Preliminary scientific program
| Monday, 20 June 2016 | |||
| Session 1 : "Observational constraints on the first stellar generations, galaxies and black holes” (Chair: Max Pettini) | |||
| 09:00-09:15 | Welcome and logistics | ||
| 09:15-10:00 | Dan Stark (topic review) |  |
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| 10:00-10:30 | Laura Pentericci (invited) CANDELS-z7: probing the reionization epoch with deep spectroscopy |
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| 10:30-11:00 | Rychard Bouwens (invited) Lyman-continuum Photon Production Efficiency of z=4-5 Galaxies. |
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| 11:00-11:30 | Coffee break | ||
| 11:30-11:50 | Pascal Oesch A spectroscopic redshift confirmation of a remarkably luminous galaxy at z=11.1 |
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| 11:50-12:10 | Ross McLure The z=9-10 galaxy population in the Hubble Frontier Fields and CLASH surveys: The z=9 LF and further evidence for a smooth decline in UV luminosity density at z>8 |
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| 12:10-12:30 | Tommaso Treu Spectroscopy of galaxies at cosmic dawn through a magnifying GLASS |
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| 12:30-14:00 | Lunch break | ||
| 14:00-14:20 | Renske Smit Insights into Lya and CIV emission from spatially resolved, lensed galaxies observed with MUSE |
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| 14:20-14:40 | Ann Zabludoff Attack of the Lyman-alpha Blobs: A Multi-Wavelength and Polarization Study |
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| Session 2 : "Challenges in theoretical and numerical modeling of primordial stars, galaxies and black holes I: First galaxies and reionization" (Chair: B. Semelin) | |||
| 14:40-15:25 | Volker Bromm (topic review) | |
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| 15:25-15:55 | Marta Volonteri (invited) The first black holes |
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| 15:55-16:20 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:20-16:40 | Sadegh Khochfar The First Billion Years Simulation Project |
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| 16:40-17:00 | Pierre Ocvirk Introducing CoDa (Cosmic Dawn): Radiation-Hydrodynamics of Galaxy Formation in the Early Universe |
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| 17:00-17:20 | John Wise Physical and observable predictions for the first galaxies |
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| 17:20-17:40 | Daniel Ceverino FirstLight: Hydrodynamical Simulations of primeval galaxies at 10 pc resolution |
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| 17:40-18:00 | Ricarda Beckmann From seed to supermassive: growing high redshift black holes in cosmological simulations |
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| 18:00-18:20 | L.Y. Aaron Yung UV Luminosity Functions at z > 6 predicted by SAMs |
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| 18:30-21:00 | Welcome reception (Paris Observatory, Cassini room) | ||
| Tuesday, 21 June 2016 | |||
| Session 3 : "Modern statistical techniques to extract physical parameters from spectral energy distributions” (Chair: C. Leitherer) | |||
| 09:00-09:45 | David Hogg (topic review) | |
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| 09:45-10:15 | Jarle Brinchmann (invited) From an observed SED to physical parameters, a statistical journey |
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| 10:15-10:35 | Yunkun Han Bayesian interpretation of the spectral energy distributions of galaxies with BayeSED |
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| 10:35-11:00 | Coffee break | ||
| 11:00-11:20 | Jacopo Chevallard Modeling and interpreting the spectral energy distributions of galaxies with BEAGLE in the era of NIRSpec-JWST |
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| 11:20-11:40 | Joel Leja Extracting accurate physical properties from broadband photometry with a new generation of galaxy SED models |
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| 11:40-12:00 | Elisabete da Cunha Understanding the nature of dusty star-forming galaxies with MAGPHYS |
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| 12:00-12:20 | Gabriela Calistro Rivera AGNfitter: an MCMC approach to fitting spectral energy distributions of AGN and galaxies |
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| 12:20-12:40 | Emma Curtis-Lake and David Stenning Modelling SFR-stellar mass and mass-metallicity relations to be observed at high-redshift with JWST |
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| 12:40-14:00 | Poster buffet (poster session with buffet lunch) | ||
| Session 4 : "Lessons from studies of lower-redshift analogs of primeval galaxies I: Low redshift and actual analogs" (Chair: B. Siana) | |||
| 14:00-14:45 | Tim Heckman (topic review) | |
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| 14:45-15:15 | Dawn Erb (invited) Star Formation and Feedback in Low Mass Galaxies at z~2 |
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| 15:15-15:35 | Alaina Henry Lyman Alpha Emission from Green Peas: The Role of Circumgalactic Gas Density, Covering, and Kinematics |
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| 15:35-16:00 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:00-16:20 | Aida Wofford UV spectroscopy of extremely metal-poor nearby galaxies: clues for the interpretation of distant-galaxy observations |
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| 16:20-16:40 | Bethan James Exploring Feedback Effects on Parsec Scales Across Primordial Analogues |
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| 16:40-17:00 | Amy Reines Massive Black Holes in Nearby Dwarf Galaxies |
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| 17:00-17:20 | Danielle Berg The Evolution of C/O in Low Metallicity Galaxies |
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| 17:20-17:40 | Matthew Hayes Probing starburst feedback with OVI emission imaging |
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| 17:40-18:00 | Poster presentations (1mn each): J. Ma, E. Mármol-Queraltó, N. Pirzkal, T. Rawle, E. Salvador-Solé, K. Vasei, K. Barrow, K. Osato, V. Robles, K. Wollenberg, M. Fioc, B. Johnson, B. Salmon, Y. Zhang | |
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| Wednesday, 22 June 2016 | |||
| 09:00-09:20 | James Dunlop Deep ALMA imaging of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field |
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| Session 5 : "Challenges in theoretical and numerical modeling of primordial stars, galaxies and black holes II: Galaxy assembly” (Chair: P. Madau) | |||
| 09:20-09:40 | Anne Hutter Exploiting 21cm-LAE synergies: constraints on reionization |
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| 09:40-10:00 | Pratika Dayal The earliest galaxies: probing cosmic dawn |
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| 10:00-10:20 | Stephen Wilkins Galaxy formation with BlueTides |
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| 10:20-10:25 | Conference picture (outside) | ||
| 10:25-10:50 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:50-11:10 | Avishai Dekel Key processes in the evolution of high-z galaxies |
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| 11:10-11:30 | Matthew Smith A critical view of the interstellar medium modelling in cosmological simulations |
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| 11:30-11:50 | Michaela Hirschmann Cosmic evolution of synthetic optical and UV nebular emission lines from massive galaxies |
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| 11:50-12:10 | Michael Fall Understanding Galaxy Formation from Deep Hubble Images: The Forward-Modeling Approach |
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| 12:10-12:35 | Poster presentations (1mn each): B. Rocca-Volmerange, N. Bonaventura, A. Carnall, S. Greis, X. Kang, S. Ravindranath, M. Trevisan, Y. Götberg, J. Gutkin, A. Jaskot, A. Lupi, A. Vidal-Garcí, F. Zhang, A. Schauer, A. Katsianis, L. Barrufet, M. Paalvast, M. Safarzadeh, J. Zavala | |
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| Free afternoon | |||
| 19:00-23:00 | Conference dinner (Ciel de Paris, Montparnasse tower) | ||
| Thursday, 23 June 2016 | |||
| Session 6 : "Lessons from studies of lower-redshift analogs of primeval galaxies II: Around the peak of star-formation activity” (Chair: T. Treu) | |||
| 09:00-09:20 | Stéphanie Juneau Evolving Nebular Emission in Galaxies Across Cosmic Time |
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| 09:20-09:40 | Irene Shivaei The MOSDEF Survey: Dissecting the star-formation rate vs. stellar mass relation at z~2 |
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| 09:40-10:00 | Vera Patrício Resolved properties of intermediate redshift extended arcs seen with MUSE |
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| 10:00-10:20 | Ricardo Amorin Low-z analogs of primeval galaxies: Witnessing the early build-up and chemical enrichment of star forming dwarf galaxies at z~3 |
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| 10:20-10:50 | Coffee break | ||
| 10:50-11:10 | Camilla Pacifici LEGA-C + CANDELS: Star formation and metal enrichment histories of galaxies from combined spectroscopy and photometry |
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| 11:10-11:30 | Anahita Alavi Using Strong Gravitational Lensing to Study Dwarf Galaxies at High Redshifts |
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| 11:30-11:50 | Paola Andreani Forming galaxy clusters in fields around sub-millimetre lensed sources at redshift ~3 |
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| Session 7 : "Radiation from high-redshift sources and release of ionizing photons" (Chair: T. Heckman) | |||
| 11:50-12:35 | Alice Shapley (topic review) |
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| 12h35-14h00 | Lunch break | ||
| 14:00-14:30 | Eros Vanzella (invited) Searching for ionizing sources at high redshift |
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| 14:30-14:50 | Claus Leitherer Direct Detection of Lyman Continuum Escape from Local Starburst Galaxies with the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph |
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| 14:50-15:10 | Anne Verhamme On the link between Lyman-alpha and Lyman continuum escape from galaxies | |
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| 15:10-15:30 | Gustavo Bruzual Refining the stellar and nebular UV together with the NIR emission in population synthesis models3 |
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| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break | ||
| 16:00-16:20 | Anna Feltre Ultraviolet emission lines as signposts of the ionizing sources within galaxies |
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| 16:20-16:40 | Chuck Steidel Reconciling the Stellar and Nebular Spectra of High Redshift Galaxies |
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| 16:40-17:00 | Allison Strom The nebular spectra of z~2-3 star-forming galaxies: ionization, excitation, and chemical abundance patterns in KBSS-MOSFIRE | |
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| 17:00-17:20 | Naveen Reddy Connection between Far-UV Reddening, Gas Covering Fraction, and the Escape of Ionizing Radiation at High Redshift |
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| 17:20-17:40 | Jonathan Chardin Large scale opacity fluctuations in the Lya forest: evidence for QSOs dominating the ionising UV background at z~5.5-6 ? |
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| Friday, 24 June 2016 | |||
| Session 8 : "Early chemical and dust enrichment of galaxies” (Chair: M. Fall) | |||
| 09:00-09:45 | Roberto Maiolino (topic review) | |
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| 09:45-10:15 | Caitlin Casey (invited) : The ubiquity of coeval, massive dusty starbursts in galaxy cluster progenitors | |
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| 10:15-10:35 | Mariska Kriek A Chemically Extreme Massive Quiescent Galaxy at z = 2.1 |
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| 10:35-11:00 | Coffee break | ||
| 11:00-11:20 | Sarah Bosman The ULAS J1120+0641 sightline: intervening metal absorption up to z = 7 |
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| 11:20-11:40 | Jakob Walcher The dawn of galaxy formation from a chemo-archeological perspective |
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| Session 9 : "Feedback processes in young galaxies
and enrichment of the intergalactic medium” (Chair: R. Somerville) |
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| 11:40-12:25 | George Becker (topic review) |
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| 12h25-14h00 | Lunch break | ||
| 14:00-14:30 | Yohan Dubois (invited) AGN feedback and BH growth in high-redshift galaxies |
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| 14:30-14:50 | Martin Bourne Shaping galaxies with black hole feedback |
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| 14:50-15:10 | Laura Keating Testing the effect of feedback on the high-redshift IGM with metal-line absorbers |
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| 15:10-15:30 | Ryan Trainor Star-formation and Feedback in High-Redshift Dwarf Galaxies |
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| 15:30-16:00 | Coffee break | ||
| Conference summary | |||
| 16:00-16:45 | Françoise Combes | |
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