Zooming into the Inner Disk with VLTI

This conference talk explores the capabilities of the Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) for studying inner regions of protoplanetary disks, presented by Jozsef Varga from Konkoly Observatory during the "Planets on the Edge" conference at the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics. Discover how advanced interferometric techniques help astronomers examine the challenging inner disk regions where close-in rocky exoplanets form—planets that have no direct counterparts in our Solar System. The presentation contributes to the conference's broader goals of understanding the nature, formation, and evolution of Earth-sized planets in inner protoplanetary disks by addressing key questions about close-in rocky planets, their formation mechanisms, governing parameters across different star systems, and their absence in our Solar System. The talk was part of a collaborative effort bringing together experts in exoplanet demographics, protoplanetary disks, planet formation models, and meteoritics to synthesize current knowledge and advance observations, theory, and computational modeling in this field.