The Workshop "Science with the VLT in the ELT Era" held in Garching from 8th to 12th October 2007 was organised by ESO, with support from its Scienti c and Technical Committee, to provide a forum for the astronomical community to debate the long term future of ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) and its interferometric mode (VLTI). In particular it was considered useful for future planning to evaluate how its science use may evolve over the next decade due to competition and/or synergy with new facilities such as ALMA, JWST and, hopefully, at least one next generation 30-40 m extremely large telescope whose acronym appears in the title to symbolise this wider context. These discussions were also held in the fresh light of the Science Vision recently developed within ASTRONET as the rst step towards a 20 year plan for implementing astronomical facilities--the rst such attempt within Europe. Speci c ideas and proposals for new, second generation VLT/I instruments were also solicited following a tradition set by several earlier Workshops held since the start of the VLT development. The programme consisted of invited talks and reviews and contributed talks and posters. Almost all those given are included here although, unfortunately not the several lively but constructive discussion sessions.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
ISBN-10
9048180872
ISBN-13
9789048180875
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109130064
Product Key Features
Author
Alan F. M. Moorwood
Publication Name
Science with the Vlt in the Elt Era
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2010
Series
Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
Xxv, 512 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
28.9 Oz
Additional Product Features
Number of Volumes
1 Vol.
Lc Classification Number
Qb4-4.9
Table of Content
Part I: VLT Science Highlights. Part II: VLTI Science Highlights. Part III: Future VLT and VLTI Science Priorities. Part IV: VLT and VLTI Synergy with ELTs. Part V: VLT Synergies with ALMA and JWST. Part VI: Second Generation VLT and VLTI Instrument Programme. Part VII: New Instrument Concepts and VLT/I Operating Modes.