2017-18

"Formation of the First Galaxies and their Connection to Local Dwarfs" Abstract: Formation of the First Galaxies and their Connection to Local DwarfsAbstract: One of the biggest challenges in modern cosmology is to understand the first generation of stars...

"The influence of streaming velocities on the formation of the first stars and black holes" The so-called streaming velocities are relative velocities between baryons and dark matter, originating from a second-order perturbation effect at recombination...

"DAVs: Red Edge & Outbursts" Abstract: As established by ground based surveys, white dwarfs with hydrogen atmospheres pulsate as they cool across the temperature range, $12500K< Teff < 10800K $. Known as DAVs or ZZ Ceti stars, their oscillations are...

"Simulations of molecular spectra for detection of biosignature gases and other volatiles" The ability to identify molecules within spectra is of importance for a variety of scientific and industrial uses. A compelling modern focus is the spectroscopic...

"Self-consistent empirical modeling of the evolution of galaxy morphology" Abstract: Recent advances in modeling the galaxy—halo connection have dramatically expanded the predictivity of data-driven approaches to galaxy formation modeling. Traditional...

"Self-consistent empirical modeling of the evolution of galaxy morphology" Abstract: Recent advances in modeling the galaxy—halo connection have dramatically expanded the predictivity of data-driven approaches to galaxy formation modeling. Traditional...

“The Primordial Lithium Problem” Abstract: Big bang nucleosynthesis (BBN) remains one of the major pillars of modern cosmology. A comparison of predicted and observationally-inferred primordial 2H and 4He abundances implies a baryon density in excellent...

* Pierre Christian (ITC): "Detecting gravitational lensing of gravitational waves" * Kathrin Altwegg (Bern): “In Situ, Landing or Sample Return: Pro’s and Con’s” * Alexie Leauthaud (UCSC): “Will it blend?” * Idan Ginsburg (ITC): "Gaia & Globular Cluster...

* Ana-Roxana Pop (ITC): " Shell Galaxies in the Illustris Simulation " * Rosalba Perna (Stony Brook University ): " Interactions between Multiple Supermassive Black Holes in Galactic Nuclei: a Solution to the Final Parsec Problem " * Glenn Starkman (CWRU)...

* Feraz Azhar (BHI): "Inflationary Trajectories: An Effective Field Theory Approach" * Juna Kollmeier (Carnegie): "The Cluster Variables: 1920-2020" * Mario Ballardini (University of the Western Cape): "Cosmological Constraints on Scalar-Tensor Dark...