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Program (tentative)









Monday, June 2
11:00
Coffee

13:00
Lunch

14:00-15:00

Free Discussion (at the IAS, Rm 128)
Tuesday, June 3
11:00
Coffee

12:30-13:30
(Nir Shaviv)
(The early faint sun paradox, astrolunch at the Inst of Physics, Kaplun bldg, Rm 200)
14:00-15:00

Free Discussion (at the IAS)
16:00-17:30
(Neta Bahcall)
(The Dark Side of the Universe, Physics Colloq., Levine bldg, Hall 8)
Wednesday, June 4: Formation of the Milky Way
11:00
Coffee

13:00
Lunch at the IAS

14:00-14:30
Julio Navarro (1)
The Formation of the Milky Way Disk
14:30-15:00
Rachel Somerville (1)
The Formation of the Milky Way
15:00
Coffee

15:15-15:45
Nir Shaviv (1)
Studying galactic dynamics using meteorites and geology
Thursday, June 5: Large-Scale Structure and more
10:30-11:00
Hume Feldman
Unbiased analysis of peculiar velocities
11:00-11:30
Stefan Gottloeber
The structure of voids
11:30
Coffee

12:00-12:30
Yehuda Hoffman (1)
Constrained simulations of the local universe and halo mass function in voids
12:30-13:00
Lexi Moustakas (1)
ERO, merging ellipticals, weak-lensing masses, strong-lens candidates
13:00
Lunch out


Afternoon free

Friday, June 6: Shavuot
11:45-21:00
Beach, Kibuts (see social program)

Saturday, June 7: Shavuot
11:15-18:00
Abu Gosh (see social program)

Sunday, June 8, morning: GOOD Stuff (chair: Yehuda Hoffman)
11:00
Coffee

11:30-12:00
Rachel Somerville (2)
GOODS: When were massive galaxies assembled
12:00-12:30
Lexi Moustakas (2)
GOODS: Massive galaxies and their environments at z~1-2
13:00
Lunch

Sunday, June 8, afternoon (chair: Dani Maoz)
14:30-15:00
Puragra Guhathakurta (1)
M31's stellar halo: substructure, dynamics and metallicity
15:00-15:30
Oleg Gnedin (1)
Formation of globular clusters in hiererchical cosmology
15:30
Coffee

16:00-16:30
Stacy McGaugh (1)
Halo concentrations and cosmology
16:30-17:00
Frank van den Bosch (1)
The galaxy-dark matter connection
19:00
Reception and lecture

Monday, June 9, morning: Galaxy Properties and Evolution z=0-1 (chair: Leo Blitz)
10:00-11:10
Sandy Faber (1)
DEEP: Galaxy properties and the luminosity function at z~1
11:10
Coffee

11:40-12:15
Luc Simard
Galaxy populations in high-z clusters: disks and spheroids
12:15-13:00
Mary-Angela Bernardi (1)
SDSS: Early-Type Galaxies and constraints on models
13:00
Lunch

Monday, June 9, afternoon: The Angular-Momentum Problem (chair: Rachel Somerville)
14:30-15:00
Julio Navarro (2)
The angular-momentum problem in simulations
15:00-15:30
Fabio Governato (1)
The angular-momentum problem in simulations
15:30
Coffee

16:00-16:30
Arieh Maller (1)
Solutions to the angular-momentum problem
16:30-17:00
Frank van den Bosch (2)
The Impact of Preheating on the Angular Momentum of Proto-Galaxies
17:00-17:30
Neal Katz (1)
Resonances: angular-momentum transfer from a bar and core formation
17:30
Coffee

17:45-18:30
Marc Davis (by phone)
Science with DEEP2
Tuesday, June 10, morning: The Cusp/Core Problem (chair: Avi Loeb)
10:00-10:30
Stacy McGaugh (2)
Mass distributions from rotation curves
10:30-11:00
Leo Blitz (1)
Is there a universal profile for dark matter in dwarf galaxies?
11:00-11:15
Joel Primack
A brief review of observed rotation curves -- a second opinion
11:15
Coffee

11:45-12:15
Julio Navarro (3)
Dark-matter halo mass profiles and disk galaxy rotation curves
12:15-12:45
Gary Mamon (1)
Cusps in ellipticals?
12:45-13:15
Yehuda Hoffman (2)
The flattening of density cusps by dynamical friction on clouds
13:15
Lunch

Tuesday, June 10, afternoon: Cusp/Core 2; Dwarf Galaxies (chair: Adi Nusser)
14:30-15:00
Avishai Dekel (1)
Cusps by mergers and cores by feedback
15:00-15:45
Puragra Guhathakurta (2)
Dwarf Spheroidal Satellites of M31 and Dwarf Ellipticals in Virgos
15:45-16:15
Leo Blitz (2)
HI velocities in dwarf galaxies, and a map of a potential dark galaxy
16:15
Coffee

16:45-17:15
Oleg Gnedin (2)
Disruption of satellites in the Local Group halo
17:15-17:45
Amiel Sternberg
The Compact High Velocity HI Clouds as Dark Matter Mini-Halos
17:45-18:00
Orly Gnat
Absorption line signatures of minihalos in the Local Group s
18:15
Departure for dinner by coach from the campus pedestrian gate

Wednesday, June 11, morning: Semi-Analytic Modeling (chair: Sandy Faber)
10:00-10:35
Joel Primack (1)
Interacting galaxy simulations and implications for SAMS
10:35-11:15
Julien Devriendt
IR galaxy properties from hierarchical models
11:15
Coffee

11:45-12:15
Risa Wechsler (1)
The Dark Side of the Halo Occupation Distribution
12:15-12:45
Yuval Birnboim
Virial shocks in halos?
13:00
Lunch

Wednesday, June 11, afternoon: Free
14:00-19:30
Jerusalem Tour: deparure by coach from Beit Belgia

Thursday, June 12, morning: Hierarchical models; Feedback 1 (chair: Hagai Netzer)
10:00-10:30
Neal Katz (2)
How do galaxies grow? accretion vs. merging
10:30-11:00
Gary Mamon (2)
The rate of galaxy mergers and the morphology-density relation
11:00-11:30
Joel Primack (2)
The faint end of the luminosity function
11:30
Coffee

12:00-12:30
Avi Loeb (1)
Properties of the first galaxies and their feedback on the IGM
12:30-13:00
Fabio Governato (2)
Different kinds of feedback effects on galaxies and groups
13:00
Lunch

Thursday, June 12, afternoon: Feedback 2 (chair: Stacy McGaugh)
14:30-15:00
Dani Maoz (1)
Observed SN-Ia rates, SFH, and metal enrichment
15:00-15:30
Rennan Barkana (1)
GRBs versus quasars: probing reionization versus halo masses
15:30
Coffee

16:00-16:30
Nir Shaviv (2)
Thermal winds and the evaporation of drawfs
16:30-17:00
Avishai Dekel (2)
The role of feedback in galaxy formation
Friday, June 13, morning: Large-Scale Structure (chair: Neal Katz)
10:00-10:30
Gary Mamon (3)
Cosmological parameters from standard ruler analysis
10:30-11:00
Arieh Maller (2)
Large Scale Structure from 2MASS
11:00-11:30
Ravi Sheth
Marked correlation functions
11:30
Coffee

12:00-12:30
Frank van den Bosch (3)
Cosmological Constraints from Large Scale Structure
12:30-13:00
Steve Phelps
The masses of nearby galaxies and the cosmological action
13:00
Lunch

Friday, June 13, afternoon: Free
14:30-18:00
Liturgic Tour (meeting in Zion Gate, see Social Activity)

Saturday, June 14
08:30-17:00
Tour to Masada and the Dead Sea (see Social Activity)

Sunday, June 15: Massive Black Holes 1 (chair: Tim McKay)
11:00
Coffee -- roundtable discussion

13:00
Lunch

14:00-14:40
Avi Loeb (2)
The growth of massive black holes in galactic centers
14:40-15:20
Oleg Gnedin (3)
Formation of massive black halos in dense gas peaks at z~10
15:20
Coffee

15:50-16:30
Hagai Netzer
The largest black holes and the most luminous galaxies
16:30-17:10
Tal Alexander
Dissipative stellar processes near massive black holes
Monday, June 16: Processes at high z (chair: Joel Primack)
11:00
Coffee -- roundtable discussion

13:00
Lunch

14:00-14:40
Avi Loeb (3)
The use of gamma-ray bursts for probing the reionization epoch
14:40-15:20
Arieh Maller (3)
Galaxy formation and absorption systems
15:20
Coffee

15:50-16:30
Adi Nusser
Statistics of reionization and clustering in the forest
16:30-17:00
Leonid Chuchoy
Element diffusion in clusters
Tuesday, June 17: IGM & GRB; Black Holes 2 (chair: Ravi Sheth)
11:00
Coffee -- roundtable discussion

13:00
Lunch

14:00-14:35
Eli Waxman
Non-thermal processes in the IGM due to structure formation
14:35-15:10
Tsvi Piran
Gamma-Ray Bursts and Galaxy Formation
15:10-15:40
James Bullock (1)
The origin of Quasar Black Holes
15:40
Coffee

16:10-16:40
Dani Maoz (2)
Just how dormant are PGNs (passive galactic nuclei)?
16:40-17:10
Amri Wandel
The black-hole host galaxy relation in active galaxies
Wednesday, June 18: Modeling Galaxy Formation (chair: Nir Shaviv)
11:00
Coffee -- roundtable discussion

13:00
Lunch

14:00-14:40
James Bullock (2)
Small-scale crisis, early formation, and the initial power spectrum
14:40-15:10
Rennan Barkana (2)
Theoretical modeling of halos: biasing and infall
15:10-15:40
Vincent Desjacque
Galactic winds
15:40
Coffee

16:10-16:40
Mary-Angela Bernardi
SDSS: early type galaxies and black holes
16:40-17:10
Amiel Sternberg (2)
More on High-Velocity Clouds and dark halos
20:00
dinner

Thursday, June 19: Gravitational Lensing (chair: Ari maller)
11:00
Coffee -- roundtable discussion

13:00
Lunch

14:00-14:30
Risa Wechsler (2)
Relating the mass distribution to galaxy properties in SDSS
14:30-15:10
Tim McKay
The mass scale for groups and clusters in SDSS imaging data
15:10-15:40
Eran Ofek
Galaxy mass evolution from the redshift distribution of lens galaxies
15:40
Coffee

16:10-16:50
Ue-Li Pen
Distribution of matter from the VIRMOS-DESCART lensing survey
16:50-17:30
Tom Broadhurst
Strong Lensing Analysis of Massive Clusters Imaged by ACS
Friday, June 20: Free

Free

Saturday, June 14

Trip to the Galilee

Sunday, June 22
11:00
Coffee

13:00
Lunch

14:00-14:45
Mary-Angela Bernardi (3)
SDSS more
14:45-15:30
Sandy Faber (2)
DEEP more
15:30
Coffee

Monday, June 23
11:00
Coffee

13:00
Lunch

14:00-14:45
Dani Maoz (3)
Can high-z SFRs be deduced from UV and emission-line data?
14:45-15:30
TBD
TBD
15:30
Coffee

Tuesday, June 24
11:00
Coffee

13:00
Lunch

14:00-14:45
TBD
TBD
14:45-15:30
TBD
TBD
15:30
Coffee

Wednesday, June 25
11:00
Coffee

13:00
Lunch

14:00-14:45
TBD
TBD
14:45-15:30
TBD
TBD
15:30
Coffee