The Very Large Telescope Interferometer v2012+

Pierre Haguenauer; Roberto Abuter; Luigi Andolfato; Jaime Alonso; Guillaume Blanchard; Jean-Philippe Berger; Pierre Bourget; Stephane Brillant; Frédéric Derie; Françoise Delplancke; Nicola Di Lieto; Christophe Dupuy; Bruno Gilli; Philippe Gitton; Juan Carlos Gonzalez; Stéphane Guisard; Serge Guniat; Gerhard Hudepohl; Andreas Kaufer; Samuel Lévêque; Serge Ménardi; Antoine Mérand; Sebastien Morel; Isabelle Percheron; Than Phan Duc; Sebastien Poupar; Andres Ramirez; Claudio Reineiro; Sridharan Rengaswamy; Thomas Rivinius; Markus Schöller; Christian Schmid; Alex Segovia; Nicolas Schuhler; Guillermo Valdes; Willem Jan de Wit; Markus Wittkowski

doi:10.1117/12.925323

12 September 2012 The Very Large Telescope Interferometer v2012+

Pierre Haguenauer, Roberto Abuter, Luigi Andolfato, Jaime Alonso, Guillaume Blanchard, Jean-Philippe Berger, Pierre Bourget, Stephane Brillant, Frédéric Derie, Françoise Delplancke, Nicola Di Lieto, Christophe Dupuy, Bruno Gilli, Philippe Gitton, Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Stéphane Guisard, Serge Guniat, Gerhard Hudepohl, Andreas Kaufer, Samuel Lévêque, Serge Ménardi, Antoine Mérand, Sebastien Morel, Isabelle Percheron, Than Phan Duc, Sebastien Poupar, Andres Ramirez, Claudio Reineiro, Sridharan Rengaswamy, Thomas Rivinius, Markus Schöller, Christian Schmid, Alex Segovia, Nicolas Schuhler, Guillermo Valdes, Willem Jan de Wit, Markus Wittkowski

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Proceedings Volume 8445, Optical and Infrared Interferometry III; 84450D (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925323
Event: SPIE Astronomical Telescopes + Instrumentation, 2012, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Abstract

The ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) offers access to the four 8-m Unit Telescopes (UT) and the four 1.8-m Auxiliary Telescopes (AT) of the Paranal Observatory located in the Atacama Desert in northern Chile. The two VLTI instruments, MIDI and AMBER deliver regular scientific results. In parallel to the operation, the instruments developments are pursued, and new modes are studied and commissioned to offer a wider range of scientific possibilities to the community and increase sensitivity. New configurations of the ATs have been offered and are frequently discussed with the science users of the VLTI and implemented to optimize the scientific return. The PRIMA instrument, bringing astrometry capability to the VLTI and phase referencing to the instruments is being commissioned. The visitor instrument PIONIER is now fully operational and bringing imaging capability to the VLTI. The current status of the VLTI is described with successes and scientific results, and prospects on future evolution are presented.

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Pierre Haguenauer, Roberto Abuter, Luigi Andolfato, Jaime Alonso, Guillaume Blanchard, Jean-Philippe Berger, Pierre Bourget, Stephane Brillant, Frédéric Derie, Françoise Delplancke, Nicola Di Lieto, Christophe Dupuy, Bruno Gilli, Philippe Gitton, Juan Carlos Gonzalez, Stéphane Guisard, Serge Guniat, Gerhard Hudepohl, Andreas Kaufer, Samuel Lévêque, Serge Ménardi, Antoine Mérand, Sebastien Morel, Isabelle Percheron, Than Phan Duc, Sebastien Poupar, Andres Ramirez, Claudio Reineiro, Sridharan Rengaswamy, Thomas Rivinius, Markus Schöller, Christian Schmid, Alex Segovia, Nicolas Schuhler, Guillermo Valdes, Willem Jan de Wit, and Markus Wittkowski "The Very Large Telescope Interferometer v2012+", Proc. SPIE 8445, Optical and Infrared Interferometry III, 84450D (12 September 2012); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.925323

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