Monday, November 1, 2010

Session I

Accretion processes in massive galaxy formation

  • discrete vs continuous: mergers (small, large) vs cold flows
  • reservoirs/duty cycle
  • violent, extraordinary phases
Invited Talks
9:00-9:30am
Dusan Keres
Gas Accretion in Galaxies
9:30-10:00am
Jen Lotz
           Galaxy Mergers Through Cosmic Time
10:00-10:30am
Avishai Dekel
           Feeding Massive Galaxies in their Most Active Phase of Assembly and Star Formation
Contributed Talks
10:50-11:05am
Greg Rudnick
The Efficiency of Clusters at Stopping Gas Accretion in Galaxies
11:05-11:20am
Mauro Giavalisco
Discovery of Massive Amounts of Cold HI Gas in a Galaxy Overdensity at Redshift z~1.6
11:20am-12:30pm
discussion led by Frederic Bournaud

Session II

Star formation in massive galaxies

  • triggering (including environmental effects, AGN, mergers, etc.)
  • duty cycles, efficiencies
  • feedback from stars
Invited Talks

2:00-2:30pm
          Guinevere Kauffmann
          What can be Learned from the Atomic and Molecular Gas Scaling Relations of Nearby Galaxies?
2:30-3:00pm
          Casey Papovich
          On the Star Formation Rates and Star Formation Histories of Massive Galaxies
3:00-3:30pm
          Emanuele Daddi
          Star Formation Modes in Distant Massive Galaxies

Contributed Talks
3:50-4:05pm
          Chris Hayward
          The Contribution of Merger-Induced Starbursts to the Sub-Millimeter Galaxy Population
4:05-4:20pm
          Carrie Bridge
          WISE-selected Lyman-alpha Blobs at z~2
4:20-5:20pm
          Discussion led by Rachel Somerville

Session III

Role of AGN during active, high SFR phase

  • growth of AGN during massive SFR phase
  • impact of AGN: global feedback,impact on ISM and dust
Invited Talks
9:00-9:30am
Phil Hopkins
How do Massive Black Holes Get their Gas (and Get Rid of It)?
9:30-10:00am
Eliot Quatert
Feedback From Radiation Pressure During theGrowth of Massive Galaxies and Their Central Black Holes
10:00-10:30am
Dieter Lutz
A Herschel View on Star Formation in High Redshift AGN Hosts
 
Contributed Talks
10:50-11:05am
Stephanie Juneau
Linking starbursts, Major Mergers, and Absorbed AGNS at Redshift~0.7
11:05-11:20am
Jerry Ostriker
The Two-Phase Evolution of Massive Galaxies
11:20am-12:30pm
Discussion led by Tim Heckman

Session IV

Internal structure of galaxies during high SFR phase

  • dynamics/morphology
  • chemistry
  • dust and gas distribution: ISM structure, resolved studies
Invited Talks
2:00-2:30pm
Reinhard Genzel
Gas-rich Massive Disks at z~2
2:30-3:00pm
Leo Blitz
The Gas Consumption History Over Cosmic Times
3:00-3:30pm
Thorsten Naab
A Theoretical View on the Internal Structure of High Redshift Galaxies
Contributed Talks
3:50-4:05pm
Andrew Baker
Cold Gas inventories in Massive High-redshift Galaxies
4:05-4:20pm
Linda Tacconi
High Gas Fractions and the K-s Relation for “Normal” Star Forming Galaxies From z = 1-3
4:20-5:20pm
Discussion led by Nick Scoville

Session V

Dust formation and evolution in massive galaxies

  • formation in extreme environments
  • grain size distribution/micro-physics
  • extinction laws, global observable properties
Invited Talks
9:00-9:30am
          Moshe Elitzur
          Dust Formation -- Extreme and Non-Extreme Environments
9:30-10:00am
          JD Smith
          Dust in Galaxies: Nuisance No Longer
10:00-10:30am
          Ranga Chary
          Studying Dust Grain Size Distribution With Redshift
10:50-11:20am
          Eli Dwek
          The Origin of Dust in the High-Redshift Universe
11:20am-12:00pm
          Discussion led by Lee Armus

Session VI

Conference summary - future observational tests hybrid session

  • chemical tracers: Herschel, ALMA spectroscopy, EVLA HI,…
  • continuum tracers: surveys
Invited Talks
1:15-1:35pm
Sandy Faber (HST)
Prospects For Observing Massive Galaxies in The CANDELS Survey
1:35-1:55pm
Peter Eisenhardt (WISE)
Initial Results on Luminous Obscured Galaxies From the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
1:55-2:15pm
Min Yun (LMT, Herschel)
Future Observations of the Gas/Dust Content Evolution
2:15-2:35pm
Fabian Walter (ALMA)
ALMA
2:35-2:55pm
Chris Carilli (EVLA)
Gas and Dust in the First Galaxies
3:15-4:00pm
discussion led by Desika Narayanan