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REIONIZATION@RINGBERG:
The Cosmic Evolution of Helium and Hydrogen
March
24 - 27, 2009
Ringberg Castle, Germany
| The reionization of the helium and
hydrogen in the intergalactic medium is intimately linked to the
development and evolution of
luminous sources throughout cosmic time. In
recent years, hydrogen reionization in particular has received a great
deal of
attention both theoretically and
observationally, leading to
significant advances in our
understanding of the complex and varied processes
at work in the
intergalactic medium above z ~ 6. Of equal interest, however, is
the
reionization of the second most abundant chemical element in the
Universe, which is expected to be completed around z ~ 3.
Analogies
between the two eras abound, yet significant quantitative differences
are also expected. The aim of this meeting
is
to bring researchers in both fields together to focus on the synergies
and contrasts in studies of hydrogen and helium reionization. |
Invited
speakers:
Jasjeet Bagla,
Joanna Dunkley,
Cora Fechner,
Andrea Ferrara,
Ilian Iliev,
Matthew McQuinn,
Avery Meiksin,
Masami Ouchi,
Emma Ryan-Weber,
Joop Schaye,
Jennifer Scott,
Rashid Sunyaev (TBC),
Stuart Wyithe,
Saleem Zaroubi
Topics
covered:
THEORETICAL
SESSIONS:
- Atomic physics
- Numerical simulations
- Semi-analytic models
- Sources of reionization
|
OBSERVATIONAL SESSIONS:
- Hyperfine transition lines
- CMB (temperature and polarization anistotropies)
- QSOs (absorption lines, proximity effect...)
- Ly-alpha emitters
- UV background
- Metals |
Scientific
Advisory
Committee:
G. Becker, J. Bolton, B. Ciardi (chair), C. Fechner,
S. Furlanetto, L. Hernquist,
A. Maselli, R.B. Metcalf, M. Ouchi,
X. Prochaska, M. Shull & S. White
Local
Organizing
Committee:
J.
Bolton, B.
Ciardi, M. Depner, G. Kratschmann, A.
Maselli, R.B. Metcalf & S. White
For further
information please
contact:
reionize@mpa-garching.mpg.de
