“Structure of the Universe”
The program « Structure of the Universe » supported by the Scientific Council of the Astronomical Observatory of Paris organizes a workshop the 29 and 30 November at the Château de Meudon, Meudon Campus.
The goal of this two days meeting is to gather the community working on topics related to cosmic structure formation to exchange ideas through informal discussions. The program intends to facilitate the development of scientific collaborations on themes in which members of the Paris Observatory are actively involved. Presentations by local and external invited speakers will cover the following themes: « Milky Way and Local Group » , « Cosmic Reionization with SKA and LOFAR : Observations and Simulations », « Theory vs Observations : Galaxy Formation and Large Scale Structures ».
Château de Meudon
29-30 November 2011
Program
29/11/2011:
9h30-9h45: Welcome
- Milky Way and Local Group
9h45-10h15: Misha Haywood (GEPI, Obs. Paris)
“Observational aspects of the Milky Way disk(s)”
10h15-10h45: Carine Babusiaux (GEPI, Obs. Paris)
“An observer view of the bulge of the Milky Way”
10h45-11h15 Coffe Break
11h15-11h45: Daisuke Kawata (UCL, London)
“Chemodynamical modeling of the Milky Way’s disk”
11h45-12h15: Francoise Combes (LERMA, Obs. Paris)
“The main puzzles in the formation of the Milky Way”
12h15-12h45: David Valls-Gabaud (LERMA, Obs. Paris)
“New views on the Andromeda galaxy”
12h45-14h30 Lunch Break
- Cosmic Reionization with SKA and LOFAR : Observations and Simulations
14h30-15h00: Benoit Semelin (LERMA, Obs. Paris)
“The epoch of reionization: from simulations to observations”
15h00-15h30: Patrick Vonlanthen (LERMA, Obs. Paris)
“Redshifted 21 cm signal in the early phases of the epoch of reionization”
15h30-16h00 Coffe Break
16h00-16h30: Pierre Ocvirk (Obs. Strasbourg)
“Reionization of the local group”
16h30-17h00: Francois Levrier (LERMA, ENS)
“Simulated skies for SKA and its pathfinders”
30/11/2011:
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-Theory vs Observations: Galaxy Formation and Large Scale Structures
9h30-10h00: Norma Sanchez (LERMA, Obs. Paris)
“Structure formation in the Standard Model of the Universe”
10h00-10h30: Peter Biermann (MPI, Bonn)
“Astrophysical Warm Dark Matter”
10h30-11h00 Coffee Break
11h00-11h30: Chris Conselice (Nottingham)
“Observational overview on galaxy formation, galaxy evolution and dark matter and contrast to theoretical models”
11h30-12h00: Matthew Walker (Harvard/Cambridge)
"The mass profiles of dwarf spheroidal galaxies and related results”
12h00-12h30: Aurel Schneider (ETH, Zurich)
“N-body simulations to test Warm Dark Matter theoretical models”
12h30-14h30 Lunch
14h30-15h00 Reza Ansari (LAL, Orsay)
“BAO as Dark Energy Probe”
15h00-15h30 Ravi Sheth (ICTP, Trieste)
“Weights and measures in large scale structures”
15h30-16h00 Coffee Break
16h00-16h30 Marguerite Pierre (CEA, Saclay)
“The cosmological interpretation of cluster samples”
16h30-17h00 Jean-Michel Alimi (LUTH, Obs. Paris)
“Dark Energy Universe Simulations”
17h00-17h30 Simona Mei (GEPI, Obs. Paris)
“Evolution of early-type galaxies in different environments”
Organizers:
P.S. Corasaniti, P. di Matteo, S. Mei, Y. Rasera, N. Sanchez, B. Semelin, D. Valls-Gabaud