We are pleased to announce the Reionization on a Blackboard workshop, which will take place at the Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA) in New York City from September 19-22, 2022.
The aim of this 4-day workshop is to discuss four timely topics at the forefront of current research on the Epoch of Reionization. The meeting will move away from the traditional format of a series of talks, in an effort to maximize interactions and foster collaborations among the attendees.
Each day of the workshop will focus on particular topics with structured morning sessions and unstructured parallel discussion sessions in the afternoon. Together we will attempt to tackle the following four topics and open questions:
- What will the JWST teach us about the sources that drive reionization and the high redshift intergalactic medium?
- What can we expect to learn about reionization from upcoming, near-future redshifted 21 cm, cosmic microwave background, and line-intensity mapping observations?
- What can we learn from different approaches to reionization modeling? Are there important missing ingredients in these models?
- What do current observations of the Lyman-alpha forest imply about reionization? Have we reached a consensus view? What more can we hope to learn from the forest in the future?
We particularly encourage applications from graduate students and junior researchers, as well as from historically underrepresented groups in Astronomy.
By attending this workshop, you agree to follow the Flatiron Institute’s code of conduct
Scientific Organizing Committee (SOC):
George Becker, Benedetta Ciardi, Anson D’Aloisio, Sultan Hassan (Chair), Joseph Hennawi, Adam Lidz, Matt McQuinn, Garrelt Mellema, Hy Trac
Local Organizing Committee (LOC):
Cristina Duncan, Abigail Creem, Kristen Camputaro
Attendees:
| Aaron Smith | Harvard University |
| Adam Lidz | University of Pennsylvania |
| Adrian Liu | McGill University |
| Andrei Mesinger | Scuola Normale Superiore |
| Aniket Bhagwat | Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics |
| Ankita Bera | Presidency University |
| Anna Schauer | The University of Texas at Austin |
| Anson D'Aloisio | University of California, Riverside |
| Anthony Pullen | New York University |
| Benedetta Ciardi | Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics |
| Benedetta Spina | Argelander-Institut für Astronomie |
| Bradley Greig | The University of Melbourne |
| Caitlin Doughty | Leiden Observatory |
| Charlotte Mason | Cosmic Dawn Center, Niels Bohr Institute |
| Christopher Cain | University of California, Riverside |
| Cody Carr | University of Minnesota |
| Enrico Garaldi | Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astrophysik |
| Floriane Leclercq | University of Texas at Austin |
| Francisco Villaescusa-Navarro | Flatiron Institute |
| Frederick Davies | Max Planck Institute for Astronomy |
| George Becker | University of California, Riverside |
| Giulio Fabbian | Center for Computational Astrophysics |
| Guochao (Jason) Sun | Northwestern University |
| Hannah Fronenberg | McGill University |
| Holly Christenson | University of California, Riverside |
| Huanqing Chen | Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics |
| Jennifer Yik-Ham Chan | Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics and University of Toronto |
| Kai-Feng Chen | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Keir Rogers | University of Toronto |
| Kirit Karkare | University of Chicago/Fermilab |
| L. Y. Aaron Yung | NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| Laura Keating | University of Edinburgh |
| Lichen Liang | Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics |
| Lily Whitler | University of Arizona |
| Lucia Perez | Princeton University |
| Luz Ángela García Peñaloza | Universidad ECCI |
| Maximilien Franco | University of Texas |
| Michael Pagano | McGill University |
| Molly Wolfson | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Mosima Masipa | University of the Western Cape |
| Olivia Cooper | The University of Texas at Austin |
| Rahul Kannan | Harvard University |
| Ryan Endsley | The University of Texas at Austin |
| Sarah Bosman | Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg |
| Steven Finkelstein | The University of Texas at Austin |
| Suk Sien Tie | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Sultan Hassan | Flatiron Institute |
| Wichahpi King | University of Texas at Austin |
| Yongda Zhu | University of California, Riverside |
| Yu-Heng Lin | University of Minnesota |
| Patrick Breysse | New York University |
