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The complete reference is New Astronomy Reviews (October 2007), Volume 51, Issues 8-9, 563-730.

Observation and Data Reduction with the VLT Interferometer
Proceedings of the VLTI Euro Summer School held in Goutelas, France, 4-16 June 2006
Edited by Fabien Malbet and Guy Perrin
Supported by EC contract No. MSCF-CT-2005-029954

Table of contents

• 1- Contents
• 2- Foreword (F. Malbet, G. Perrin)

• 1. Principles of optical interferometry
  • 3- An introduction to the theory of interferometry (C. Haniff)
  • 4- An introduction to visibility modeling (J.-P. Berger & D. Ségransan)
  • 5- Ground-based optical interferometry: a practical primer (C. Haniff)
  • 6- Observability and UV coverage (D. Ségransan)
  • 7- Phases in Interferometry (J.D. Monnier)

• 2. Interferometry in practice
  • 8- Calibrating optical/IR interferometry visibility data (A. Boden)
  • 9- Searching for calibrators (G. Duvert & D. Bonneau)

• 3. Preparing VLTI observations
  • 10- The Very Large Telescope Interferometer: Current facility and prospects (M. Schöller)
  • 11- MIDI and AMBER from the user’s point of view (M. Wittkowski)
  • 12- Preparation of VLTI observations (G. Duvert & G. Duchêne)
  • 13- Preparing an ESO proposal (P. Kervella & P. Garcia)

• 4. Data reduction and model fitting
  • 14- MIDI: Obtaining and analysing interferometric data in the mid-infrared (Chesneau)
  • 15- AMBER data reduction (Tatulli, Duvert)

• 5. Model fitting
  • 16- Model fitting tutorial (Tallon-Bosc, Tallon)

• 6. Optical interferometry through examples
  • 17- Observations of Achernar with VINCI (Kervella)
  • 18- VLTI’s view of the circumstellar environment of cool evolved stars(Ohnaka)
  • 19- Observations of AGN with MIDI (Tristram)
  • 20- AMBER/VLTI observations of η Carinae with high spatial resolution and spectral resolutions of λ/Δλ = 1500 and 12 000 (Weigelt)

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