1. FIRST LIGHT IN THE UNIVERSE Richard Ellis, Caltech Role of Observations in Cosmology & Galaxy Formation Galaxies & the Hubble Sequence Cosmic Star Formation Histories…

Effects of early reionization on the formation of galaxies Hajime Susa Rikkyo University Impacts of UVB on GF PHOTO IONIZATION Production of electrons : catalysts of H2 formation…

Effects of early reionization on the formation of galaxies Hajime Susa Rikkyo University Impacts of UVB on GF PHOTO IONIZATION Production of electrons : catalysts of H2 formation…

Did Galaxies Reionize the Universe? Richard Ellis, Caltech CIFAR 2010 20 February 2010 Cosmic Reionization The third major event in cosmic history! When did it happen? Were…

“First Light” From New Probes of the Dark Ages and Reionization Judd D. Bowman (Caltech) Hubble Fellows Symposium 2008 Redshifted 21 cm mean brightness temperature Furlanetto…

Radiative Feedback on the formation of first generation subgalactic objects Hajime Susa Rikkyo University First Generation Objects Predicted by CDM density Perturbation Theory…