Milli-arcsecond Astrophysics with VSI, the VLTI Spectro-imager in the ELT Era

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2009

Authors

Paulo Garcia (Author) FEUP; Mercedes E Filho (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: SCIENCE WITH THE VLT IN THE ELT ERA

Pages: 343-348

Workshop on Science with the VLT in the ELT Era

Garching, GERMANY, OCT 08-12, 2007

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FOS: Natural sciences > Physical sciences

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Authenticus ID: P-005-71D

DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-9190-2_57

Abstract (EN): Nowadays, compact sources relatively warm like surfaces of nearby stars, circumstellar environments of stars from early stages to the most evolved ones and surroundings of active galactic nuclei can be investigated at milli-arcsecond scales only with the VLT in its interferometric mode. We propose a spectro-imager, named VSI (VLTI spectro-imager), which is capable to probe these sources both over spatial and spectral scales in the near-infrared domain. This instrument will provide infort-nation complementary to what is obtained at the same time with ALMA at different wavelengths and the extreme large telescopes.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

Notes: Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, p. 343, ISBN 978-1-4020-9189-6. Springer Netherlands. Edited by Alan Moorwood.

No. of pages: 6