Reionization on a Blackboard

America/New_York
Alpha/Beta (MfA)

Alpha/Beta

MfA

Description

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:

  1. What will the JWST teach us about the sources that drive reionization and the high redshift intergalactic medium?
  2. What can we expect to learn about reionization from upcoming, near-future redshifted 21 cm, cosmic microwave background, and line-intensity mapping observations?
  3. What can we learn from different approaches to reionization modeling? Are there important missing ingredients in these models?
  4. 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