337-341
Milli-arcsecond Astrophysics with VSI, the VLTI Spectro-imager in the ELT Era....Pages 343-348
Prospects for Near-infrared Characterisation of Hot Jupiters with the VLTI Spectro-imager (VSI)....Pages 349-351
MATISSE....Pages 353-357
MATISSE Science Cases....Pages 359-360
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
GRAVITY: Microarcsecond Astrometry and Deep Interferometric Imaging with the VLT....Pages 361-365
Front Matter....Pages 367-367
Smart Focal Plane Technologies for VLT Instruments....Pages 369-373
Applications of Digital Micromirror Devices to Astronomical Instrumentation....Pages 375-376
FORS in the Era of Second Generation VLT Instrumentation....Pages 377-378
Wide Field Options on the VLT....Pages 379-384
A Few Degrees Very Wide Field of View Camera for VLT as a Finder for ELT....Pages 385-388
Science with a 16 m VLT: The Case for Variability of Fundamental Constants....Pages 389-393
ESPRESSO: A High Resolution Spectrograph for the Combined Coudé Focus of the VLT....Pages 395-399
Feeding Optics for the ESPRESSO Spectrograph....Pages 401-402
New Design Approach for a Very-High Resolution Spectrograph for the VLT Combined Focus....Pages 403-404
ESPRESSO Optomechanics....Pages 405-407
ESPRESSO Science Software....Pages 409-410
High Resolution Wavelength Calibration: Advancements with the Laser Frequency Comb Development....Pages 411-413
Precision Radial Velocities in the Infrared....Pages 415-416
Very Large Spectroscopic Surveys with the VLT....Pages 417-421
New Developments in Integral Field Spectroscopy....Pages 423-427
ULTRAPHOT....Pages 429-430
Super-GIRAFFE: The Next Generation High Multiplex Optical Spectrograph with d-IFUs....Pages 431-435
FLEX (The First Light Explorer)—The Science Case for a Fully OH Suppressed IFU Spectrograph....Pages 437-441
An N -Band Integral Field Spectrometer Survey Instrument for the VLT....Pages 443-447
Front Matter....Pages 367-367
High Resolution Visible Imaging on the VLT....Pages 449-453
Life on the Fast Lane: The Burst Mode at the VLT at Present and in the Future....Pages 455-459
High Resolution Near Infrared Spectroscopy: Prospects for 10 and 40 m Class Telescopes....Pages 461-468
Prospects and Needs of Micro-arcsecond Astrometry....Pages 469-473
CASIS: Cassegrain Adaptive-Optics Simultaneous Imaging System for the VLT....Pages 475-479
The Need for a General Purpose Diffraction Limited Imager at the VLT....Pages 481-485
Exploring the Time Axis—High Resolution Timing Observations with Present and Future Instrumentation....Pages 487-491
Advanced Calibration for Quantitative Astrophysics: 2nd Generation VLT Instruments and Beyond....Pages 493-498
Quantitative Near-IR Spectroscopy of OB Stars....Pages 499-500
The Very Large Telescope Interferometer in the ELT Era....Pages 501-506
VLTI and Beyond: The Next Steps in AGN Research with Interferometers....Pages 507-512