Workshop Programme
Scientific Drivers for ESO Future VLT/VLTI Instrumentation
June 11, 14:00 - 18:10
| 12:00-14:00 | Registration | ||
| 14:00-14:30 | G. Monnet | Introduction to meeting |
| 14:30-15:10 | P. Vreeswijk | Very rapid follow up of Gamma-Ray Bursts: very-high redshift GRBs (z > 5) and the physics of the reverse shock | |
| 15:10-15:40 | M. Andersen | Gamma-ray bursts and Faint Object Spectroscopy | |
| 15:40-16:05 | H. Pedersen | Advanced Tele-robotic Field Spectrometer | |
| 16:05-16:35 | Coffee Break | ||
| 16:35-17:00 | F.M. Zerbi | Characteristics and status of the REM telescope | |
| 17:00-17:30 | F. Fiore | Cosmology and Large Scale Structure studies with GRB afterglows | |
| 17:30-17:50 | D. Schaerer | Constraining the formation epoch of the first stars | |
| 17:50-18:10 | E. Rollinde | 3D Mapping of the intergalactic medium | |
June 12, 9:00 - 12:30 and 14:00 - 18:20
| 9:00-9:30 | S. Morris | MEIFUS (Million Element IFU Spectrograph) | |
| 9:30-10:10 | M. Kissler-Patig | MCAO and associated instrumentation for the VLT | |
| 10:10-10:40 | R. Davies | Multi-Conjugate Adaptive Optics with Laser Guide Stars | |
| 10:40-11:10 | Coffee Break | ||
| 11:10-11:30 | F. Eisenhauer | Scientific Potential of an Enhancement of the Integral Field Spectrometer SPIFFI with a Large Detector and High Spectral Resolution | |
| 11:30-12:00 | R. Bacon | Instrumentation for 3D spectroscopic deep field | |
| 12:00-12:30 | F. Hammer | Multi-Object and multi-Conjugate Adaptive optics (MOCA): the FALCON concept | |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch Break | ||
| 14:00-14:20 | A. Fontana | Galaxy Evolution from Ultradeep Multicolor Imaging | |
| 14:20-15:00 | O. LeFèvre | Faint multi-object spectroscopy, present and future | |
| 15:00-15:30 | A. Cimatti | The formation of elliptical galaxies: future prospects for the VLT | |
| 15:30-15:50 | H. Jones | Astrophysical Applications of Tunable Imaging Filters | |
| 15:50-16:20 | J.-G. Cuby | A wide field H+K imager and multi-object spectrograph | |
| 16:20-16:50 | Coffee Break | ||
| 16:50-17:20 | R. Carswell | Future VLT Instrumentation: The IoA Perspective | |
| 17:20-17:50 | R. Genzel | A cryogenic near infrared multi-object spectrograph for the VLT | |
| 17:50-18:20 | G. Wright | Integral Field Spectroscopy | |
| 18:45-21:00 | Welcome buffet | ||
June 13, 9:00 - 12:30 and 14:00 - 17:40
| 9:00-9:30 | M. Colless | Exploiting the full power of OzPoz | |
| 9:30-10:00 | R.J. Dettmar | Spectroscopy of faint emission line nebulae | |
| 10:00-10:30 | E.V. Held | The evolution of dwarf galaxies: the VLT perspective | |
| 10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break | ||
| 11:00-11:30 | J.-P. Maillard | A super-imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer for the VLT | |
| 11:30-12:00 | R. Gilmozzi | Observations of extragalactic novae with VLT | |
| 12:00-12:30 | F. Bresolin | Identification and study of blue supergiants in nearby galaxies | |
| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch Break | ||
| 14:00-14:20 | A.J. Korn | UVES vs. FEROS vs. FOCES: comparing the rectification qualities | |
| 14:20-14:40 | A. Prieto | Proposal for a single mode, medium resolution spectrometer with a wide optical spectral coverage | |
| 14:40-15:10 | R. Pallavicini | Scientific motivations for an Adaptive Optics Visual Echelle Spectrograph and Imager-Coronograph for the VLT NAOS Visitor Focus | |
| 15:10-15:40 | L. Pasquini | Massive Spectroscopy of Stellar Fields | |
| 15:40-16:10 | Coffee Break | ||
| 16:10-16:40 | A. Kaufer | Stellar Oscillations studies with STOMACH | |
| 16:40-17:10 | J. Alves | Seeing the Light Through the Dark: From Dark Clouds to Extra-Solar Planets | |
| 17:10-17:40 | G. Sonnabend | VLT/VLTI Mid-Infrared Heterodyne Observations | |
June 14, 9:00 - 12:40 and 14:10 - 18:10
| 9:00-9:30 | H.M. Schmid | Imaging of Polarimetry and Spectropolarimetry of Bright Objects | |
| 9:30-10:00 | J.-F. Donati | A high resolution visible and infrared spectropolarimeter for the ESO Very Large Telescope |
From Planets to Stellar Environments to AGN
| 10:00-10:40 | A. Glindemann | Growing up - the completion of the VLTI | |
| 10:40-11:10 | Coffee Break | ||
| 11:10-11:50 | F. Paresce | The VLTI adulthood: plans for second generation instrumentation and scientific opportunities | |
| 11:50-12:15 | D. Rouan | Coronography with sectorised phase masks | |
| 12:15-12:40 | Y. Rabbia | Achromatic Interfero Coronography and VLT | |
| 12:40-14:10 | Lunch Buffet | ||
| 14:10-14:45 | S. Wagner | VLTI studies of optical jets from AGN - and - Polarization and variability studies: Understanding non-thermal emission from compact objects |
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| 14:45-15:15 | F. Malbet | VLTI imaging instrument using the full potential of the interferometric array | |
| 15:15-15:35 | M. Vannier | Imaging Spectroscopy for a Multi-Telescope Interferometer | |
| 15:35-15:55 | R. Petrov | Optimizing a Differential Interferometric Instrument | |
| 15:55-16:25 | Coffee Break | ||
| 16:25-16:55 | C. Haniff | Astrophysical imaging interferometry - experience from COAST and its implications for the next phase of the VLTI | |
| 16:55-17:15 | R. Le Poole | VLTI Wide-Field Imager | |
| 17:15-17:35 | R. Petrov | Extension of the Near Infrared Instrument Amber in the visible: a giant step in the astrophysics at low cost | |
June 15, 9:00 - 13:00
From Planets to Stellar Environments to AGN (continued)
| 9:00-9:30 | M. McCaughrean | Second-generation VLT/VLTI instrumentation requirements for star and planet formation studies |
| 9:30-10:10 | F. Pepe | Capability of the VLT and the VLTI instrumentation reviewed in the context of the search and the characterization of extra-solar planets | |
| 10:10-10:35 | J. Eislöffel | A Differential Imager for Adaptive Optics | |
| 10:35-11:05 | Coffee Break | ||
| 11:05-11:30 | D. Mouillet | Interest in very accurate imaging of the close environment of bright objects in visible and near-infrared wavelengths | |
| 11:30-12:30 | Round Table | ||
| 12:30-13:00 | Conclusions | ||