Science with MATISSE

Abstract

We present an overview of the scientific potential of MATISSE, the Multi Aperture mid-Infrared SpectroScopic Experiment for the Very Large Telescope Interferometer. For this purpose we outline selected case studies from various areas, such as star and planet formation, active galactic nuclei, evolved stars, extrasolar planets, and solar system minor bodies and discuss strategies for the planning and analysis of future MATISSE observations. Moreover, the importance of MATISSE observations in the context of complementary high-angular resolution observations at near-infrared and submillimeter/millimeter wavelengths is highlighted.

SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation conference, June 2016, 20 pages, 6 Figures

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• Evidence of a discontinuous disk structure around the Herbig Ae star HD 139 614
• Circumstellar disks and planets. Science cases for next-generation optical/infrared long-baseline interferometers
• Near-infrared interferometric observation of the Herbig Ae star HD144432 with VLTI/AMBER
• Determination of physical properties of the asteroid (41) Daphne from interferometric observations in the thermal infrared
• Resolving the nucleus of Centaurus A at mid-IR wavelengths
• Multiwavelength interferometric observations and modeling of circumstellar disks
• The small binary asteroid (939) Isberga
• Spatially extended emission around the Cepheid RS Puppis in near-infrared hydrogen lines. Adaptive optics imaging with VLT/NACO
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