High Resolution Infrared Spectroscopy in Astronomy Proceedings of an ESO Workshop Held at Garching, Germany, 18-21 November 2003 /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Käufl, Hans Ulrich (Editor), Siebenmorgen, Ralf (Editor), Moorwood, Alan F. M. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2005.
• Series: ESO Astrophysics Symposia,
• Subjects: Physics.; Astronomy.; Astrophysics.; Cosmology.; Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology.

Two specialized new instruments for ESO's VLT, VISIR and CRIRES, spawned the idea for this workshop. CRIRES is a dedicated very high resolution infrared spectrograph; VISIR features a high resolution spectroscopic mode. Together, the instruments combine the sensitivity of an 8m-telescope with t...

Table of Contents:

• Instrumentation and Observational Highlights
• Young Stars, Hot Stars, LBVs, Novae, SNe, ISM-1
• Normal MS Stars, Old Stars, Active Stars, ISM-2
• Solar Systems, Brown Dwarfs
• Our Solar System.