The recently established Cosmology Center at the University of California, Irvine is hosting a workshop on the theoretical study and observational detection of first luminous objects and signatures of reionization in the Universe. The workshop will be held at the Beckman Center on May 19th, 2005 to May 21st, 2005.

The workshop will consists of planery talks and discussions related to following topics (in random order of importance):

:: Astrophysics of first sources
:: Reionization and it's signatures in CMB
:: Narrow-band Lyman-alpha Searches
:: Mid- and Far-IR Observations
:: 21 cm background theory and experiments
:: High redshift quasar and galaxy observations
:: Gamma-ray bursts
:: Future Facilities and Instrumentation

We are hoping to have an equal mix of observers, experimentalists, and theorists.

There is no registration fee to attend the conference.  The workshop program, including talks and discussion sessions, will be available in mid-April, and it is anticipated that the workshop proceedings will be published.

NOTE:
General registration is CLOSED at this time.   Due to space constraints, the number of participants is limited to 50, and that limit has been reached.

If it is imperative that you attend the workshop, please send an email to Asantha Cooray (acooray@uci.edu).

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Organizing Committee:

Asantha Cooray* Betsy Barton* Aaron Barth* James Bullock*

Steve Furlanetto Manoj Kaplinghat* Peng Oh Naoki Yoshida

* Local Organizing Committee

	May 19
	7:30	BREAKFAST BEGINS
	8:45 -  9:00	UCI Welcome: Dean Ron Stern and Asantha Cooray
	9:00 -  9:30	Tom Abel (Stanford) First Light
	9:30 - 10:00	Dave Romeel (Arizona) Simulations of First Galaxy Formation
	10:00 - 10:20	Virginia Trimble (UC Irvine) Historical Overview
	10:20 - 11:00	BREAK
	11:00 - 11:30	Richard Ellis (Caltech) Searching for the Sources Responsible for Cosmic Reionization
	11:30 - 12:00	Joss Bland-Hawthorn (AAO)  In Search of the Dark Ages – New Technologies and New Ideas
	12:00 - 12:30	Chris Carilli (NRAO) Radio Observations of Cosmic Reionization
	12:30 - 2:00	LUNCH
	2:00 - 2:25	James Rhoads (STSCI) Lyman Alpha Galaxies as Probes of Galaxy Formation and Reionization
	2:25 - 2:50	Sangeeta Malhotra (STSCI) Observed Clustering at z~6 and Implications for Reionization
	2:50 - 3:10	Crystal Martin (UCSB) Recent Results from z~6 Ly-alpha Searches
	3:10 - 3:30	J.D. Smith (Arizona)  Ly-alpha Search Results
	3:30 - 4:00	BREAK
	4:00 - 4:15	Mark Dijkstra (Columbia) Theoretical Predictions for Lyman Alpha Emission from (early) Galaxy Formation
	4:15 - 4:30	Jeff Cooke (UCSD) The Cross-correlation of Damped Lyman-alpha Systems and Lyman Break Galaxies
	4:30 - 4:50	Masao Mori (UCLA) Supernova Explosions and Self-Enrichment in Ly-alpha Emitters
	4:50 - 5:10	Andrew Bunker (University of Exeter) Star Formation at z~6 and Reionization
	5:10 - 5:30	Joe Jensen (Gemini)  Gemini Projects
	5:30 - 6:00	Jon Willis  (Victoria) ZEN and the Search for High-redshift Galaxies
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	May 20
	9:00 - 9:30	Renyue Cen (Princeton) Cosmological Reionization in LCDM Models with and Without a Scalar Field
	9:30 - 9:50	Brian Keating (UCSD) CMB Optical Depth Measurements
	9:50 - 10:05	Matt McQuinn (Harvard) The Kinetic Sunyaev-Zeldovich Effect from Reionization
	10:05 - 10:20	Kyungjin Ahn (University of Texas, Austin) 21 cm Background Before Reionization: Minihalos &the IGM Before Ly-alpha pumping
	10:20 - 10:40	Peng Oh (UCSB) Spectral Signatures of Reionization
	10:40 - 11:00	BREAK
	11:00 - 11:30	Raffaella  Schneider (Arcetri)  Constraining the Epoch of Very Massive Star Formation
	11:30 - 11:50	Evan Scannapieco (KITP) Detecting Primordial Stars
	11:50 - 12:10	Jason Tumlinson (Chicago) Reionization, Early Chemical Enrichment, and the IMF of the First Stars
	12:10 - 12:30	Aparna Venkatesan (Colorado) Detecting the Transition From Pop III to Pop II Stars
	12:30 - 2:00	LUNCH
	2:00 - 2:15	Matt Hansen (UCSB) Multi-phase Ly-alpha Radiative Transfer in High-z Galaxies
	2:15 - 2:30	Dan Stark (Caltech) A Keck Survey for Magnified Lyman-alpha Emitters at z > 8
	2:30 - 3:00	Sasha Kashlinsky (Goddard) Cosmic Infrared Background Observations and First Stellar Populations
	3:00 -3:20	Jamie Bock (JPL)  The Cosmic Infrared Background Experiment
	3:20 - 3:40	Martin Harwit (Cornell)  A Far-Infrared/Submillimeter Kilometer-Baseline Interferometer in Space
	3:40 - 4:00	BREAK
	4:00 - 4:20	Matt Bradford (Caltech) Knowledge is BLISS: Far-IR Spectroscopy with SPICA and SAFIR
	4:20 - 4:40	Harold Yorke (JPL) Formation of Massive Stars Today and in the Distant Past
	4:40 - 5:00	Christopher Conselice (Caltech)  Observing the Formation Modes of Galaxies at z > 6
	5:00 - 5:30	Marcia Rieke (Arizona) JWST and NIRCam
	5:30 - 6:00	Rogier Windhorst (Arizona State) JWST: How Will it Measure First Light, Reionization, and Galaxy Assembly?
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	May 21
	9:00 - 9:20	Naoki Yoshida (Nagoya) Simulations of Early Structure Formation: The First Galaxies
	9:20 - 9:40	Casey Papovich (Arizona) Red Galaxies Detected by Spitzer: Implications for High-z Starformation
	9:40 - 10:00	Kentaro Nagamine (UCSD)  Early Structure Formation Traced by Massive Starburst Galaxies and Their Implication on Reionization
	10:00 - 10:20	Haojing Yan (Caltech) Spitzer Observations of High-Redshift Galaxies
	10:20 - 10:40	Pat McCarthy (OCIW) GLARE UDF Search for z~6 Objects with GMOS
	10:40 - 11:00	BREAK
	11:00 - 11:30	George Djorgovski (Caltech) Evidence for Biasing and a Strong Cosmic Variance in the Post-reionization IGM Transmission
	11:30 - 11:50	Xiaohui Fan (Arizona) Lessons Learned from z~6 Quasars
	11:50 - 12:20	Don Lamb (Chicago) GRBs as Probes of "First Light"
	12:20 - 12:35	Andrei Mesinger (Columbia) Probing Reionization and Early Structures with the Proximity Effect, SNe and GRBs
	12:35 - 2:00	LUNCH
	2:00 - 2:20	Derek Fox (Caltech) Hunting for High-Redshift Gamma-Ray Bursts
	2:20 - 2:40	Rychard Bouwens (UC Santa Cruz) Luminosity Functions and Star Formation Rates at z~6-10: Galaxy Buildup
	2:40 - 3:00	Naoki Seto (Caltech) Prospects for Observing High-redshift Objects with Gravitational Waves
	3:00 - 3:30	Ned Wright (UCLA) Signatures of Reionization in the CMB
	3:30 - 4:00	BREAK
	4:00 - 4:20	Steven Furlanetto (Caltech) Bubble, Bubble, Toil, and Trouble:  21 cm Measurements of the High-Redshift Universe
	4:20 - 4:40	Rogier Windhorst (Arizona State) Generation-X: A New Window to z>6
	4:40 - 5:10	Jeff Peterson (CMU) Searching for Early Ionization with the Primeval Structure Telescope
	5:10 - 5:30	Miguel Morales (MIT)  Statistical detection of the EOR: Sensitivity of Proposed Observations, Recent Results on Foreground Subtraction, and the Implications for Array Design
	5:30 - 5:45	Elizabeth Barton (UCI) Observational Summary
	5:45 - 6:00	Manoj Kaplinghat and James Bullock (UCI) Theory Summary

Proceedings Publication Guidelines

Details

Dates: Thursday May 19th, 2005 to Saturday May 21st, 2005
Beckman Center, Irvine, California

The Beckman Center is next to the University of California Irvine.  Breakfast will be served at the Beckman Center at 7:30 a.m., and the workshop is scheduled to be held from 9:00 am to 6 pm daily.  A laptop and overhead projector will be available for presentations.  Participants will also have access to a wireless internet
network.

Breakfast and lunch will be provided to all conference participants at the Beckman Center.  Dinner options are available in Irvine and Newport Beach.   A dinner may be organized for interested participants either on the 20th or 21st, depending on interest.

Location:
The Beckman Center is owned and operated by the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering. It is located by  the UC Irvine Campus, and is within close proximity to Irvine and Newport Beach.

Beckman Center
National Academies of Sciences & Engineering
100 Academy
Irvine, CA. 92612-3002

Directions:
The Center is located in Irvine at the corner of University Drive and California Avenue. The entrance is on Academy Way.

From the Los Angeles area
Follow Interstate 405 south to Highway 73/SJH Toll Road south. Follow Highway 73 approximately 2 miles and exit at University Drive. Turn left on University Drive and continue to California Avenue. Turn right on California Avenue, then turn right at the first street, Academy.

From the San Diego area
Take Interstate 5 north to Interstate 405 north. Exit Jeffrey Road (which becomes University Drive). Turn left on Jeffrey Road. Continue approximately 3 miles to California Avenue and turn left. Then turn right at the first street, Academy.

From the Riverside area
Take the 91 Freeway west to the 55 Freeway south to Highway 73/SJH Toll Road south. Go approximately 2 miles and exit at University. Turn left on University. Continue on University to California Avenue. Turn right on California Avenue. Turn right at the first street, Academy.

Lodging Information

The Atrium Hotel at Orange County Airport has been selected for the UCI Cosmology Conference participants.  The following provides information on how participants can make guest room reservations at the Atrium Hotel.  A free shuttle service is provided to and from the Atrium Hotel and the Beckman Center (7:30 a.m. and 6:00 p.m.) 
  
:: Participants can call the toll free number for immediate reservations:   (800) 854-3012
 
:: Participants can e-mail Laura Rudd, Sales Manager:   lrudd@atriumhotel.com
      NOTE:  please send a copy to Laura Rudd's assistant, Dina Silva:    dsilva@atriumhotel.com

   A reply will be sent within 48 hours and it will include a confirmation number.

     In the e-mail, please provide the following information:
        (1) Name of guest
        (2) Check-in date
        (3) Check-out date
        (4) 1 King Bed or 2 Double Beds
        (5) Smoking or Non-smoking and
        (6) a phone number
 
Important:  Participants must inform the reservation agent that they are participating in the UCI Cosmology Conference when making their reservation to guarantee the special UCI rate of $89 per night (+ tax).   

Additional Lodging (students)

There are rooms available for students at the special UCI rate at the Travelodge Hotel.  Participants must inform the reservation agent that they are attending a UCI conference when making their reservation to guarantee the special UCI rate of $54 per night (+ tax).

Orange County Airport/Costa Mesa Travelodge
1400 SE Bristol St, Santa Ana, CA  92707, US
Phone: 714-557-8700 * Fax: 714-557-9164
Check In: 03:00 PM   Check Out: 12:00 PM

Travel

If you are flying into California, the Orange County John Wayne Airport  (SNA; also called Santa Ana) is the preferred choice.   The UCI campus and the Beckman Center are both within a 10 minute taxi ride.  For international flights, Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) is the best option with transportation to the Beckman Center via shuttle vans.

Ground Transportation from John Wayne International (SNA) Airport:

Participants can utilize the Super Shuttle Service from the John Wayne (SNA) Airport.  The approximate cost is $15 for.  Reservation can be made at 1-800-258-3826.

http://www.supershuttle.com/htm/cities/sna.htm

Ground Transportation from Los Angeles International (LAX) Airport:
Participants can utilize the Super Shuttle Service.   Reservations are not necessary - the Super Shuttle vans run frequently.  After you have claimed your baggage, proceed to the shuttle bus areas, and you will see blue vans with "SuperShuttle" logos. 

For more detailed information, visit the LAX Super Shuttle webpage at:

http://www.supershuttle.com/htm/cities/lax.htm

Ground Transportation from Long Beach Airport:

Participants can utilize the Super Shuttle Service.  For more detailed information, visit the Long Beach Airport Ground Transportation webpage at:

http://www.longbeach.gov/airport/airline_travelers/ground_transportation.asp

International Travel Information
       For International Travel and VISA information, please go to:

             UCI International Center