Prof.
Andrea Ferrara
(Scuola Normale Superiore)
10/11/2010, 09:30
Early stars
Invited talk
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.
Dr
Benedetta Ciardi
(Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics)
10/11/2010, 10:00
Reionization
Invited talk
In this talk I will present theoretical models of the cosmic reionization process and discuss ongoing activities within the LOFAR Epoch of Reionization Working Group.
Dr
Erik Zackrisson
(Stockholm Observatory)
10/11/2010, 10:30
Dark Stars
Invited talk
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), scheduled for launch in 2014, is expected to revolutionize our understanding of the high-redshift Universe. Even so, many of the first stars and galaxies are predicted to be intrinsically too faint for JWST. Here, we explore the prospects of searching for the first stars (both conventional pop III stars and dark stars) and galaxies at z > 10 by pointing...
