ESA Science & Technology - Far Away: Light in the Young Universe at Redshift beyond Three

Start date: 08 Jul 2008
Address: Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, Paris, France

The meeting will discuss the most recent observations in the redshift range z>3, and state-of-the-art models and numerical simulations. The following topics are covered:

• The 21cm line during reionization
• Scenarios for reionization
• First stars and high-z quasars
• Star formation history in the early Universe
• Absorption signatures by the IGM
• GRBs as tracers of the remote Universe
• The role of feedback and environment