IGM2018: Revealing Cosmology and Reionization History with the Intergalactic Medium
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Tuesday 18 September 2018 (09:00)
to
Friday 21 September 2018 (18:30)
Monday 17 September 2018
Tuesday 18 September 2018
09:00
Preliminaries
Preliminaries
09:00 - 09:20
09:20
Ciardi (30 mins): The heating and ionization of the IGM: theoretical modeling and observational probes (Session Chair: Haehnelt)
Ciardi (30 mins): The heating and ionization of the IGM: theoretical modeling and observational probes (Session Chair: Haehnelt)
09:20 - 09:55
09:55
D'Aloisio (15 mins): How hot does the IGM get during reionization?
D'Aloisio (15 mins): How hot does the IGM get during reionization?
09:55 - 10:15
10:15
Mesinger (20 mins): Modeling reionization observables
Mesinger (20 mins): Modeling reionization observables
10:15 - 10:40
10:40
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:40 - 11:00
11:00
Heinrich (20 mins): Complete reionization constraints from Planck data
Heinrich (20 mins): Complete reionization constraints from Planck data
11:00 - 11:25
11:25
Trac (15 mins): Simulations and Constructions of the Reionization of Cosmic Hydrogen
Trac (15 mins): Simulations and Constructions of the Reionization of Cosmic Hydrogen
11:25 - 11:45
11:45
Mao (15 mins): Antisymmetric cross power spectrum as a new probe of cosmic reionization
Mao (15 mins): Antisymmetric cross power spectrum as a new probe of cosmic reionization
11:45 - 12:05
12:05
Lightning Talks I: Tanaka, Karkare, Aoyama, Ewall-Wice
Lightning Talks I: Tanaka, Karkare, Aoyama, Ewall-Wice
12:05 - 12:25
12:25
Lunch
Lunch
12:25 - 13:25
13:25
Stark (30 mins): Deep Spectroscopy of Lyman-alpha Emitters in the Reionization Era (Session Chair: Prochaska)
Stark (30 mins): Deep Spectroscopy of Lyman-alpha Emitters in the Reionization Era (Session Chair: Prochaska)
13:25 - 14:00
14:00
Bunker (15 mins): Exploring the IGM and Reionization with JWST
Bunker (15 mins): Exploring the IGM and Reionization with JWST
14:00 - 14:20
14:20
Ouchi (20 mins): Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam Survey for High Redshift Galaxies: Interplay between Galaxies and IGM
Ouchi (20 mins): Subaru Hyper Suprime-Cam Survey for High Redshift Galaxies: Interplay between Galaxies and IGM
14:20 - 14:45
14:45
Harikane (15 mins): Census of Lya, [OIII]5007, Ha, and [CII]158um Line Emission with ~1000 LAEs at z=4.9-7.0 Revealed with Subaru/HSC
Harikane (15 mins): Census of Lya, [OIII]5007, Ha, and [CII]158um Line Emission with ~1000 LAEs at z=4.9-7.0 Revealed with Subaru/HSC
14:45 - 15:05
15:05
Paulino-Afonso (15 mins): The end of the reionisation: what are the most luminous Lyman-a emitters telling us?
Paulino-Afonso (15 mins): The end of the reionisation: what are the most luminous Lyman-a emitters telling us?
15:05 - 15:25
The end of the reionisation: what are the most luminous Lyman-a emitters telling us?
15:25
Poster Presentations
Poster Presentations
15:25 - 15:35
15:35
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:35 - 16:00
16:00
Walther (20 mins): New measurements of thermal evolution in the IGM based on absorption line analyses
Walther (20 mins): New measurements of thermal evolution in the IGM based on absorption line analyses
16:00 - 16:25
16:25
Boera (15 mins): The impact of Reionization on the IGM thermal history: present and future constraints
Boera (15 mins): The impact of Reionization on the IGM thermal history: present and future constraints
16:25 - 16:45
16:45
Hiss (15 mins): A New Statistical Method for Measuring the Temperature-Density Relation in the IGM using the b-N Distribution
Hiss (15 mins): A New Statistical Method for Measuring the Temperature-Density Relation in the IGM using the b-N Distribution
16:45 - 17:05
17:05
Worseck (15 mins): Constraints on the High-Redshift Quasar Population from Ongoing HeII Reionization at z~4
Worseck (15 mins): Constraints on the High-Redshift Quasar Population from Ongoing HeII Reionization at z~4
17:05 - 17:25
17:25
Khrykin (15 mins): The He II proximity effect at z~4: evidence for short quasar lifetime
Khrykin (15 mins): The He II proximity effect at z~4: evidence for short quasar lifetime
17:25 - 17:45
Wednesday 19 September 2018
09:00
D'Odorico (30 mins): Constraints on reionization and the first sources from quasar absorption spectra (Session Chair: Ryan-Weber)
D'Odorico (30 mins): Constraints on reionization and the first sources from quasar absorption spectra (Session Chair: Ryan-Weber)
09:00 - 09:35
09:35
Fan (15 mins): New Surveys of Luminous z~7 Quasars: Mapping Reionization History
Fan (15 mins): New Surveys of Luminous z~7 Quasars: Mapping Reionization History
09:35 - 09:55
09:55
Davies (20 mins): Measuring the Reionization History with Quasar Damping Wings
Davies (20 mins): Measuring the Reionization History with Quasar Damping Wings
09:55 - 10:20
10:20
Keating (20 mins): The IGM at the end of reionization
Keating (20 mins): The IGM at the end of reionization
10:20 - 10:45
10:45
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:45 - 11:05
11:05
Lee (20 mins): Mapping the z~2 Cosmic Web with IGM Tomography
Lee (20 mins): Mapping the z~2 Cosmic Web with IGM Tomography
11:05 - 11:30
11:30
Nagamine (15 mins): Subaru PFS survey and IGM tomography using Cosmological Hydrodynamic Simulations
Nagamine (15 mins): Subaru PFS survey and IGM tomography using Cosmological Hydrodynamic Simulations
11:30 - 11:50
11:50
Schmidt (15 mins): Mapping quasar light echos in three dimensions with Lya forest tomography
Schmidt (15 mins): Mapping quasar light echos in three dimensions with Lya forest tomography
11:50 - 12:10
12:10
Maitra (15 mins): Three point correlation of the IGM
Maitra (15 mins): Three point correlation of the IGM
12:10 - 12:30
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:45
13:45
Srianand (20 mins): Influence of ionising UV Background on the inferred properties of metals in the IGM (Session Chair: Yoshida)
Srianand (20 mins): Influence of ionising UV Background on the inferred properties of metals in the IGM (Session Chair: Yoshida)
13:45 - 14:10
14:10
Haardt (15 mins): The cosmic ultraviolet background then and now
Haardt (15 mins): The cosmic ultraviolet background then and now
14:10 - 14:30
14:30
Upton Sanderbeck (15 mins): The impact of ultraviolet background fluctuations on galaxy clustering measurements
Upton Sanderbeck (15 mins): The impact of ultraviolet background fluctuations on galaxy clustering measurements
14:30 - 14:50
14:50
Bose (15 mins): How the present-day distribution of dwarf galaxies encodes the physics of reionisation
Bose (15 mins): How the present-day distribution of dwarf galaxies encodes the physics of reionisation
14:50 - 15:10
15:10
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:10 - 15:30
15:30
Self-Organized Excursion to Asakusa
Self-Organized Excursion to Asakusa
15:30 - 18:30
18:30
Conference Dinner on "Amitatsu" Banquet Boat
Conference Dinner on "Amitatsu" Banquet Boat
18:30 - 02:30
Thursday 20 September 2018
09:45
Haehnelt (30 mins): The emergence of structure during the epoch of reionization (Session Chair: Miralda-Escude)
Haehnelt (30 mins): The emergence of structure during the epoch of reionization (Session Chair: Miralda-Escude)
09:45 - 10:20
10:20
Yoshida (20 mins): Structure formation in the early universe
Yoshida (20 mins): Structure formation in the early universe
10:20 - 10:45
10:45
McQuinn (20 mins): The perturbation theory of everything (IGM)
McQuinn (20 mins): The perturbation theory of everything (IGM)
10:45 - 11:10
11:10
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
11:10 - 11:30
11:30
Monsalve (20 mins): An Absorption Profile in the Sky-Averaged Radio Spectrum
Monsalve (20 mins): An Absorption Profile in the Sky-Averaged Radio Spectrum
11:30 - 11:55
11:55
Parsons (15 mins): Prospects for Mapping the z~10 IGM with HERA
Parsons (15 mins): Prospects for Mapping the z~10 IGM with HERA
11:55 - 12:15
12:15
Kern (15 mins): Early Data Analysis and Power Spectrum Efforts from HERA
Kern (15 mins): Early Data Analysis and Power Spectrum Efforts from HERA
12:15 - 12:35
12:35
Fialkov (15 mins): Illuminating Dark Ages
Fialkov (15 mins): Illuminating Dark Ages
12:35 - 12:55
12:55
Lunch
Lunch
12:55 - 14:10
14:10
Ross (15 mins): Simulating the 21-cm signal from the Cosmic Dawn (Session Chair: McQuinn)
Ross (15 mins): Simulating the 21-cm signal from the Cosmic Dawn (Session Chair: McQuinn)
14:10 - 14:30
14:30
Dixon (15 mins): Reionization on the large scales
Dixon (15 mins): Reionization on the large scales
14:30 - 14:50
14:50
Katz (15 mins): The Sphinx Simulations: The Impact of Inhomogeneous Reionization on the IGM and Galaxy Formation
Katz (15 mins): The Sphinx Simulations: The Impact of Inhomogeneous Reionization on the IGM and Galaxy Formation
14:50 - 15:10
15:10
Lightning Talks II: Balashev, Laursen, Suzuki, Liang, Fagnoni
Lightning Talks II: Balashev, Laursen, Suzuki, Liang, Fagnoni
15:10 - 15:30
15:30
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:30 - 15:55
15:55
Font-Ribera (30 mins): Studying the Expansion of the Universe with quasar spectra (Session Chair: McQuinn)
Font-Ribera (30 mins): Studying the Expansion of the Universe with quasar spectra (Session Chair: McQuinn)
15:55 - 16:30
16:30
Yeche (20 mins): Neutrino masses and cosmology with Lyman-alpha forest power spectrum
Yeche (20 mins): Neutrino masses and cosmology with Lyman-alpha forest power spectrum
16:30 - 16:55
16:55
Palanque-Delabrouille (20 mins): Sterile neutrinos in cosmology
Palanque-Delabrouille (20 mins): Sterile neutrinos in cosmology
16:55 - 17:20
17:20
Lightning Talks III: Rogers, Pedersen, Prochaska, Meyer, Shimabukuro
Lightning Talks III: Rogers, Pedersen, Prochaska, Meyer, Shimabukuro
17:20 - 17:40
Friday 21 September 2018
09:00
Tonnesen (15 mins): Probing the Dependence of the Intergalactic Medium on Large-scale Environment Using the Low-redshift Lyα Forest (Session Chair: D'Odorico)
Tonnesen (15 mins): Probing the Dependence of the Intergalactic Medium on Large-scale Environment Using the Low-redshift Lyα Forest (Session Chair: D'Odorico)
09:00 - 09:20
09:20
Lukic (15 mins): WHIM in hydrodynamical simulations
Lukic (15 mins): WHIM in hydrodynamical simulations
09:20 - 09:40
09:40
Kooistra (15 mins): Probing the neutral IGM in filaments with SKA
Kooistra (15 mins): Probing the neutral IGM in filaments with SKA
09:40 - 10:00
10:00
Ando (15 mins): Redshift space distortion of 21cm line with cosmological hydrodynamic simulations
Ando (15 mins): Redshift space distortion of 21cm line with cosmological hydrodynamic simulations
10:00 - 10:20
10:20
Saliwanchik (15 mins): Mapping BAO with the HIRAX Radio Array
Saliwanchik (15 mins): Mapping BAO with the HIRAX Radio Array
10:20 - 10:40
10:40
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:40 - 11:00
11:00
Becker (20 mins): Connecting IGM Opacity Fluctuations to Galaxies Near Reionization
Becker (20 mins): Connecting IGM Opacity Fluctuations to Galaxies Near Reionization
11:00 - 11:25
11:25
Rauch (15 mins): Probing the Nature of Low Density Regions in the High Z IGM
Rauch (15 mins): Probing the Nature of Low Density Regions in the High Z IGM
11:25 - 11:45
11:45
Ding (15 mins): A new measurement on the effective optical depth of Lyman Series
Ding (15 mins): A new measurement on the effective optical depth of Lyman Series
11:45 - 12:05
12:05
Eilers (20 mins): The Intergalactic Medium at High Redshift and its Implications on the Epoch of Reionization
Eilers (20 mins): The Intergalactic Medium at High Redshift and its Implications on the Epoch of Reionization
12:05 - 12:30
12:30
Lunch
Lunch
12:30 - 13:45
13:45
Viel (20 mins): Intergalactic Medium constraints on dark matter properties (Session Chair: Palanque-Delabrouille)
Viel (20 mins): Intergalactic Medium constraints on dark matter properties (Session Chair: Palanque-Delabrouille)
13:45 - 14:10
14:10
Garzilli (15 mins): Lyman-alpha revisited: baryonic effects versus warm dark matter
Garzilli (15 mins): Lyman-alpha revisited: baryonic effects versus warm dark matter
14:10 - 14:30
14:30
Bird (15 mins):Is It Time to Stop Rescaling Spectra to Match the Observed Mean Flux?
Bird (15 mins):Is It Time to Stop Rescaling Spectra to Match the Observed Mean Flux?
14:30 - 14:50
14:50
Ryan-Weber (20 mins): Galaxies, Intergalactic and Circumgalatic Carbon at redshifts 4 to 6
Ryan-Weber (20 mins): Galaxies, Intergalactic and Circumgalatic Carbon at redshifts 4 to 6
14:50 - 15:15
15:15
Coffee Break
Coffee Break
15:15 - 15:40
15:40
Miralda-Escudé (15 mins): Host halo masses of damped lyman alpha systems as a function of metal line strength (Session Chair: Hennawi)
Miralda-Escudé (15 mins): Host halo masses of damped lyman alpha systems as a function of metal line strength (Session Chair: Hennawi)
15:40 - 16:00
16:00
Rafelski (15 mins): Evolution of the metallicity, incidence rate, and hydrogen mass density of damped Lyman-alpha systems out to z~5
Rafelski (15 mins): Evolution of the metallicity, incidence rate, and hydrogen mass density of damped Lyman-alpha systems out to z~5
16:00 - 16:20
16:20
Lan (15 mins): Metallicity and morphology of the circumgalactic medium
Lan (15 mins): Metallicity and morphology of the circumgalactic medium
16:20 - 16:40
16:40
Conference Summary by Piero Madau (45 mins)
Conference Summary by Piero Madau (45 mins)
16:40 - 17:25