Reionization2023
Pan-Canadian Reionization Workshop
Advancements and future opportunities
Aug 3-4
TORONTO
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Venue:
55 St George St, Myhal R360
Background image credit:
Carnegie Institution for Science/MPIA
Agenda
August 3: Day theme: multi-probes of Reionization
08:45
Registration + Breakfast
09:15
Introduction & Welcome
jamboard activity + workshop overview
09:45
Keynote Talk: Dick Bond
Historical Overview of Reionization Research
10:15
Coffee/tea Break
10:45
Thematic session I -part I : Reionization and LIM
--- Tracing the inception of the star-forming cosmic web with line-intensity mapping (10mins) Dongwoo Chung (CITA, UofT)
--- Creating Mock Maps for LIM Experiments (5mins) Doga Tolgay (CITA, UofT)
--- CII as an SFR indicator of high-redshift galaxies (5 mins) Lichen Liang (CITA)
--- Extreme Emission Line Galaxies Selected Using JWST/NIRCam Medium Band Photometry (5 mins) Sunna Withers (York)
--- Using 21-cm lime emission and other signals to search for traces of inflation across cosmic time (2 mins) Nathan J. Carlson (CITA, UofT)
--- Tomographic studies of reionization (2 mins) Jennifer Chan (CITA, UofT)
11:15
Thematic session I -part II : Reionization and Dark Matter
--- Dark matter annihilation and early halos (5 mis) Katie Mack (Perimeter)
--- Dark matter annihilation in 21cm signal at cosmic dawn (10 mins) Liqiang Hou (Perimeter)
--- Searching for the fundamental nature of dark matter in the epoch of reionisation (10 mins) Keir Rogers (Dunlap-UofT)
Thinking/Writing + Group jamboard (5 mins)
12:15
Lunch Break
13:30
Keynote Talk: Andrian Liu (McGill)
Current statue of reionization experiments and research
14:00
Thematic session II: Reionization and 21cm
--- Improved Constraints on the 21-cm EoR Power Spectrum with HERA (20 mins) Bobby Pascua (McGill)
--- Reanalyzing HERA Phase-I data: is there a preference for strong X-ray heating? (10 mins; virtual)Debanjan Sarkar (McGill)
--- Recovering the 21cm Power Spectrum from Intensity Mapping Cross-correlations (5 mins)Lisa McBride (McGill)
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Thinking/Writing + Group jamboard (10 mins)
14:45
Coffee/tea Break
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15:00
Science speed chat (Structured networking)
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15:30
Thematic session III: Reionization and CMB
--- Taurus: A balloon-borne polarimeter for cosmic reionization and Galactic dust (10 mins) Steven Benton (Princeton)
--- Leveraging the wealth of reionisation observables (10 mins) Adélie Gorce (McGill)
--- CMB-kSZ-reionization (5 mins; virtual) Margaret Ikape (UofT)
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Thinking/Writing + Group jamboard (5 mins)
16:00
Coffee/tea Break
16:15
Session II and III Forum
16:45
Reflective writing session
17:00
Non-alcoholic Workshop Happy Hour (@ CITA Cafe - MP 1402 (McLennan Physical Laboratories, Burton Tower 14th flr)
August 4: Day theme: Reionization modeling and sources
08:45
Breakfast
09:15
Keynote talk: Numerical challenges in modelling Reionization (20 mins + 10 mins Q&A)
09:45
Thematic session IV: modelling, simulations and analysis
--- Application of Wavelet Based Statistics for Enhanced 21cm Parameter Constraints (10 mins) Ian Hothi (LERMA/LPENS)
--- New one-point estimators for cosmological cross-correlations (10 mins) Patrick Breysse (NYU)
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Thinking/Writing (5mins) + Group jamboard (5 mins)
10:15
Coffee/tea Break
10:45
Session IV Forum
11:05
Thematic session V - Part I: Reionization sources -- quasars
--- Learning Reionization History from Quasars with Simulation-Based Inference (15 mins) Huanqing Chen (CITA)
--- Analyzing the Effects of Quasars on Reionization (10 mins) Affan Khadir (CITA, UofT)
Thinking/Writing/Group jamboard (5 mins)
11:35
Panel discussion: future prospects of reionization
Panelists:
Dick Bond (CITA and UofT)
Renée Hložek (Dunlap-UofT)
Rahul Kannan (York)
Adrian Liu (McGill)
Katie Mack (Perimeter)
12:15
Lunch Break
13:30
Keynote Talk: Chris Willott (NRCC)
Reionization quasars and galaxies
14:00
Thematic session V - Part II: Reionization sources -- quasars & galaxies
--- Observing the Host Galaxies of High-z Quasars with JWST (20 mins) Madeline Marshall (NRCC)
--- Exploring the Epoch of Reionization and Epoch of He II Reionization Using Fast Radio Bursts (15 mins, virtual) Joey Bhangal (UBC)
--- Meet-and-greet (UBC Extragalactic Astrophysics Group): charting the growth of galaxies across cosmic time (5 mins) Allison Man (UBC)
Thinking/Writing/Group jamboard (5 mins)
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15:00
Coffee/tea Break
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15:30
Conference summary, reflection and focus group outlook
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16:00
Unstructured collaborative/networking time
(Rooms: MY 360, MY 370, CITA Café MP1402))
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17:30
CITA Happy Hour
(Prenup Pub, 191 College St, Toronto, ON M5T 1P9)
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