Census of the Galaxy: Challenges for Photometry and Spectrometry with GAIA

GAIA: An astrometric and photometric survey of our galaxy.- GAIA: Photometry.- GAIA photometry: Selected topics.- Determination of stellar parameters with GAIA.- GAIA photometric system: Evaluation of performance.- GAIA photometric system: Simultaneous 4-D parameterization.- GAIA photometric system: Simulation of photometric observations.- The spectro point spread function for GAIA.- On the tolerances of filters for GAIA medium band photometric system.- Bandwidth effects in the 3G photometric system.- Transformations between Vilnius and Strömgren photometric systems.- Systematic errors of high-precision photometric catalogues.- The Asiago Database on Photometric Systems (ADPS) and the design of the GAIA photometric system.- BaSeL: A library of synthetic spectra and colours for GAIA.- Japanese astrometry satellite mission for infrared exploration.- GAIA: Astrophysical Issues.- Methods to account for interstellar extinction.- 3-D structure of the galactic interstellar matter: A contribution from GAIA.- A synthetic map of the galactic interstellar extinction.- Diffuse interstellar band at 862 nm as a reddening tracer for GAIA.- GAIA and population II visual binaries.- Unresolved binaries and the initial mass function.- Binary star detection with the GAIA radial velocity spectrometer.- Detection of extra-solar planets by GAIA photometry.- ?-Process elements in the galaxy: A possible GAIA contribution.- Asymptotic giant branch stars as tracers of star formation histories: the GAIA context.- Globular clusters in the large magellanic cloud: An impact from GAIA photometry.- GAIA and the extragalactic distance scale.- Discussion.- Ground based testing of the GAIA filters.- General discussion and photometric system for GAIA.