Star Formation Studies at the VLT

Abstract

We present an overview of what can be done in the field of star formation using the VLT and its advanced instrumentation, and especially with the very high angular resolution provided by the VLT in the VLTI mode. Herbig-Haro objects and early stellar evolution, pre-main sequence binaries, circumstellar disks and surface properties of young stars are investigated. We show that the VLT and VISA will be not only very useful to better understand star formation processes, but indeed necessary in order to advance in certain subjects.

13 pages including 7 figures and tables, uuencoded postscript; Invited talk, Proceedings of the ESO Workshop ``Science with the VLT'', eds. Danziger \& J., Walsh, J., Garching, June 1994.