When: Friday, October 15, 2021, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PMWhere: Physics (G. O. Jones building) room 610 & online
Speaker: Stephen Wilkins (Sussex)
Exploring the Earliest Phase of Galaxy Evolution
The earliest phase of galaxy evolution - roughly spanning the first billion years - is a critical period in the Universe’s history. This period encompasses: the formation of the formation of the first stars; the transition from metal-free (population III) to metal enriched (Population II) star formation; early enrichment of the ISM including the first production of dust; the formation of the first super-massive black holes and AGN; and reionisation of the Universe’s neutral hydrogen. While Hubble and other telescopes have provided our first glimpse of this period the upcoming Webb and Euclid telescopes will allow us to explore the early Universe in much more depth. In this talk I’ll introduce this period of the Universe's history before moving on to describe a cosmological simulation project I lead: FLARES.