Lyman Alpha Forest Workshop

Lyman Alpha Forest Workshop

The Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP) at The Ohio State University (OSU) is hosting a Lyman Alpha Forest Workshop in Columbus, Ohio on October 10 and 11, with an evening welcome reception on October 9. All events will take place in the Physics Research Building on the Ohio State campus. 

For more information on the workshop, please see the following documents

Lyman Alpha Workshop program
Workshop Agenda
List of Participants

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From left to right:Molly Wolfson, Satya Gontcho A Gontcho, Paul Martini, Allyson Brodzeller, Meagan Herbold, Mikel Charles, Wynne Turner, David Weinberg, Ming-Feng Ho, Zheng Zheng, Yongda Zhu, Dylan Green, Claude-André Faucher-Giguère, Andrei Cuceu, Julien Guy, Zarija Lukić, Naim Göksel Karaçaylı, Rupert Croft, Andrew Newman, Nicole Gountanis, Mahdi Qezlou, Roger de Belsunce, Nicolas Lehner, Shi-Fan Chen, Shea DeFour-Remy, and Mikhail Ivanov.
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image credit: Illustration by Zosia Rostomian, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Nic Ross, Boss Lyman-alpha team, Berkeley Lab; and Springel et al, Virgo Consortium and Max Planck institute for Astrophysics.

 

The purpose of the workshop is to bring together researchers that use the Lyman alpha forest to study the intergalactic medium, reionization, quasars, and large-scale structure with simulations, models, and observations with a range of spectral resolution. One motivation is to share results and techniques that are applicable to a broad range of new observations, including space-based UV and ground-based observations from both large, moderate resolution surveys (SDSS, DESI) and high-resolution observations with large telescopes. Another motivation is to think about future possibilities with next generation projects such as Spec-S5, the Maunakea Spectroscopic Explorer, and WST.  

Organizing Committee:

Andrei Cuceu
Naim Göksel Karaçaylı
Chris Hirata
Paul Martini
Smita Mathur
David Weinberg
Molly Wolfson

CCAPP Code of Conduct