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Cosmic dawn of galaxy formation: linking observations and theory with new-generation spectral models the 32nd IAP Colloquium will take place at the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris |
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Scientific Rationale
Recent observational progress has enabled direct probes of the spectral energy distributions of galaxies near the epoch of reionization. While most of the information at the highest redshifts probed so far is supplied by photometric surveys, future facilities, such as the James Webb Space Telescope and Extremely Large Telescopes, will allow detailed spectroscopic studies of large samples of primeval galaxies. The first spectral analyses of high-redshift galaxies have revealed important limitations in the ingredients of models and in the fitting techniques used to interpret observations of the rest-frame ultraviolet and optical emission from chemically pristine galaxies. In this context, this conference will bring together observers of the high-redshift universe with experts of the theoretical, numerical and spectral modeling of the first galaxies and black holes, as well as designers of new-generation spectral fitting techniques of the type that will be required to interpret future observations in terms of constraints on the physical parameters of primeval galaxies.
Topics to be addressed:
- Observational constraints on the first stellar generations, galaxies and black holes
- Challenges in theoretical and numerical modeling of primordial stars, galaxies and black holes
- Lessons from studies of lower-redshift analogs of primeval galaxies
- Radiation from high-redshift sources and release of ionizing photons
- Early chemical and dust enrichment of galaxies
- Feedback processes in young galaxies and enrichment of the intergalactic medium
- Modern statistical techniques to extract physical parameters from spectral energy distributions
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Last updated: 26 May 2016