The Early Universe With The Vlt: Proceedings Of The Eso Workshop Held At Garching, Germany, 1?4 April 1996 (eso Astrophysics Symposia)

This is the second ESO workshop in aseries dedicated to science oppor­ tunities with the VLT. At the first workshop all areas of astronomical research were discussed. This second workshop is dedicated to research projects on the early Universe and has provided a forum for discussing strategies for studying faint distant objects in the optical and infrared spectral regions. This field is evolving very rapidly. There are several new surveys of galax­ ies and clusters of galaxies at intermediate redshift and quasars at very high redshift. Major advances in the morphological studies of distant galaxies, surveys of galaxies at high redshift and searches for primeval galaxies have been rendered possible by the new facilities provided by the Rubble Space Telescope and the Keck Telescope. Observational constraints on the evolution and formation of galaxies and large-scale structures as well as the cosmic chemical evolution were criti­ cally discussed with regard to theory and numerical simulations. In this context, the VLT first generation instrument capabilities were presented comprehensively and their use as cosmological tools discussed. The concluding remarks of the workshop focussed on the analysis of var­ ious possibilities for the VLT second generation instrumentation. Many of these topics were covered by invited reviews and talks, as well as some contributed talks. They are included in this volume together with the poster papers. Front Matter....Pages I-XXII Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Cosmological Questions for the European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope....Pages 3-17 Front Matter....Pages 19-19 ISAAC — IR Spectrometer and Array Camera....Pages 21-26 Observing the Early Universe with CONICA....Pages 27-34 Spectroscopy of Faint Distant Objects with FORS....Pages 35-42 FUEGOS: Multi-Objects and 2-D Spectrograph for the VLT....Pages 43-53 The ESO UV-Visual Echelle Spectrograph (UVES)....Pages 54-61 Front Matter....Pages 63-63 Evolution of Normal Galaxies: HST Morphologies and Deep Spectroscopy....Pages 65-78 The Canada France Redshift Survey....Pages 79-86 Galaxy Evolution: Luminosities and Linewidths....Pages 87-94 Distant Supernovae and Cosmic Deceleration....Pages 95-104 Evolution of Elliptical Galaxies up to z ≈ 1....Pages 105-112 Constraining the Evolution of Galaxy Masses and the M/L Ratios out to z =1....Pages 113-118 2D Spectroscopy of Remote Radiogalaxies with TIGER....Pages 119-125 Spectro-Imaging of Starburst Galaxies: Present and Future....Pages 126-130 Front Matter....Pages 131-131 Keck Spectroscopy of Redshift z ~ 1 Field Galaxies....Pages 133-142 VIRMOS: Deep Redshift Surveys with the VLT....Pages 143-150 The AUSTRALIS Instrument Concept — an Interim Report....Pages 151-155 Numerical Simulations of Galaxy Formation....Pages 156-164 The Calar Alto Deep Imaging Survey for Primeval Galaxies....Pages 165-172 Faint Emission Line Galaxies Detected in CADIS....Pages 173-176 Front Matter....Pages 131-131 A Global Approach to Star and Galaxy Formation....Pages 177-184 Metal Absorption from Galaxies in the Process of Formation....Pages 185-188 Weak Lensing at the Limit of the Sky Background Noise....Pages 189-199 Morphology of High Redshift Galaxies with HST....Pages 200-207 Search for Galaxies at z > 4 from a Deep Multicolor Survey....Pages 208-215 Front Matter....Pages 217-217 Large-Scale Structure at High Redshift....Pages 219-230 The CNOC Cluster Survey....Pages 231-238 Clusters of Galaxies and the VLT....Pages 239-242 Visible Multi-Object Spectroscopy: Prospects and Requirements....Pages 243-249 Dark Matter Searches with Weak Gravitational Lensing....Pages 250-257 Large-Scale Structure at High Redshift....Pages 258-265 Clustering of Absorption Line Systems....Pages 266-273 Searches for High Redshift Clusters....Pages 274-282 Front Matter....Pages 283-283 High Redshift Radio Galaxies with the VLT....Pages 285-299 Keck Spectropolarimetry of High z Radio Galaxies: Discerning the Components of the Alignment Effect....Pages 300-303 The Importance of IR Polarimetry for the Study of High Redshift Galaxies....Pages 304-307 Quasar Surveys....Pages 308-311 Starburst Galaxies at High Redshift....Pages 312-321 Prospects for ISO Deep Surveys....Pages 322-332 Optical Searches for Quasars with z > 5....Pages 333-340 Front Matter....Pages 283-283 Dust and the Search for High Redshift Quasars....Pages 341-348 Radio-Selected High Redshift Quasars....Pages 349-356 Millimetre Emission from High Redshift Radioquiet Quasars....Pages 357-360 Can Photoionization Solve the Overcooling Problem? A Quick Look at the Cosmological History of Baryons....Pages 361-366 Front Matter....Pages 367-367 Which Second Generation VLT Instrumentation?....Pages 369-373 Front Matter....Pages 375-375 Galaxy Evolution at Low Redshift? Inferences from Optical and IR Counts....Pages 377-379 Novae as Distance Indicators: Simulation of VLT Observations of Fornax....Pages 380-381 The Search for Clustering at z > 0.8....Pages 382-383 Emission-Line Profile Studies of QSOs at z ≃ 3....Pages 384-385 Redshift and Photometric Survey of the X-ray Cluster of Galaxies Abell 85....Pages 386-387 CFRS: The Minimal Ages for Starburst Galaxies....Pages 388-389 Object Detection and Classification in CADIS....Pages 390-391 Simulations of High Redshift Galaxies Colors at the NTT-SUSI2 and VLT-FORS....Pages 392-393 Spectral Classification of Galaxies with z ≲ 0.5....Pages 394-395 The Galaxy Environment of QSOs as a Function of Redshift....Pages 396-397 Detailed Kinematics of Extended Lyman-α Regions Around Radio Galaxies at z > 2....Pages 398-399 AGN Host Galaxies at Intermediate Redshift....Pages 400-401 Void Hierarchy — a Guiding Principle to the Study of Faint Structures in Voids....Pages 402-403 Implications for Optical Identifications of QSO Absorption Systems from Galaxy Evolution Models....Pages 404-405 The Extended Luminosity Function in Clusters of Galaxies: a Tool to Search for Environmental Effects....Pages 406-407 Front Matter....Pages 375-375 A High Redshift Line Emitting Object Discovered in the Near Infrared....Pages 408-409 Looking for High Redshift Forming Galaxies in the Near Infrared....Pages 410-411 Neoclassic Cosmological Tests with QSOs....Pages 412-413 Chemical Evolution at High Redshift....Pages 414-415 Measurement of q 0 with Type Ia Supernovae....Pages 416-417 Spectrophotometric Investigations of Blue Compact Dwarf Galaxies with the VLT....Pages 418-419 A Deep 20 cm Radio Mosaic of the ESP Galaxy Redshift Survey....Pages 420-421 A New Model of Spectral Evolution: PEGASE Application to Galaxy Counts....Pages 422-423 An Hα Search for Star Forming Galaxies at z=1.5....Pages 424-425 RXJ1347–1145: a Galaxy Cluster with Exceptional Properties....Pages 426-427 A Survey for Hα Emission at z = 2.2 – 2.4....Pages 428-429 Neutral Nitrogen in Damped Lyman a Systems....Pages 430-431 Colours, Luminosity Functions, and Clustering Properties of Faint Starburst Galaxies....Pages 432-433 Large-Scale Structure at z ~ 3....Pages 434-435 Back Matter....Pages 437-441