Scientific Drivers for ESO Future VLT/VLTI Instrumentation: Proceedings of the ESO Workshop Held in Garching, Germany, 11–15 June 2001

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction to Meeting: Towards VLT/VLTI 2nd Generation Instruments....Pages 3-8
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
The Physics of Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows and the Nature of Their Host Galaxies....Pages 11-22
Faint Object Spectroscopy and GRBs: The Need for a Spectroscopic Laboratory at the VLT....Pages 23-29
Absorption Studies with GRB Afterglows....Pages 30-35
Advanced Telerobotic Field Spectrometer....Pages 36-41
REM — Rapid Eye Mount. A Fast Slewing Robotized Telescope to Monitor the Prompt Infra-Red Afterglow of GRBs....Pages 42-47
Observing the First Galaxies — A Case for an Intermediate Resolution Multi-Object IR Spectrograph....Pages 48-53
3D Spatial Distribution of the Intergalactic Medium: The ESO Blues?....Pages 54-59
Galaxy Evolution from Deep Multicolor Surveys: The VLT Perspective....Pages 60-65
Astrophysical Applications of Tunable Imaging Filters for the VLT....Pages 66-71
High Redshift Ellipticals: Prospects for the VLT....Pages 72-77
Future VLT Instrumentation: An IoA View....Pages 78-80
Multi-Object Spectroscopy: The Faint Object Case....Pages 81-86
A Wide Field Multi-Object IR Imager and Spectrograph....Pages 87-92
MAXIMUS: Exploiting the Full Power of OzPoz....Pages 93-98
A Million Element Integral Field Unit (MEIFU)....Pages 99-107
A Mega Integral Field Spectrograph for the VLT....Pages 108-117
CROMOS: A Cryogenic Near-Infrared, Multi-Object Spectrometer for the VLT....Pages 118-127
Multiple Integral Field Spectroscopy....Pages 128-135
Crowded Field 3D Spectroscopy — The Next Step: First Light for PMAS....Pages 136-138
Front Matter....Pages 9-9
The FALCON Concept: Multi-Object Spectroscopy Combined with MCAO in Near-IR....Pages 139-148
Scientific Potential of Enhancing the Integral-Field Spectrometer SPIFFI with a Large Detector and High Spectral Resolution....Pages 149-157
Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics with Laser Guide Stars....Pages 158-163
MOEMS, Key Optical Components for the Future Instrumentation of VLT....Pages 164-166
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Spectroscopy of Faint Emission Line Nebulae....Pages 169-174
Near-IR Spectroscopy with VLT/ISAAC: Distribution and Kinematics of Molecular Gas in the Nucleus of NGC 1068....Pages 175-177
Dwarf Galaxies in the Local Group: The VLT Perspectivev....Pages 178-183
Identification and Study of Blue Supergiants in Nearby Galaxies....Pages 184-189
Quantitative Spectroscopy of Local Group Supergiants....Pages 190-192
A Super-Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer for the VLT....Pages 193-198
Rectifying Échelle Spectra — A Comparison Between UVES, FEROS and FOCES....Pages 199-204
Scientific Objectives and Design Study of an Adaptive Optics Visual Echelle Spectrograph and Imager Coronograph (AVES-IMCO) for the NAOS Visitor Focus at the VLT....Pages 205-212
Massive Spectroscopy of (Stellar) Fields....Pages 213-218
Stellar Oscillations Studies with STOMACH....Pages 219-224
Proposal for a VLT Multichannel Infrared Heterodyne Instrument Based on THIS (Tuneable Heterodyne Infrared Spectrometer)....Pages 225-230
Imaging Polarimetry and Spectropolarimetry of Bright Objects....Pages 231-237
High-Resolution Spectropolarimetry on the VLT....Pages 238-243
Transmission Spectroscopy for Extrasolar-Planet Studies: UVES Search and Future Prospects....Pages 244-246
Zero Noise CCD: A New Readout Technique for Extremely Low Light Levels....Pages 247-250
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
A Differential Imager for Adaptive Optics....Pages 253-257
Front Matter....Pages 251-251
Very Accurate Imaging of the Close Environment of Bright Objects in Visible and Near-Infrared....Pages 258-263
High-Contrast Imaging Science with Adaptive Optics....Pages 264-266
Coronagraphy with 4Q Phase Mask on the VLT....Pages 267-272
Achromatic Interfero-Coronagraphy and VLT....Pages 273-278
Growing Up — The Completion of the VLTI....Pages 279-288
The VLTI Adulthood: Scientific Drivers for Future VLTI Instrumentation....Pages 289-292
Imaging Interferometry — Experience from COAST and Implications for the VLTI....Pages 293-302
VLTI Imaging Instrument Using the Full Potential of the Interferometric Array....Pages 303-310
The Pre-PRIMA Survey Project: Turning the Problem Around....Pages 311-313
The Scientific Potential of MIDI in the 20 μm Window....Pages 314-319
The Potential of an Extension of Amber to the Visible....Pages 320-327
FINITO: A Fringe Sensor for VLTI in Two and Three Beam Configuration....Pages 328-330
Scientific Drivers for a Future Polarimetric Mode for the VLTI: VISPER....Pages 331-333
Search and Characterization of Extrasolar Planets Using VLT/VLTI Instrumentation....Pages 334-339
Optimizing a Differential Interferometric Instrument....Pages 340-346
NEVEC: The NOVA ESO VLTI Expertise Centre....Pages 347-349
Back Matter....Pages 351-356