
From Extrasolar Planets to Cosmology: The VLT Opening Symposium
Proceedings of the ESO Symposium Held at Antofagasta, Chile, 1-4 March 1999
Springer (Publisher)
Published on 14. April 2000
Book
Hardback
XXVIII, 575 pages
978-3-540-67163-3 (ISBN)
Description
This symposium was dedicated to science opportunities with the VLT. All major areas of astronomical research were discussed in the plenary sessions, ranging from where we stand in cosmology to the new frontiers in the solar system. The workshops published in this volume focussed on different ways of finding clusters of galaxies at high redshift, on gravitational lensing by distant compact clusters, on the use of stellar populations as distance, age or abundance indicators, and on the extraordinary progress made in the discovery of extrasolar planets. This book affords a glimpse of what will be at the center of astrophysical research in the forthcoming decade. It is addressed to researchers and graduate students.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Heidelberg
Germany
Publishing group
Springer Berlin
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
2
245 s/w Abbildungen, 2 farbige Abbildungen
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Weight
980 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-540-67163-3 (9783540671633)
DOI
10.1007/b75141
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From Extrasolar Planets to Cosmology: The VLT Opening Symposium
Proceedings of the ESO Symposium Held at Antofagasta, Chile, 1-4 March 1999
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Content
From the contents: Science in the VLT and Beyond.- Clusters of Galaxies at High Redshift.- Star-Way to the Universe.- From Extrasolar Planets to Brown Dwarfs.