ASPEN
CENTER FOR PHYSICS
2006 Winter Conference
on
Cosmology
February 5-11, 2006
LOCAL GROUP COSMOLOGY
This
Conference seeks to explore what we can hope to learn about the formation and
evolution of galaxies from resolved observations of the Local Group, i.e.
cosmology in the near field. The oldest stars in the Local Group are of an age
similar to the look-back time of the most distant galaxies in the Hubble Ultra
Deep Field. Major new survey instruments are revealing a vast amount of
chemical and phase space information in local galaxies, much of it laid down by
conditions in the early universe.
All sky
photometric surveys have discovered new structures throughout the Local Group.
NASA's space telescopes are yielding new insights into the outer parts of
galaxies. Chemical studies of halo and dwarf spheroidal stars are giving us
important clues about the nature of the First Stars and how the reionization
epoch unfolded. Will we be able to interpret these data within a consistent
evolutionary framework?
This
conference will bring together leading observers and theorists to discuss the
wealth of new observations available from space-based and ground-based
observatories as well as the most recent generation of advanced supercomputer
simulations.
Application Deadline is October 30, 2005
Applications and further information may be
obtained from
Completed applications are to be sent to
jbh@aao.gov.au
Organizer
Joss Bland-Hawthorn Anglo-Australian
Observatory
Scientific Organizing Committee
K. Freeman Mount
Stromlo Observatory
J. Dalcanton University
of Washington
A. Helmi Kapteyn
Astronomical Institute
R. Wyse Johns
Hopkins University
K. Sembach Space
Telescope Science Inst
M. Steinmetz Astrophysics
Institute, Potsdam
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Center for Physics is committed to a significant participation by women and
under-represented groups in all of the CenterŐs programs.
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