Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
May 2010
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010an....331..549k&link_type=abstract
Astronomische Nachrichten, Vol.331, Issue 5, p.549
Physics
Optics
Astrochemistry, Infrared: Galaxies, Infrared: Ism, Infrared: Solar System, Infrared: Stars, Instrumentation: Spectrographs, Molecular Processes, Radiative Transfer, Techniques: High Angular Resolution
Scientific paper
Near-Infrared high spectral and spatial resolution spectroscopy offers new and innovative observing opportunities for astronomy. The ``traditional'' benefits of IR-astronomy - strongly reduced extinction and availability of adaptive optics - more than offset for many applications the compared to CCD-based astronomy strongly reduced sensitivity. Especially in high resolution spectroscopy interferences by telluric lines can be minimized. Moreover for abundance studies many important atomic lines can be accessed in the NIR. A novel spectral feature available for quantitative spectroscopy are the molecular rotational-vibrational transitions which allow for fundamentally new studies of condensed objects and atmospheres. This is also an important complement to radio-astronomy, especially with ALMA, where molecules are generally only observed in the vibrational ground state. Rot-vib transitions also allow high precision abundance measurements - including isotopic ratios - fundamental to understand the thermo-nuclear processes in stars beyond the main sequence. Quantitative modeling of atmospheres has progressed such that the unambiguous interpretation of IR-spectra is now well established. In combination with adaptive optics spectro-astrometry is even more powerful and with VLT-CRIRES a spatial resolution of better than one milli-arcsecond has been demonstrated. Some highlights and recent results will be presented: our solar system, extrasolar planets, star- and planet formation, stellar evolution and the formation of galactic bulges.
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