KSPA 2018 Conference: The Astrophysics of Galaxy Formation
Center for Computational Astrophysics, Flatiron Institute, New York, June 25th-June 29th.
A conference is hosted in the first week of the Kavli Summer Program, and features invited pedagogical lectures and contributed talks presenting state-of-the-art research on the program topic.
The lectures will be video-recorded, and meant for a broad scientific audience.
Unless specifically mentioned, all the talks will be hosted at the Gerald Fischbach Auditorium, 160 5th Avenue, 2nd floor.
Monday 6/25:
- 9:00 am - 9:30 am: Welcome words
- 9:30 am - 1:00 pm: Lectures. Session chair: Greg Bryan.
- Lecture 1: Romeel Davé "Cosmological framework and observational challenges"
- Coffee Break
- Lecture 2: Eve Ostriker "The interstellar medium: Contents and Physical Processes"
- 1:00 pm - 2:00pm: Lunch break
- 2:00 pm - 3:30pm: Contributed talks. Session chair: Rachel Sommerville.
- Jennifer Lotz
- Chris Hayward
- Sandro Tachella
- Tjitske Starkenburg
- 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm: Coffee break, walk back to CCA
- 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm: Orientation (in 162, 5th Ave, 5th floor. KSPA participants only)
Tuesday 6/26:
- 9:30 am - 1:00 pm: Lectures. Session chair: Andrea Ferrara.
- Lecture 3: Priya Natarajan "Basics of black holes and accretion"
- Coffee Break
- Lecture 4: Eve Ostriker "Giant molecular clouds and star formation"
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Lunch break, project discussion time
- 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm: Contributed talks. Session chair: Laura Sales
- Stephanie Tonnesen
- Greg Bryan
- Shy Genel
- Andrea Pallotini
- 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm: Coffee break, walk back to CCA
- 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm: Project presentation (in 162, 5th Ave, 5th floor. KSPA participants only)
Wednesday 6/27:
- 9:30 am - 1:00 pm: Lectures. Session chair: Chris Hayward
- Lecture 5: Romain Teyssier "Numerical methods, part 1"
- Coffee Break
- Lecture 6: Priya Natarajan "Primer on accretion disks and modeling black hole growth"
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Lunch break
- 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm: Contributed talks. Session chair: Stephanie Tonnesen
- Chang-Goo Kim
- Mordecai MacLow
- Lucia Armillota
- Miao Li
- 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm: Coffee Break, walk back to CCA
- 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm: Project presentation (in 162, 5th Ave, 5th floor. KSPA participants only)
Thursday 6/28:
- 9:30 am - 1:00 pm: Lectures. Session chair: Daisuke Nagai
- Lecture 7: Romain Teyssier "Numerical methods, part 2"
- Coffee Break
- Lecture 8: Eve Ostriker "Stellar feedback and self-regulation"
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Lunch break
- 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm: Contributed talks. Session chair: Shy Genel
- Rachel Sommerville
- Yuan Li
- Daisuke Nagai
- Alexander Kaurov
- 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm: Coffee Break, walk back to CCA
- 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm: Project discussion time (in 162, 5th Ave, 5th floor. KSPA participants only)
- Conference dinner!
Friday 6/29:
- 9:30 am - 1:00 pm: Lectures. Session chair: Eve Ostriker
- Lecture 9: Priya Natarajan "Black hole formation and feedback"
- Coffee Break Conference photo!
- Lecture 10: Romeel Davé "The gestalt of galaxy formation: status and outlook"
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm: Lunch break, project discussion time
- 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm: Contributed talks. Session chair: Priya Natarajan.
- Andrea Ferrara
- Laura Sales
- Philip Hopkins
- 3:30 pm - 4:00 pm : Coffee Break, walk back to CCA
- 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm: Project discussion time (in 162, 5th Ave, 5th floor. KSPA participants only)
Romeel Davé
Lecture 1: "Cosmological framework and observational challenges"
- Slides
- Video
Lecture 2:"The Gestalt of Galaxy Formation: status and outlook"
- Slides
- Video
Eve Ostriker
Lecture 1:"The interstellar medium: Contents and Physical Processes"
- Slides
- Video
Lecture 2:"Giant molecular clouds and star formation"
- Slides
- Video
Lecture 3:"Stellar feedback and self-regulation"
- Slides
- Video
Romain Teyssier
Lecture 1:"Numerical Methods part 1"
- Slides
- Video
Lecture 2:"Numerical Methods part 2"
- Video