ORGANIZERS:
Avishai Dekel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Sandra M. Faber, UC Santa Cruz
New observational programs, from space and from the ground at different wavelengths, are providing unprecendented data on the properties of galaxies as they were when the universe was only a few billion years old. This opens a new era in the study of galaxy formation and evolution within the cosmological model dominated by dark matter and dark energy. Together with the rapid advance in our theoretical understanding and supercomputer modeling, this allows for breakthroughs in our understanding of how galaxies have formed and evolved.
The two-week workshop brings together world experts to study the major open issues in the theory of galaxy formation. The program consists of a daily organized discussion session followed by collaborative work in small groups.
PARTICIPANTS:
Yuval Birnboim, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem & Harvard University
James Bullock, UC Irvine
Andrea Cattaneo, University of Potsdam
Daniel Ceverino, New Mexico SU & The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Darren Croton, UC Berkeley
Avishai Dekel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Aaron Dutton, UC Santa Cruz
Sandra M. Faber, UC Santa Cruz
Orly Gnat, Caltech
Tobias Goerdt, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Yehuda Hoffman, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Neal Katz, University of Massachusetts
Anatoly Klypin, New Mexico SU
Andrey Kravtsov, University of Chicago
Noam Libeskind, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem & University of Potsdam
Arieh Maller, New York University
Gary Mamon, IAP Paris
Zacharia Myers, Technion
Smadar Naoz, Tel Aviv University
Julio Navarro, University of Massachusetts
Adi Nusser, Technion
Eyal Neistein, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem & MPA Garching
Hagai Netzer, Tel Aviv University
Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Princeton University
Joel R. Primack, UC Santa Cruz
Ravi Sheth, University of Pennsylvania
Rachel Somerville, Space Telescope Science Institute
Amiel Sternberg, Tel Aviv University
Romain Teyssier, Saclay, France
Jeremy Tinker, University of Chicago
Risa Wechsler, Stanford University
Joanna Woo, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Elad Zinger, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem