The Power of Optical/IR Interferometry: Recent Scientific Results and 2nd Generation Instrumentation

1. The Power of Optical/IR Interferometry
Francesco Paresce

2. The Early Days of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer
Pierre Léena

3. 1988–1993: The Final Definition of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer, its Site and Configuration
Jacques M. Beckers

Part 1. Science: Stars — stellar diameters, limb darkening, flattening, surface structures

4. Stellar Diameters: Breaking the Barriers
A. Richichi

5. Imaging the Effects of Rotation in Altair and Vega
D. M. Peterson, C. A. Hummel, T. A. Pauls, J. T. Armstrong, J. A. Benson, C. G. Gilbreath, R. B. Hindsley, D. J. Hutter, K. J. Johnston, D. Mozurkewich

6. Rapid Rotation across the HR Diagram with VLTI: Achernar and Altair
A. Domiciano de Souza

7. Multi-Wavelength Interferometry of Evolved Stars Using VLTI and VLBA
M. Wittkowski, D. A. Boboltz, T. Driebe, K. Ohnaka

8. Limb Darkening: Getting Warmer
J. P. Aufdenberg, H.-G. Ludwig, P. Kervella, A. Mérand, S. T. Ridgway, V. Coudé du Foresto, T. A. ten Brummelaar, D. H. Berger, J. Sturmann, N. H. Turner

9. Cepheid Distances from Interferometry
P. Kervella, N. Nardetto, D. Bersier, D. Mourard, P. Fouqué, V. Coudé du Foresto

10. The K-Band Intensity Profile of R Leonis Probed by VLTI/VINCI
D. Fedele, M. Wittkowski, F. Paresce, M. Scholz, P.R. Wood, S. Ciroi

11. Cepheids Observations Using CHARA/FLUOR: ?UMi and ?Cep
Antoine Méerand, Pierre Kervella, Vincent Coudé du Foresto, Stephen T. Ridgway, Jason Aufdenberg, Theo ten Brummelaar, David Berger, Judit Sturmann, Lazlo Sturmann, Nils Turner, Harold A. McAlister

12. Cepheid Observations with the Sydney University Stellar Interferometer: ?Carinae and ?Doradus
J. Davis , M. J. Ireland, A. P. Jacob, J. R. North, S. M. Owens, J. G. Robertson, W. J. Tango, P. G. Tuthill

13. The Circumstellar Environment of Evolved Stars as seen by VLTI/MIDI
K. Ohnaka, J. Bergeat, T. Driebe, U. Graser, K.-H. Hofmann, R. Köhler, Ch. Leinert, B. Lopez, F. Malbet, S. Morel, F. Paresce, G. Perrin, Th. Preibisch, A. Richichi, D. Schertl, M. Schöller, H. Sol, G. Weigelt, M. Wittkowski

Part 2. Science: Stars — circumstellar matter, IR objects

14. Evolved Stars: Interferometer Baby Food or Staple Diet?
Peter Tuthill

15. Eta Car through the Eyes of Interferometers
O. Chesneau, R. van Boekel, T. Herbst, P. Kervella, M. Min, L.B.F.M. Waters, Ch. Leinert, R. Petrov, G. Weigelt

16. The Ejecta of Eta Carinae: What we have Learned from Space Telescope Imaging Spectrograph and the Ultraviolet Echelle Spectrograph
Theodore R. Gull

17. First AMBER/VLTI Observations of Hot Massive Stars
R. G. Petrov, F. Millour, O. Chesneau, G. Weigelt, D. Bonneau, Ph. Stee, S. Kraus, D. Mourard, A. Meilland, M. Vannier, F. Malbet, F. Lisi, P. Antonelli, P. Kern, U. Beckmann, S. Lagarde, K. Perraut, S. Gennari, E. Le Coarer, Th. Driebe, M. Accardo, S. Robbe-Dubois, K. Ohnaka, S. Busoni, A. Roussel, G. Zins, J. Behrend, D. Ferruzi, Y. Bresson, G. Duvert, E. Nussbaum, A. Marconi, Ph. Feautrier, M. Dugué, A. Chelli, E. Tatulli, M. Heininger, A. Delboulbe, S. Bonhomme, D. Schertl, L. Testi, Ph. Mathias, J. -L. Monin, L. Gluck, K. H. Hofmann, P. Salinari, P. Puget, J. M. Clausse, D. Fraix-Burnet, R. Foy, A. Isella

18. Mineralogy of Circumstellar Dust
L.B.F.M. Waters, Ch. Leinert

19. First Evidence for a Spatially Resolved Disk Structure around the Herbig Ae Star R CrA
S. Correia, R. Köhler, G. Meeus, H. Zinnecker

20. The Chaotic Winds of AGB Stars: Observation Meets Theory
Peter Woitke, Andreas Quirrenbach

21. Observations of 51 Ophiuchi with MIDI at the VLTI
C. Gil, F. Malbet, M. Schöller, O. Chesneau, Ch. Leinert

22. Mid-Infrared Spectrally-Dispersed Visibilities of Massive Stars Observed with the MIDI Instrument on the VLTI
D. J. Wallace, J. Rajagopal, R. Barry, L. J. Richardson, B. Lopez, O. Chesneau, W. C. Danchi

23. The B[e] Star Hen 3-1191 Resolved with MIDI
R. Lachaume, Th. Preibisch, Th. Driebe

Part 3. Science: Science: Stars — binaries and multiples

24. Binaries: A Main Staple of Interferometry
Christian A. Hummel

25. Protoplanetary Disks as seen by Interferometry
Anne Dutrey

26. Pre-Main Sequence Binaries: The Promise of IR Interferometry
Michal Simon

27. Observations of Young Stellar Objects with Infrared Interferometry: Recent Results from PTI, KI and IOTA
Rachel Akeson

28. FU Orionis - The MIDI Perspective
Sascha P. Quanz, Thomas Henning, Christoph Leinert, Thorsten Ratzka, Sebastian Wolf

29. VLTI MIDI Observations of the Herbig Ae Star HR 5999
Thomas Preibisch, Thomas Driebe, Stefan Kraus, Regis Lachaume, Roy van Boekel, Gerd Weigelt

30. Disentangling the Wind and the Disk in the Close Surrounding of the Young Stellar Object MWC297 with AMBER/VLTI
F. Malbet, M. Benisty, W. J. de Wit, S. Kraus, A. Meilland, F. Millour, E. Tatulli, J.-P. Berger, O. Chesneau, K.-H. Hofmann, A. Isella, R. Petrov, T. Preibisch, P. Stee, L. Testi, G. Weigelt

31. Interferometry of M8E-IR with MIDI - Resolving the Dust Emission
M. Feldt, I. Pascucci, O. Chesneau, D. Apai, Th. Henning, Ch. Leinert, H. Linz, A. Men’shchikov, B. Stecklum

32. Observing T Tauri Stars in the Mid-Infrared with MIDI
Th. Ratzka, Ch. Leinert

33. Keck Interferometer Observations of the Young Spectroscopic Binary Haro 1-14c
Gail H. Schaefer, Michal Simon, L. Prato

34. Preliminary Physical Orbit of the HD 98800 B System
Andy Boden, Anneila Sargent, Rachel Akeson, John Carpenter

Part 4. Science: Stars — Galactic centre, AGNs, astrometry, exo-planets and future targets

35. Resolving the Dusty Tori in AGN with the VLT Interferometer
Klaus Meisenheimer

36. A New Analysis of MIDI Observations of the Nucleus of NGC 1068
Anne Poncelet, Guy Perrin, Héelèene Sol

37. IRS 3 - The Brightest Compact MIR Source in the Galactic Center
A. Eckart, J.-U. Pott, A. Glindemann, T. Viehmann, R. Schödel, C. Straubmeier, C. Leinert, M. . Feldt, R. Genzel, M. Robberto

38. Scientific Prospects for VLTI in the Galactic Centre: Getting to the Schwarzschild Radius
T. Paumard, G. Perrin, A. Eckart, R. Genzel, P. Léna, R. Schödel, F. Eisenhauer, T. Müller, S. Gillessen

39. Beyond the VLTI
Andreas Quirrenbach

40. The Power of Optical and Infrared Interferometry - From Dreams to Reality
Thomas Henning

Part 5. Instrumentation: Concepts for future interferometric fringe tracking

41. Multiple Beam Fringe Tracking at VLTI
M. Gai, D. Bonino, L. Corcione, D. Gardiol, M. G. Lattanzi, D. Loreggia, G. Massone, S. Menardi

42. Multiple-beam Fringe Tracking for the VLTI
F. Cassaing , F. Baron , I. Mocoeur , L.M. Mugnier, G. Rousset, B. Sorrente

Part 6. Instrumentation: 2nd Generation Instrumentation for the VLTI – Proposals

43. APerture Synthesis in the MID-Infrared with the VLTI
B. Lopez, S. Wolf, M. Duguée, U. Graser, Ph. Mathias, P. Antonelli, J.-C. Augereau, J. Behrend, N. Berruyer, Y. Bresson, O. Chesneau, C. Connot, K. Demyk, E. DiFolco, A. Dutrey, S. Flament, Ph. Gitton, A. Glazenborg, A. Glindemann, M. Heininger, Th. Henning, K.-H. Hofmann, Y. Hugues, W. Jaffe, S. Jankov, S. Kraus, S. Lagarde, Ch. Leinert, H. Linz, K. Meisenheimer, L. Mosoni, J.-L. Menut, U. Neumann, A. Niedzielski, F. Przygodda, F. Puech, T. Ratzka, R. Rohloff, A. Roussel, D. Schertl, F.-X. Schmider, B. Stecklum, E. Thiéebaut, F. Vakili, K. Wagner, G. Weigelt

44. VITRUV - Imaging Close Environments of Stars and Galaxies with the VLTI at Milli-Arcsec Resolution
Fabien Malbet, Jean-Philippe Berger, Paulo Garcia, Pierre Kern, Karine Perraut, Myriam Benisty, Laurent Jocou, Emilie Herwats, Jean-Baptiste Lebouquin, Pierre Labeye, Etienne LeCoarer, Olivier Preis, Eric Tatulli, Eric Thiéebaut

45. VIDA: A Direct Spectro-Imager for the VLTI
Olivier Lardièere, Jean Schneider

46. UVES-I: Interferometric High-Resolution Spectroscopy
Andreas Quirrenbach, Simon Albrecht, Ramon Vink, Oskar von der Lühe, Josef Hron, Günter Wiedemann

47. VEGA: A Visible Spectrograph and Polarimeter for the VLTI
D. Mourard, P. Antonelli, A. Blazit, D. Bonneau, Y. Bresson, J. M. Clausse, A. Domiciano, M. Dugué, R. Foy, P. Harmanec, M. Heininger, K.-H. Hofmann, S. Jankov, P. Koubsky, S. Lagarde, J. B. Lebouquin, P. Mathias, A. Meilland, N. Nardetto, R. Petrov, K. Rousselet-Perraut, D. Schertl, Ph. Stee, I. Tallon-Bosc, M. Tallon, E. Thiébaut, F. Vakili, G. Weigelt

48. BOBCAT - A Photon-efficient Multi-way Combiner for the VLTI
David Buscher, Fabien Baron, Julien Coyne, Chris Haniff, John Young

49. Near-Infrared Fiber Imager for the VLTI
Ralph Neuhäuser, Andreas Tünnermann, Marc Hempel, Bringfried Stecklum, Jena-Peter Ruske, Eike Guenther, Artie Hatzes, Rolf Chini, Roland Lemke, Günther Wuchterl, Oskar von der Lühe

50. GRAVITY: The AO-Assisted, Two-Object Beam-Combiner Instrument for the VLTI
F. Eisenhauer, G. Perrin, S. Rabien, A. Eckart, P. Léna, R. Genzel, R. Abuter, T. Paumard, W. Brandner

51. GENIE: a Ground-Based European Nulling Instrument at ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer
P. Gondoin, R. den Hartog, M. Fridlund, P. Fabry, A. Stankov, A. Peacock, S. Volonte, F. Puech, F. Delplancke, P. Gitton, A. Glindemann, F. Paresce, A. Richichi, M. Barillot, O. Absil, F. Cassaing, V. Coudédu Foresto, P. Kervella, G. Perrin, C. Ruilier, R. Flatscher, H. Bokhove, K. Ergenzinger, A. Quirrenbach, O. Wallner, J. Alves, T. Herbst, D. Mourard, R. Neuhäuser, D. Ségransan, R. Waters, G.J. White

Part 7. Instrumentation: Concepts for future interferometric instrumentation

52. Multiple Anamorphic Beam Combination
E. N. Ribak, M. Gai, D. Gardiol, D. Loreggia, S. G. Lipson

53. The Potential of IR-Heterodyne Spectroscopy
R. Schieder, D. Wirtz, G. Sonnabend, A. Eckart

Part 8. Posters — Science

54. Study of the Projection Factor to Break the Frontier of Accuracy in Cepheid Distance Determination
N. Nardetto, D. Mourard, Ph. Mathias, A. Fokin

55. LMC Cepheids with the VLTI
D. Mourard, N. Nardetto, S. Lagarde, R. Petrov, D. Bonneau, F. Millour

56. Evolutionary Modeling of Nearby Stars Using Asteroseismic and Interferometric Constraints
P. Kervella, F. Théevenin

57. Diameter Determinations from VINCI Using Global Calibration Solutions
Jeffrey Meisner

58. Towards the Interferometric Imaging of Red Supergiants
Hans-Günter Ludwig, Jacques Beckers

59. Interferometric Aperture Synthesis of Altair: Gravity Darkening and Inclination Angle
A. Domiciano de Souza, P. Kervella, S. Jankov, F. Vakili, N. Ohishi, T. E. Nordgren, L. Abe

60. Spectroscopic and Interferometric Tests of Stellar Atmosphere Models: UVES and VINCI Measurements of the M-giant ? Cet
V. Roccatagliata, M. Wittkowski, J. P. Aufdenberg, T. Driebe, B. Wolff, F. Paresce

61. The Equatorial Disk at the Center of the Planetary Nebula CPD-568032
O. Chesneau, O. de Marco, A. Collioud, A. Rothkopf, A. Zijlstra, S. Wolf, A. Acker, G. Clayton

62. First MIDI Observations of a Be Star: ? Ara
A. Meilland, O Chesneau, T. Rivinius, Ph. Stee

63. Probing the Outer Atmosphere of Mira Variables and the Effects of Chemical Composition on the Mid-Infrared Visibility
K. Ohnaka, T. Driebe, K.-H. Hofmann, Th. Preibisch, D. Schertl, G. Weigelt, M. Wittkowski

64. Temporal Variation of the Warm Molecular Layers around the Mira Variable RR Sco Detected with the VLTI/MIDI Instrument
K. Ohnaka, T. Driebe, K.-H. Hofmann, D. Schertl, G. Weigelt, M. Wittkowski

65.
N-Band Observation of the Silicate Carbon Star IRAS08002-3803 (Hen 38) with VLTI/MIDI
K. Ohnaka, T. Driebe, K.-H. Hofmann, Th. Preibisch, D. Schertl, G. Weigelt, M. Wittkowski

66. Preparing Observations of ?1 Gruis Dust Shell with the VLTI/AMBER
S. Sacuto, P. Cruzalèbes

67. Interferometric Observations of the Mira Star o Ceti with the VLTI/VINCI Instrument in the Near-Infrared
T. Driebe, H. C. Woodruff, M. Eberhardt, K.-H. Hofmann, K. Ohnaka, A. Richichi, D. Schertl, M. Schöller, M. Scholz, G. Weigelt, M. Wittkowski, P. R. Wood

68. High-Resolution Near-Infrared Speckle Interferometry and Radiative Transfer Modeling of the OH/IR Star OH 104.9+2.4
D. Riechers, T. Driebe, Y. Y. Balega, K.-H. Hofmann, A. B. Men’shchikov, G. Weigelt

69. Mid-Infrared Long-Baseline Interferometry of the Symbiotic Mira Star RX Pup with the VLTI/MIDI Instrument
T. Driebe, K.-H. Hofmann, K. Ohnaka, D. Schertl, G. Weigelt, M. Wittkowski

70. High-Resolution Near-Infrared Speckle Interferometry and Radiative Transfer Modeling of the OH/IR Star OH 26.5+0.6
T. Driebe, D. Riechers, Y. Y. Balega, K.-H. Hofmann, A. B. Men’shchikov, G. Weigelt

71. Near-Infrared Keck Interferometer and IOTA Closure Phase Observations of Wolf-Rayet stars
J. Rajagopal, D. Wallace, R. Barry, L.J. Richardson, W. Traub, W.C. Danchi

72. The Shape of the Inner Rim in Proto-Planetary Disks
Andrea Isella, Antonella Natta, Leonardo Testi

73. Dust and Winds from Evolved Stars
P. Mathias, B. Lopez, J. L. Menut, O. Chesneau, F. Przygodda, N. Berruyer, S. Wolf

74. VV CrA - The Dusty Environment of an Infrared Companion
Th. Ratzka, Ch. Leinert, F. Przygodda, S. Wolf

75. GENIE: High-Resolution Study of Debris Disks
Olivier Absil, Jean-Charles Augereau, Roland den Hartog, Emilie Herwats, Philippe Gondoin, Malcolm Fridlund

76. Circumstellar Structures around Herbig AeBe Stars: A Direct Interferometric Insight
S. Antoniucci, G. Li Causi, D. Lorenzetti, B. Nisini, T. Giannini, F. Strafella, D. Elia, F. Paresce

77. Observations of Circumstellar Disks
M. Hempel

78. Fundamental Parameters of Delta Velorum, a Quintuple Stellar System
A. Kellerer, M. Petr-Gotzens, P. Kervella, V. Coudée du Foresto

79. VLTI/MIDI Measurements of Extended Mid-Infrared Emission in the Galactic Center
J.-U. Pott, A. Eckart, A. Glindemann, T. Viehmann, Ch. Leinert

80. Impact of High Spectral Resolution on Stellar Interferometry
S. Jankov, F. Vakili, A. de Domiciano Souza, R. G. Petrov, F.-X. Schmider, S. Robbe-Dubois, P. Mathias

81. Deploying an Antarctic Interferometer
M. R. Swain, D. Roche, M. Guillon, E. Lanford, K. Knepper, V. Olson, P. Little

82. Direct Detection of Exo-Planets: GQ Lupi
Ralph Neuhäuser, Eike Guenther, Peter Hauschildt

83. Antarctic Interferometry: Science Demonstration from the Concordia Station
V. Coudée du Foresto, J. Monnier, M. Swain, F. Vakili

84. Color-Differential Interferometry with AMBER/VLTI. Data Processing and Precision from Early Observations
M. Vannier, F. Millour, R.G. Petrov, F. Rantakyrö

85. The Fourier-Kelvin Stellar Interferometer: A Progress Report and Preliminary Results from our Laboratory Testbed
R. K. Barry, W. C. Danchi, J. Rajagopal, L. J. Richardson, M. Kuchner, D. Wallace, V. J. Chambers, A. Martino, W. Traub, H. Ford, R. J. Allen, S. Seager

86. The PRIMA Astrometric Planet Search Project
R. Launhardt, E. J. Bakker, P. Ballester, H. Baumeister, P. Bizenberger, H. Bleuler, R. Dçndliker, F. Delplancke, F. Derie, M. Fleury, A. Glindemann, D. Gillet, H. Hanenburg, Th. Henning, W. Jaffe, J. A. de Jong, R. Köhler, C. Maire, R. J. Mathar, D. Méegevand, Y. Michellod, P. MÜllhaupt, K. Murakawa, F. Pepe, R. S. Le Poole, J. Pragt, D. Queloz, A. Quirrenbach, S. Reffert, L. Sache, Y. Salvadé, O. Scherler, D. Ségransan, J. Setiawan, D. Sosnowska, R. N. Tubbs, L. Venema, K. Wagner, L. Weber, R. WÜthrich

87. Scientific Requirements for the Darwin Mission
Malcolm Fridlund

88. Searching for Faint Companions with MIDI Colour Differential Phase Measurements
Robert N. Tubbs

89. Infrared Light Curves and the Detectability of Close-In Extrasolar Giant Planets
L.J. Richardson, S. Seager, D. Deming, J. Harrington, R.K. Barry, J. Rajagopal, W.C. Danchi

90. Searching for VLTI Calibrators with the JMMC’s Search Calibrators Tool
D. Bonneau, X. Delfosse, S. Cetre, J.-M. Clausse, G. Zins, O. Chesneau, G. Duvert, D. Mourard, P. Cruzalèbes

91. Observation of Asteroids with the VLTI
D. Loreggia, M. Delbo, M. Gai, M.G. Lattanzi, S. Ligori, L. Saba, M. Wittkowski, A. Cellino

92. Extraterrestrial Search Through Temporal Coherence
Erez N. Ribak

93. MIA+EWS, the Software for MIDI Data-Reduction
Rainer Köhler, Walter Jaffe

94. Understanding Cross Talk on the NPOI Multibeam Combiner
H. R. Schmitt, J. T. Armstrong, R. B. Hindsley, T. A. Pauls

Part 9. Posters — Instrumentation

95. A Model Experiment for APreS-MIDI
J.-L. Menut, Y. Bresson, Y. Hugues, S. Flament, Pa. Antonelli, A. Roussel , N. Schweitzer, Pi. Antonelli, S. Lagarde, M. Dugué, B. Lopez, S. Wolf, U. Graser, S. Jankov, T. Ratzka, L. Mosoni, A. Niedzielski, E. Thi’ebaut

96. From the VLBI to the VLTI: An APreS-MIDI Image Reconstruction Study
László Mosoni, Sebastian Wolf, Bruno Lopez, Frank Przygodda, Thorsten Ratzka, Jean-Luc Menut

97. A Numerical Simulator for VITRUV
J.-B. LeBouquin, E. Herwats, M.-I. Carvalho, P. Garcia, J.-P. Berger, O. Absil

98. Multiway Beam Combiners for VITRUV
M. Benisty, J.-P. Berger, L. Jocou, P. Labeye

99. A Laboratory Interferometer for VITRUV
L. Jocou, M. Benisty, P. Gratier, J.P. Berger, E. LeCoarer, A. Delboulbé, Y. Magnard, P. Kern, K. Perraut, F. Malbet

100. Image Reconstruction with VITRUV
E. Tatulli, E. Thiébaut, F. Malbet, P. Garcia, G. Duvert

101. VITRUV Precursors: IONIC2T/IONIC3T
J.-P. Berger, P. Haguenauer, P. Kern, J.-B. Lebouquin, L. Jocou, K. Perraut, F. Malbet, A. Delboulbé, M. Benisty, P. Labeye, I. Schanen, J. Monnier, R. Millan-Gabet, E. Pedretti, W. Traub, M. Schöller, A. Glindemann

102. First Results on Integrated Optics Developments for Mid-Infrared Interferometry
Lucas Labadie, Pierre Labeye, Pierre Kern, Brahim Arezki, Isabelle Schanen, Jean-Emmanuel Broquin, Etienne Le Coarer

103. APreS-MIDI, a 4 Beam Recombiner
M. Dugué, the APreS-MIDI team

104. First Results from SIRIUS, the Interferometric Imaging Demonstrator for VIDA
F. Patru, D. Mourard, O. Lardière, M. M. Clausse, P. Antonelli, Y. Bresson, S. Lagarde

105. The Dispersed Speckles Cophasing System for Direct Imaging with VIDA
V. Borkowski, A. Labeyrie, F. Martinache, O. Lardière

106. A New Generation of Micropositioning Devices for Optical Fiber with Submicrometric Metrology
O. Preis, A. Chetail, B. Neichel, C. Aubert, B. Rabaud

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