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First Stars IV - From Hayashi to the Future
Event Details:
From: 21 May 2012  
To: 25 May 2012  
Address: Heartpia Kyoto
Kyoto
Country: Japan
More info: Link to event website

In the last decade, great advances have been made in the field of First Stars. So far, three international conferences have been held as a series of First Stars meetings every four years (Garching in 1999, Pennsylvania in 2003, and Santa Fe in 2007).

The fourth First Stars meeting, "First Stars IV", is aimed at discussing star formation through cosmic time and the impacts of first stars on galaxy formation, first explosions, cosmic reionization, and formation of massive black holes. This meeting will be held partially as a memorial conference for Professor Hayashi (1920-2010), in honour of his invaluable contributions to the study of star formation and cosmology.

In the five day meeting, by summarizing the advances in the past comprehensively, future issues will be addressed from wide points of view. Young researchers and students are especially encouraged to attend.

Topics Covered

  • Development of Star Formation Theory from the Hayashi Era
  • Formation of Pop III Stars
  • Pop III to Pop II Transition
  • Metal-Poor Stars & Galaxies in the Local Universe
  • First Supernovae & Gamma Ray Bursts
  • Formation of Primordial Galaxies and Observations of the High-z Universe
  • Cosmic Reionization and Background Radiation
  • Growth of Massive Black Holes at High-z

 

Last Update: 18 April 2011

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