The origins of stars and planets : the VLT view : proceedings of the ESO workshop held in Garching, Germany, 24-27 April 2001 / João F. Alves, Mark J. McCaughrean (eds.).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Alves, João F., 1968-

McCaughrean, Mark J., 1961-

Series:

ESO astrophysics symposia

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stars--Formation--Congresses.

Stars.

Planets--Origin--Congresses.

Planets.

Very Large Telescope (Chile)--Congresses.

Very Large Telescope (Chile).

Planets--Origin.

Stars--Formation.

Genre:

Congresses.

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xxvi, 515 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.).

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©2002.

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Contents:

As Eyes See Young Stars Assemble: Star and Planet Formation in the VLT Era / M.J. McCaughrean

Mapping the Interstellar Dust with Near-Infrared Observations: An Optimized Multi-Band Technique / M. Lombardi, J. Alves

Physical Properties of Prestellar Cores / M. Walmsley, P. Caselli, A. Zucconi, D. Galli

Molecular Cloud Structure: The VLT View / J. Alves, C. Lada, E. Lada, M. Lombardi, E.A. Bergin

Physical Structure of a Prestellar Core in IC 5146 / C. Kramer, J. Alves, C. Lada

From Infall to Rotation Around Young Stellar Objects / M.R. Hogerheijde, A.C.A. Boogert, E.F. van Dishoeck, G.A. Blake

Mass Spectra from Turbulent Fragmentation / R.S. Klessen

From Molecular Clouds to Planets: Prospects for ALMA / E.F. van Dishoeck

Continuum Polarization as a Tool: A Perspective for VLT and ALMA / T. Henning, R. Launhardt, B. Stecklum, S. Wolf

Mineralogy and Magnetism of Star and Planet Formation as Revealed by Mid-Infrared Spectropolarimetry / C.M. Wright, D.K. Aitken, C.H. Smith, P.F. Roche, R.J. Laureijs

From the Sun to Jupiter: Evolution of Low Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs down to Planetary Masses / I. Baraffe, G. Chabrier, F. Allard, P. Hauschildt

Core Collapse and the Formation of Binaries / A.M. Burkert, P. Bodenheimer

Formation and Evolution of Low-Mass Binary Systems: How Will VLT(I) Help? / J. Bouvier, G. Duchene

Formation of Brown Dwarfs / B. Reipurth

Disk Orientation in PMS Binary Systems Determined Through Polarimetric Imaging with UT1/FORS / J.-L. Monin, F. Menard, N. Peretto

Multiplicity of Young Brown Dwarfs in Cha I / V. Joergens, E. Guenther, R. Neuhauser, F. Comeron, N. Huelamo, J. Alves, W. Brandner

Imaging with the VLT / R. Siebenmorgen

Formation of a Cluster of Stars and Brown Dwarfs in a Turbulent Molecular Cloud / M.R. Bate, I.A. Bonnell, V. Bromm

Submm and MIR Imaging of Protostellar Clusters / R. Chini, M. Nielbock, R. Siebenmorgen

Infrared Imaging of Embedded Clusters: Constraints for Star and Planet Formation / C.J. Lada, E.A. Lada, A.A. Muench, K.E. Haisch, J.F. Alves

Modes of Star Formation and Constraints on the Birth Aggregate of our Solar System / F.C. Adams

VLT and the Powers of 10: Young Clusters Home and Away / H. Zinnecker

NIR Low-Resolution Spectroscopy of L-Dwarfs: An Efficient Classification Scheme for Faint Dwarfs / L. Testi, F.D'Antona, F. Ghinassi, J. Licandro, M. Magazzu, A. Natta, E. Oliva

VLT/FORS Spectroscopy in [sigma] Orionis: Isolated Planetary Mass Candidate Members / D. Barrado y Navascues, M.R. Zapotero Osorio, V. Bejar, R. Rebolo, E.L. Martin, R. Mundt, C A.L. Bailer-Jones

Infrared Spectroscopy of Sub-Stellar Objects in Orion / P. Roche, P. Lucas, F. Allard, P. Hauschild

^ Young Stars in [rho] Ophiuchi: Toward the Completeness down to Substellar Masses / S. Bontemps

Variability and Rotation in Low Mass Stars and Brown Dwarfs / J. Eisloffel, A. Scholz

Infrared Observation of Hot Cores / B. Stecklum, B. Brandl, M. Feldt, T. Henning, H. Linz, I. Pascucci

Overview of Induced Star Formation Near the Surfaces of Molecular Clouds / G.J. White, R.P. Nelson, M. Huldtgren White, C.V.M. Fridlund, R. Liseau, J. Miao, M.A. Thompson

Ices in Star-Forming Regions: First Results from VLT-ISAAC / E.F. van Dishoeck, E. Dartois, W.F. Thi, L. d'Hendecourt, A.G.G.M. Tielens, P. Ehrenfreund, W.A. Schutte, K. Pontoppidan, K. Demyk, J. Keane, A.C.A. Boogert

Spectacular BHR 71 Outflow / T.L. Bourke

High Angular Resolution Analyses of Herbig-Haro Jets / F. Bacciotti, T.P. Ray, R. Mundt, J. Eisloffel, J. Solf

^ Structure of Magnetocentrifugal Disk-Winds: From the Launching Surface to Large Distances / R. Krasnopolsky, Z.-Y. Li, R.D. Blandford

Into the Twilight Zone: Reaching the Jet Engine with AMBER/VLTI / P.J.V. Garcia, R. Foy, E. Thiebaut

T Tauri Stars in the Large Magellanic Cloud: A Combined HST and VLT Effort / M. Romaniello, N. Panagia, S. Scuderi, R. Gilmozzi, E. Tolstoy, F. Favata, R.P. Kirshner

High-Resolution Near-IR Spectroscopy of Protostars with Large Telescopes / T. Greene

VLT/ISAAC Spectroscopy of Young Massive Stars Embedded in Ultra-Compact H II Regions / L. Kaper, A. Bik, M.M. Hanson, F. Comeron

NGC 3603 IRS 9: The Revealment of a Cluster of Protostars and the Potential of Mid-IR Imaging with VLT + VISIR / D. Nurnberger, L. Bronfman, M. Petr-Gotzens, Th. Stanke

Sub-Arcsecond Millimeter Imaging of Disks and Envelopes: Probing the Density Structure / L.W. Looney, L.G. Mundy, W.J. Welch

VLA Studies of Disks Around T Tauri Stars / D.J. Wilner

Close View on the Protoplanetary Disk in the Bok Globule CB26 / R. Launhardt, B. Stecklum, A.I. Sargent

Detecting Gaps in Protoplanetary Disks with MIDI at the VLTI / S. Wolf, T. Henning, G. D'Angelo

Evolution of Circumstellar Disks: Lessons from the VLT and ISO / W. Brandner, D. Potter, S. S. Sheppard, A. Moneti, H. Zinnecker

Destruction of Circumstellar Discs / C.J. Clarke

VISIR and the Formation of Stars and Planets / P.-O. Lagage

Mid Infrared Variability of Herbig Ae/Be Stars / T. Prusti, A. Natta

Prospects for Star Formation Studies with Mid-Infrared Instruments on Large Telescopes / R. Jayawardhana

Adaptive Optics Search for Faint Companions Around Young Nearby Stars / M.F. Sterzik

Extra-Solar Planetary Systems in the VLT Era / M. Mayor, N.C. Santos

Direct Imaging and Spectroscopy of Substellar Companions Next to Young Nearby Stars in TWA / R. Neuhauser, E. Guenther, W. Brandner, N. Huelamo, T. Ott, J. Alves, F. Comeron, J.-G. Cuby. A. Eckart

VLT Observations of the Young Stellar Object TMR-1 / M.G. Petr-Gotzens, J.-G. Cuby, M.F. Sterzik, P. Schilke, A. Walsh

Searching for Planets in Stellar Clusters: Preliminary Results from the Hyades / A.P. Hatzes, W.D. Cochran, D.B. Paulson

Kuiper Belt As An Evolved Circumstellar Disk / D.C. Jewitt

VLTI and Its Instrumentation / A. Richichi, A. Glindemann, M. Scholler

Observing Young Stellar Objects with the VLT Interferometer / F. Malbet

Preparing for the VLTI: A Search for Pre-Main Sequence Spectroscopic Binaries / E. Guenther, V. Joergens, G. Torres, R. Neuhauser, M. Fernandez, R. Mundt

From Protoplanetary to Debris Disks / C. Dominik, C.P. Dullemond

Turbulent Radial Mixing in the Solar Nebula as the Source of Crystalline Silicates in Comets / D. Bockelee-Morvan, D. Gautier, F. Hersant, J.-M. Hure, F. Robert

X-Rays from Star-Forming Regions in the VLT Era / T. Montmerle, N. Grosso

Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems: SIRTF in the VLT Era / M.R. Meyer, D. Backman, S.V.W. Beckwith, T.Y. Brooke, J.M. Carpenter, M. Cohen, U. Gorti, T. Henning, L.A. Hillenbrand, D. Hines, D. Hollenbach, J. Lunine, R. Malhotra, E. Mamajek, P. Morris, J. Najita, D.L. Padgett, D. Soderblom, J. Stauffer, S.E. Strom, D. Watson, S. Weidenschilling, E. Young

Herschel Space Observatory and the Earliest Stages of Star Formation / P. Andre

Look Forward to Star and Planet Formation with the NGST / M.J. McCaughrean

Origin of Stars and Planets: The View from 2021 / V. Trimble.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3540435417

9783540435419

OCLC:

49603088

Publisher Number:

90102512166