The first generation interferometric recombiners of the VLTI have allowed to extend the range of targets that can be studied by optical interferometry. In the context of evolved stars, the VLTI is a breakthrough for its capabilities to hunt and study circumstellar disks, and also to observe transient events like Novae. Some synergy has been found with some VLT instruments like NACO, and also with the Plateau de Bure interferometer, despite an unfavorable location. These first results are promising for the second generation VLTI instruments, and an improved synergy with the new generation VLT instruments and ALMA is foreseen. The Paranal site would represent in this context a key facility for high spatial resolution studies of time-variable, spatially complex compact dusty sources.
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Chesneau, O. (2009). The Use of the VLTI for Studying the Asymmetric Mass Loss of Evolved Stars. In: Moorwood, A. (eds) Science with the VLT in the ELT Era. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9190-2_16
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