Scientific Program

This Joint Discussion will be held over one and a half days on August 17 (afternoon) and August 18, 2006 and will consist of few invited talks, and oral and poster contributions. The format of the meeting will allow for plenty of opportunities for discussion and interactions between the participants. We expect about 50 to 100 participants.

The program will concentrate on the following themes:

• Galaxies at z > 6

• Interstellar and Intergalactic Medium at z > 6
• Quasars at z > 6
• Observational approaches to z > 6: deep fields, lensing clusters, gamma-ray bursts to probe the early Universe, search techniques
• Star formation in the early Universe (simulations)
• Feedback mechanisms at high-z at various scales (galactic and IGM) including galaxy outflows
• Early chemical evolution of the Universe
• Cosmic reionization (simulations, observational constraints)

The invited talks are the following:

- S. Malhotra (STScI, USA): HIGH-z LYMAN-ALPHA EMITTERS
- R. Bouwens (UCSC, USA): LYMAN-BREAK GALAXIES AT z>6
- Y. Taniguchi (Sendai, Japan): SUBARU OBSERVATIONS OF THE HIGH-z UNIVERSE
- R. Pello (OMP, France): HIGH-z LENSED GALAXIES
- A. Songaila (Hawaii, USA) : IGM AND QSO ABSORPTION LINES AT HIGH REDSHIFT
- R. Maiolino (Arcetri, Italy): DUST AT HIGH-z: OBSERVATIONS AND THEORY
- D. Spergel (Princeton, USA): NEW WMAP RESULTS

==> The detailed program, including talks and posters is available here [pdf]. See also the IAU GA Website.

Call for contributions: CALL CLOSED by 26 june 2006 !

Those wishing to submit a contribution (oral or poster) to our Joint Discussion should should follow this link to the official submission website. The submitted abstracts will be reviewed by the SOC of this Joint Discussion and a decision on their acceptance will be made. The SOC encourages everybody interested in this Joint Discussion to contact us with suggestions and question