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Tables of Contents for Science With the Vlt Interferometer
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1. INTERFEROMETRY TUTORIALS (All You Wanted to Know About Interferometry But Were Afraid to Ask)
3
54
Introduction to Interferometry
3
10
T. R. Bedding
An Introduction to Interferometry with the ESO Very Large Telescope
13
22
O. von der Luhe
Interferometry in Practice
35
13
A. Quirrenbach
Astrometry with O/IR Interferometers
48
9
M. Shao
2. SOLAR SYSTEM, EXTRASOLAR PLANETS, LOW MASS STARS AND BROWN DWARFS
57
34
Solar-System Observations with the VLTI
57
7
T. Encrenaz
Giant Planet Formation and the Masses of Extrasolar Planets
64
8
G. Wuchterl
Theory of Very Low Mass Stars, Brown Dwarfs and Extra-Solar Giant Planets
72
8
I. Baraffe
G. Chabrier
On the Detection of Exo-Zodiacal Light by Nulling Interferometry with the Magellan Telescopes
80
6
W. A. Traub
N. P. Carleton
J. R. P. Angel
Direct Observation of Extrasolar Planets with an Infrared Interferometer
86
5
V. Coude du Foresto
J. M. Mariotti
G. Perrin
3. AGN AND STARBURST GALAXIES
91
42
VLTI Observations of Radio-Loud Active Galaxies
91
9
G. K. Miley
Observations of Extragalactic Sources Near Bright Stars
100
2
B. Theodore
P. Petitjean
AGN Models and Fringe Visibilities
102
2
F. Malbet
P. Petitjean
G. Henri
AGNs at VLTI Scales
104
8
G. M. Voit
The AGN Dance: Astrometric Variability as the Result of Supernova Explosions in Nuclear Starbursts
112
7
J. Melnick
I. Aretxaga
R. Terlevich
Adaptive Optics Observations of Starburst Galaxies
119
2
O. Lai
D. Rouan
E. Gendron
F. Rigaut
Cosmology with the Very Large Telescope Interferometer: Using a Space-Based Astrometric Reference Frame
121
12
D. Tytler
4. THE POTENTIAL OF VLTI AND THE CONNECTION WITH RELATED TECHNIQUES
133
30
Tailoring an Interferometer to Its Science and Vice Versa
133
10
T. A. ten Brummelaar
H. A. McAlister
W. G. Bagnuolo
W. I. Hartkopf
S. T. Ridgway
N. Turner
Some Aspects of the VLTI's Potential for Binary Star Research
143
10
J. Davis
Combining Mid-Infrared Lunar Occultations and VLTI Measurements
153
10
B. Stecklum
H. U. Kaufl
A. Richichi
5. HOT STARS
163
20
Interferometric Observations of Be Stars
163
8
A. Quirrenbach
Spectroscopic and Photometric Support for Interferometric Observations of Be Stars
171
8
P. Harmanec
Imaging of Wolf-Rayet Stars with the VLTI
179
4
J. Davis
A. F. J. Moffat
L. F. Smith
6. CIRCUMSTELLAR ENVIRONMENTS AND MASS LOSS
183
54
AGB and Post-AGB Stars: An Overview
183
9
H. Habing
Winds of Red Giants and Supergiants: Basic Physical Processes, Structure and Appearance
192
8
E. Sedlmayr
J. M. Winters
A. J. Fleischer
Study of Late-Type Stars with the Infrared Spatial Interferometer of the University of California at Berkeley
200
6
B. Lopez
W. C. Danchi
P. Cruzalebes
M. Bester
C. H. Townes
Interferometric Studies of Late Phases of Stellar Evolution
206
6
G. Weigelt
Y. Balega
K. H. Hofmann
N. Langer
R. Osterbart
Interferometric Imaging of Late-Type Stars with the VLTI
212
8
C. A. Haniff
Geometry of Post-AGB Shells
220
7
C. Waelkens
R. Waters
H. Van Winckel
New Insights in Close Circumstellar Physics Using Interferometry
227
10
J. P. J. Lafon
N. Berruyer
7. STAR FORMATION AND EARLY STELLAR EVOLUTION
237
22
Circumstellar Disks in the Early Phases of Star Formation
237
3
A. Natta
Outflows from Young Stars
240
8
J. Eisloffel
C. Dougados
Disks Around Young Stars
248
11
F. Menard
F. Malbet
J. L. Monin
J. P. Berger
S. Guilloteau
A. Dutrey
G. Duvert
8. STELLAR POPULATIONS AND GALACTIC CENTER
259
34
Observing the Galactic Center with the VLTI
259
8
A. Eckart
R. Genzel
R. Hofmann
S. Drapatz
R. Katterloher
A. Quirrenbach
L. Tacconi-Garman
The VLTI and the Galactic Center He I Cluster
267
7
F. Najarro
A. Krabbe
R. Genzel
D. Lutz
R. P. Kudritzki
Globular Cluster Proper Motions
274
19
G. Meylan
9. STELLAR DIAMETERS AND SURFACE STRUCTURE
293
46
Indirect Imaging of Stellar Surface Structure
293
10
A. P. Hatzes
Stellar Surface Observations with the VLTI
303
13
O. von der Luhe
On the Scale of Photospheric Convection
316
2
B. Freytag
H. Holweger
M. Steffen
H. G. Ludwig
Observing Stellar Surfaces with a High-Precision Infrared Interferometer
318
8
G. Perrin
V. Coude du Foresto
S. T. Ridgway
J. M. Mariotti
N. P. Carleton
W. T. Traub
Studying the Coolest Giant Stars at Milliarcsecond Resolution
326
6
A. Richichi
The Temperature Scale of the M Dwarfs
332
2
A. J. Booth
J. Davis
M. Bessell
Observations of Cepheids with the VLTI
334
5
D. Mourard
CONFERENCE SUMMARY
339
10
The VLTI and the Universe: Conference Summary
339
10
A. Quirrenbach
J. M. Mariotti
POSTER PAPERS
349
56
Simulations of VLTI/VISA Imaging Observations of Young Stellar Objects at 2.2XXXm
349
2
N. Ageorges
O. von der Luhe
Speckle Observations of Post-Hipparcos Late-Type Double Stars
351
2
E. Aristidi
B. Lopez
M. Carbillet
P. Cruzalebes
F. Mignard
Y. Bresson
G. Helmer
Wavefront Characterization for High Angular Resolution Techniques
353
2
R. Avila
A. Ziad
J. Borgnino
F. Martin
A. Agabi
A. Tokovinin
Interfero Coronography at O.C.A.
355
2
P. Baudoz
Y. Rabbia
J. Gay
Simulation of Speckle Images for a Field Wider Than the Isoplanatism Angle
357
2
H. Beaumont
C. Aime
L. J. Sanchez
H. Lanteri
Visibility Losses Due to Atmospherical Spectral Decorrelation in Michelson Interferometry
359
2
P. Berio
D. Mourard
F. Vakili
High-Resolution Measurements of Close Binary Stars and the Probability Imaging Technique
361
2
M. Carbillet
C. Aime
E. Aristidi
G. Ricort
Late-Type Stars at High Angular Resolution: Observations and Modelling
363
4
P. Cruzalebes
B. Lopez
M. Bester
Interferometric Observations of Mira Stars
367
2
K. H. Hofmann
Y. Balega
M. Scholz
G. Weigelt
Results of Studies on the Environmental Factors Affecting the VLTI Performance
369
6
B. Koehler
S. Leveque
O. von der Luhe
Internal Optical Path Calibration System for VLTI
375
4
S. Leveque
B. Koehler
O. von der Luhe
Pupil Mask Interferometry of M8E-IR
379
2
M. Lowe
B. Stecklum
O. von der Luhe
A. Quirrenbach
Observations of the Close Binary System XXX Lyrae with the GI2T Interferometer
381
2
F. Morand
D. Bonneau
D. Mourard
P. Harmanec
Stellar Winds of T Tauri Stars
383
2
G. Paatz
M. Camenzind
Operating the VLTI in the Thermal Infrared
385
2
A. Quirrenbach
Multi-speckle Interferometric Imaging with the VLTI and the LBT at Optical Wavelengths
387
2
Th. Reinheimer
K. H. Hofmann
M. Scholler
G. Weigelt
Infrared Interferometric Imaging with the VLTI in the Multi-speckle Mode with a Combination of the 8 m UTs and the 2 m ATs
389
2
Th. Reinheimer
G. Weigelt
Thermal IR Imaging with MAX: Pushing the Limit of Single-Dish Ground-Based Observations
391
2
M. Robberto
T. M. Herbst
S. V. W. Beckwith
C. Birk
P. Bizenberger
Differential Interferometry and the Non-axisymmetric Envelope of XXX Cas
393
2
L. J. Sanchez
R. G. Petrov
V. Vasyuk
S. Lagarde
A. Blazit
S. Cuevas
R. Foy
HST Imaging of GM Aurigae: A Circumstellar Disk Seen in Scattered Light
395
2
K. Stapelfeldt
the WFPC2 Science Team
Software Concept for Four-Dimensional Bispectral Analysis of Stellar Interferograms
397
2
H. Weghorn
Real-Time Image Compression Method for Astronomical Interferograms
399
2
H. Weghorn
J. Colberg
T. Bauer
Synthetic Images from Dynamic Model Atmospheres of C-Rich Long-Period Variables
401
2
W. Windsteig
E. A. Dorfi
S. Hofner
J. Hron
F. Kerschbaum
Brightness Profiles and Spatial Spectra of Dynamical Models for C-Rich Circumstellar Dust Shells Around Long-Period Variables
403
2
J. M. Winters
A. J. Fleischer
E. Sedlmayr
Author Index
405