GRAVITY has transformed optical interferometry thanks to its unprecedented sensitivity. GRAVITY+ will yet improve VLTI sensitivity by being able to observe targets as faint as K<22 mag. This will allow significant breakthroughs across astrophysical domains as different as AGNs, young stellar objects and exoplanets. Thanks to the sensitivity boost provided by GRAVITY+ this is the time to open VLTI to explore new fundamental physics by installing a new high-resolution grism for GRAVITY+. This workshop is aimed at the wider spectroscopic, and spectro-interferometric community to gather new ideas about how to maximise the scientific exploration of the new GRAVITY high resolution capabilities, and engage with the spectroscopic community with or without interferometric experience.
GRAVITY+ at Higher Spectral Resolution: On-line Workshop, 12-13 September 2024
Operating in the K-band (2.100-2.230 μm ) at R~15,000, the new grism will overcome the limitation to differentiate physical mechanisms operating at similar spatial scales but with different kinematic signatures, allowing scientists to fully understand for the first time the gas dynamics at unprecedented angular and spectral resolution. The enhanced GRAVITY+ sensitivity, sky coverage as well as the new high-spectral resolution capability will certainly enable new breakthroughs over a wide range of scientific topics.
Particularly welcome are people simulating objects but who do not know how/if spectro-interferometric observations would be interesting. If you have a data cube (image vs wavelength), the workshop will provide an opportunity to learn how to simulate observations
The workshop will be online over two afternoons on September 12 and 13.
Key dates:
- Deadline for registration and abstract submission: August 28
- Virtual workshop: September 12 and 13.