Cosmic Radiation Fields - Sources in the early Universe

First stars and cosmic reionization

10 Nov 2010, 09:30

30m

Auditorium (Building 05) (Desy-Campus)

Invited talk Early stars Session 1

Speaker

Prof. Andrea Ferrara (Scuola Normale Superiore)

Description

I will discuss our current understanding of the formation and nature of the first stars and their role in driving the cosmic reionization process. I will also outline possible strategies for to directly and indirectly detecting them by exploiting the information embedded in the Cosmic Infrared Background and by searching for their fossil relics in the Milky Way halo.