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Deciphering the physical processes occurring in the inner regions of protoplanetary disks is key to understanding the environmental conditions of planet formation and evolution. This requires the development of cutting-edge instruments with high-angular resolution capabilities, in which we are actively involved at the University of Cologne. I will first present the GRAVITY enterprise that has enabled high-sensitivity long-baseline interferometry at the ESO Very Large Telescope Interferometer and show new results that have been obtained in the framework of the GRAVITY YSO survey on the characterization of the innermost regions of protoplanetary disks. I will point at new opportunities offered by the GRAVITY(+) upgrade and the NOTT high-contrast visitor instrument. I will finally introduce the ESO Extremely Large Telescope program for first-light instruments, more specifically our on-going effort in the construction of the METIS instrument – the mid-infrared imager and spectrograph for the ELT – and the anticipated science in the study of planet-forming disks. NOTE: THIS SEMINAR IS PART OF THE AAO ASTRALIS SERIES, AND SO WILL NOT BE BROADCAST ON THE STANDARD ANU ZOOM LINK. INSTEAD, IT WILL BE AT https://aao.zoom.us/j/84641803247?pwd=cdnmO1qNb6vwKavKEA0KbUjgBaoCfm.1. |
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