Science program of the AMBER consortium

Fabien Malbet (1) , Thomas M. Driebe (2) , Renaud Foy (3) , Didier Fraix-Burnet (1) , Philippe Mathias (4, 5) , Alessandro Marconi (6) , Jean-Louis Monin (1) , Romain G. Petrov (7, 8) , Philippe Stee (4, 5, 7, 9) , Leonardo Testi (6) , Gerd P. Weigelt (2)

1 LAOG - Laboratoire d'Astrophysique de Grenoble
2 MPIFR - Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie
3 CRAL - Centre de Recherche Astrophysique de Lyon
4 CASSIOPEE - Laboratoire de Cosmologie, Astrophysique Stellaire & Solaire, de Planétologie et de Mécanique des Fluides
5 LG - Laboratoire Gemini
6 OAA - INAF - Osservatorio Astrofisico di Arcetri
7 LUAN - Laboratoire Universitaire d'Astrophysique de Nice
8 UNS - Université Nice Sophia Antipolis (1965 - 2019)
9 OCA - Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur

AMBER had first light in March 2004. The guaranteed time observations of the AMBER consortium (LAOG, MPIfR, OAA, OCA, UNSA) consists of 87 proposals ranging from cosmology, extragalactic studies, star formation, planetary system, late stages of stellar evolution to physical properties of stars. Some examples, AGN, evolved stars and hot stars are discussed in this paper.

Domaines: Cosmologie et astrophysique extra-galactique [astro-ph.CO]; Astrophysique [astro-ph]

Fabien Malbet, Thomas M. Driebe, Renaud Foy, Didier Fraix-Burnet, Philippe Mathias, et al.. Science program of the AMBER consortium. New Frontiers in Stellar Interferometry, 2004, Glasgow, United Kingdom. pp.1722. ⟨hal-00199888⟩