Stellar Physics at Dome C

LESIA, Observatoire de Paris, 92195 Meudon, France

Abstract

We present a short synthetic summary of prospects for stellar astrophysics from Dome C. We conclude that a progressive strategy could be defined, giving access to a 2 m-class telescope, equipped with a highly efficient optical/infrared spectrograph/spectropolarimeter and a wide-field infrared imager, in the 2008 timeframe, then evolving toward a larger telescope with integral field spectroscopic capabilities, and finally to more ambitious instruments, such as interferometers.