Science with the VLT Interferometer: Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Held at Garching, Germany, 18–21 June 1996

Front Matter....Pages I-XXII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction to Interferometry....Pages 3-12
An Introduction to Interferometry with the ESO Very Large Telescope....Pages 13-34
Interferometry in Practice....Pages 35-47
Astrometry with Optical/IR Interferometers....Pages 48-54
Front Matter....Pages 55-55
Solar-System Observations with the VLTI....Pages 57-63
Giant Planet Formation and the Masses of Extrasolar Planets....Pages 64-71
Theory of Very Low Mass Stars, Brown Dwarfs and Extra-solar Giant Planets....Pages 72-79
On the Detection of Exo-zodiacal Light by Nulling Interferometry with the Magellan Telescopes....Pages 80-85
Direct Observation of Extrasolar Planets with an Infrared Interferometer....Pages 86-87
Front Matter....Pages 89-89
VLTI Observations of Radio-Loud Active Galaxies....Pages 91-99
Observations of Extragalactic Sources Near Bright Stars....Pages 100-101
AGN Models and Fringe Visibilities....Pages 102-103
AGNs at VLTI Scales....Pages 104-111
The AGN Dance: Astrometric Variability as the Result of Supernova Explosions in Nuclear Starbursts....Pages 112-118
Adaptive Optics Observations of Starburst Galaxies....Pages 119-120
Cosmology with the Very Large Telescope Interferometer: Using a Space Based Astrometric Reference Frame....Pages 121-129
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Tailoring an Interferometer to its Science and Vice Versa....Pages 133-142
Some Aspects of the VLTI’s Potential for Binary Star Research....Pages 143-152
Combining Mid-Infrared Lunar Occultations and VLTI Measurements....Pages 153-160
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Interferometric Observations of Be Stars....Pages 163-170
Front Matter....Pages 161-161
Spectroscopic and Photometric Support for Interferometric Observations of Be Stars....Pages 171-178
Imaging of Wolf-Rayet Stars with the VLTI....Pages 179-180
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
AGB and POST-AGB STARS: an Overview....Pages 183-191
Winds of Red Giants and Supergiants: Basic Physical Processes, Structure and Appearance....Pages 192-199
Study of Late Type Stars with the Infrared Spatial Interferometer of the University of California at Berkeley....Pages 200-205
Interferometric Studies of Late Phases of Stellar Evolution....Pages 206-211
Interferometric Imaging of Late-Type Stars with the VLTI....Pages 212-219
Geometry of Post-AGB Shells....Pages 220-226
New Insights in Close Circumstellar Physics Using Interferometry....Pages 227-234
Front Matter....Pages 235-235
Circumstellar Disks in the Early Phases of Star Formation....Pages 237-239
Outflows from Young Stars....Pages 240-247
Disks Around Young Stars....Pages 248-255
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
Observing the Galactic Center with the VLTI....Pages 259-266
The VLTI and the Galactic Center He I Cluster....Pages 267-273
Globular Cluster Proper Motions....Pages 274-290
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Indirect Imaging of Stellar Surface Structure....Pages 293-302
Stellar Surface Observations with the VLTI....Pages 303-315
On the Scale of Photospheric Convection....Pages 316-317
Observing Stellar Surfaces with a High Precision Infrared Interferometer....Pages 318-325
Studying the Cooolest Giant Stars at Milliarcsecond Resolution....Pages 326-331
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
The Temperature Scale of the M Dwarfs....Pages 332-333
Observations of Cepheids with the VLTI....Pages 334-335
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
The VLTI and the Universe: Conference Summary....Pages 339-345
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
Simulations of VLTI/VISA Imaging Observations of Young Stellar Objects at 2.2 μ m....Pages 349-350
Speckle Observations of Post-Hipparcos Late Type Double Stars....Pages 351-352
Wavefront Characterization for High Angular Resolution Techniques....Pages 353-354
Interfero Coronography at O.C.A.....Pages 355-356
Simulation of Speckle Images for a Field Wider than the Isoplanatism Angle....Pages 357-358
Visibility Losses Due to Atmospherical Spectral Decorrelation in Michelson Interferometry....Pages 359-360
High Resolution Measurements of Close Binary Stars and the Probability Imaging Technique....Pages 361-362
Late Type Stars at High Angular Resolution: Observations and Modelling....Pages 363-366
Interferometric Observations of Mira Stars....Pages 367-368
Results of Studies on the Environmental Factors Affecting the VLTI Performance....Pages 369-374
Internal Optical Path Calibration System for VLTI....Pages 375-378
Pupil Mask Interferometry of M8E-IR....Pages 379-380
Observations of the Close Binary System ß Lyrae with the GI2T Interferometer....Pages 381-382
Stellar Winds of T Tauri Stars....Pages 383-384
Operating the VLTI in the Thermal Infrared....Pages 385-386
Multi-Speckle Interferometric Imaging with the VLTI and the LBT at Optical Wavelengths....Pages 387-388
Infrared Interferometric Imaging with the VLTI in the Multi-Speckle Mode with a Combination of the 8 m UTs and the 2 m ATs....Pages 389-390
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
Thermal IR Imaging with MAX: Pushing the Limit of Single-Dish Ground Based Observations....Pages 391-392
Differential Interferometry and the Non-Axisymmetric Envelope of γ Cas....Pages 393-394
HST Imaging of GM Aurigae: A Circumstellar Disk Seen in Scattered Light....Pages 395-396
Software Concept for Four-Dimensional Bispectral Analysis of Stellar Interferograms....Pages 397-398
Real-Time Image Compression Method for Astronomical Interferograms....Pages 399-400
Synthetic Images from Dynamic Model Atmospheres of C-Rich Long-Period Variables....Pages 401-402
Brightness Profiles and Spatial Spectra of Dynamical Models for C-Rich Circumstellar Dust Shells Around Long-Period Variables....Pages 403-404
Back Matter....Pages 405-409