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The Fifth Harvard-Smithsonian Conference on Theoretical Astrophysics |
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"21cm Cosmology "
Sponsored by
Raymond and Beverly Sackler
Monday, May 12 through Thursday, May 15, 2008
Harvard University
Radcliffe Gymnasium at Radcliffe Yard
10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
The program is composed of: overviews=40 minutes; other talks=30 minutes.
(9:00-9:05AM)
Avi Loeb: Welcome
(9:05-9:45AM)
Rashid Sunyaev: Recombination History of the Universe: Overview
(9:45-10:25AM)
Steve Furlanetto: 21cm Cosmology: Overview
Coffee break (10:25-10:55AM)
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Session 1: High-Redshift
Sources
Session chair: Jim Moran
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(10:55-12:25PM)
Xiaohui Fan: Quasars
Elizabeth Stanway: Galaxies
Martin Haehnelt: Lyman-alpha Forest
Lunch break (12:25-2PM)
(2-3:40PM)
Josh Bloom: GRBs
Jeff Peterson: Constraints on Reionization from the CMB: Overview
Jonathan Pritchard: 21cm Signal Throughout Cosmic History
Coffee break (3:40-4:10PM)
(4:10-5:10PM)
Miguel Morales: Detectability of 21cm Power Spectrum
Lincoln Greenhill: Computing Challenges in Analyzing 21cm Data
(9-10:40 AM)
Frank Briggs: Observational Review: Overview
Jackie Hewitt: MWA
Michiel Brentjens: LOFAR
Coffee break (10:40-11:10AM)
(11:10AM-12:40 PM)
Ue-Li Pen: GMRT
Don Backer: PAPER
Lunch break (12:40-2PM)
(2-3:00PM)
Judd Bowman: Global Spectrum
Ron Ekers : Progress in Measuring the Global Spectrum
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Session 3: Basic Theory
Session chair: Jackie Hewitt
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(3:00-4:00PM)
Chris Hirata: Atomic Physics
Bernard Zygelman: Atomic Physics
(4:30-6:00PM)
Angelica de Oliveira-Costa: Foregrounds
Justin Kasper: Ionosphere
Colin Lonsdale: Other Low-frequency Science
(9-10:30AM)
Tom Abel: First Stars
Volker Bromm: First Black Holes
Raffaella Schneider: Transition from Pop III/Pop II
Coffee break (10:30-11AM)
(11AM-12:00PM)
Ilian Iliev: Hydrogen Reionization
Matt McQuinn: Reionization
Lunch break (12:00-2PM)
(2-3:30PM)
Hy Trac: Hydrogen Reionization
Benedetta Ciardi: Hydrogen Reionization
Nick Gnedin: Hydrogen Reionization
Coffee break (3:30-4PM)
(4:00-5:30PM)
Paul Shapiro: HII Regions
Stuart Wyithe: HII Regions
Rachel Webster: HII Regions
(6:30pm)
Banquet Reception at the Charles Hotel,
1 Bennett St., Charles Pavillion, Longfellow Room
(7:00pm)
Banquet Dinner at the Charles Hotel
Dinner talks by:
George Field: History of 21cm Cosmology - View from the West
Rashid Sunyaev: History of 21cm Cosmology - View from the East