Science Perspectives for 3D Spectroscopy (eBook)

Preface 5
Contents 7
List of Contributors 14
3D Instrumentation 18
3D Instrumentation 19
3D-NTT: A New Instrument for the NTT Based on Versatile Tunable Filter Technology 30
The Integral Field Unit of the Near Infrared Spectrograph for JWST 36
Scientific Prospects of the 3D-NTT Instrument 42
Handling IFU Datasets in the Virtual Observatory 44
Simulations of High- z Starburst Galaxies for the JWST- MIRI Integral Field Unit 47
IFUs: Disentangling the Light from Neighbour Fibers 51
OSIRIS – a New Integral-Field Spectrograph at Keck Observatory 54
A User–oriented Comparison of the Techniques for 3D Spectroscopy 57
Solar System(s) 62
The Potential of Integral Field Spectroscopy Observing Extrasolar Planet Transits 63
Solar System Objects with the NACO Fabry- Perot and SINFONI 73
3D Spectroscopy with an Imaging FTS 83
Nearby Galaxies 90
Nearby Galaxies: 3D Spectroscopy as a Tool, not as a Goal 91
Nearby Galaxies Observed with the Kyoto Tridimensional Spectrograph II 101
Scalable N-body Code for the Modeling of Early- type Galaxies 107
Internal Kinematics of Galaxies: 3D Spectroscopy on Russian 6m Telescope 112
SAURON Observations of Sa Bulges: The Formation of a Kinematically Decoupled Core in NGC5953 118
Characterizing Stellar Populations in Spiral Disks 123
The Stellar Populations of E and S0 Galaxies as Seen with SAURON 129
VIMOS-IFU Spectroscopy of Extragalactic Star Forming Complexes 135
Analyzing Non-circular Motions in Spiral Galaxies Through 3D Spectroscopy 140
Harmonic Analysis of the Ha Velocity Field of NGC 4254 145
The NIR Tully-Fisher Relation in Different Environments: the Importance of 3D Observations 148
3D Kinematics of Local Galaxies and Fabry- Perot Database 151
Validation of Stellar Population and Kinematical Analysis of Galaxies 154
Non-Gravitational Motions in Galaxies 157
Studying the Roots of the Supergalactic Wind in NGC 1569 with Gemini GMOS/ IFU 159
Lensing Studies 163
Gravitational Lensing Studied with Integral Field Spectroscopy 164
3D Spectroscopy as a Tool for Investigation of the BLR of Lensed QSOs 174
A VIMOS-IFU Survey of z ~ 0.2 Massive Lensing Galaxy Clusters: Constraining Cosmography 179
First Results from the VIMOS-IFU Survey of Gravitationally Lensing Clusters at z ~ 0.2 185
Integral Field Spectroscopy of the Core of Abell 2218 191
Intermediate z Galaxies 197
Velocity Fields of z~ 0.6 Galaxies with GIRAFFE and Perspectives for ELTs 198
News from the Dentist’s Chair : Observations of AM1353- 272 with the VIMOS IFU 204
3D Spectroscopy of Low- z (Ultra)Luminous Infrared Galaxies 209
Optical Spectra in the Non-Nuclear Regions of ULIRGs: Evidence of Ionization by Shocks 217
Centres of Galaxies 222
Stellar Populations in the Galactic Center with SINFONI 223
Stellar Populations in the Centers of Nearby Disk Galaxies 228
AGN Shocks in 3D 234
Young Kinematically Decoupled Components in Early- Type Galaxies 245
SINFONI’s take on Star Formation, Molecular Gas, and Black Hole Masses in AGN 250
The Unified Model in Nearby Seyfert Galaxies Through Integral Field Spectroscopy 255
A 3D View of the Central Kiloparsec of the Seyfert Galaxy NGC 1358 258
VLT/SINFONI Integral Field Spectroscopy of the Superantennae 261
Integral-Field Observations of Centaurus A Nucleus 264
The Puzzling Case of XBONGs: Will 3D- spectroscopy Explain Their True Nature? 267
Studying of Some Seyfert Galaxies by Means of Panoramic Spectroscopy 271
Emission Nebulae and resolved Populations 274
3D Spectroscopy of Emission Nebulae 275
GMOS-IFU Observations of LV2 286
The Enigma of Ultraluminous X-ray Sources may be Resolved by 3D- Spectroscopy ( MPFS Data) 291
Spatially Resolved Spectroscopy of Abell 30 296
Constraining the Galactic Structure with Stellar Clusters in Obscured Hii Regions 301
Integral Field Spectroscopy of a Peculiar Supernova Remnant MF16 in NGC6946 307
SN 1987A: A Complex Physical Laboratory 312
3D-Spectroscopy of Extragalactic Planetary Nebulae as Diagnostic Probes for Galaxy Evolution 317
3D Spectroscopy of Herbig-Haro Objects 321
High Mass Star Formation in the Light of SINFONI 324
Internal Kinematics of IIZw40 327
Integral Field Spectroscopy Survey of Classical LBV Stars in M33 330
Unravelling the Chemical Inhomogeneity of Planetary Nebulae with VLT FLAMES 333
Extended Emission Line Regions 337
Integral Field Spectroscopy of Galaxy Emission Line Haloes 338
The High Redshift Universe 344
Integral Field Spectroscopy of Galaxies in the Distant Universe 345
Integral-Field Studies of the High-Redshift Universe 352
3D Kinematics of High-z Galaxies as Seen Through the Gravitational Telescope 357
AGN Feedback at High Redshift: Shaping the Most Massive Galaxies? 362
Integral Field Observations of a Distant Cluster 365