Stellar Astrophysics
Planetary Sciences
Cosmology
Extragalactic Astrophysics
Theoretical & Computational Astrophysics
Galactic Evolution
Theory Group : Cosmology : Structure Formation
Cosmic Dark Ages & Reionization of the Universe
Computational and Analytical Studies of Gas Dynamics and Radiative Transfer
Numerical Simulations of Galaxy and Large-Scale Structure Formation
Nature of Dark Matter
Physical Processes in the Interstellar & Intergalactic Media
Volker Bromm, Tanja Rindler-Daller, Paul Shapiro
 | Associate Professor Research Interests Formation of the first stars and quasars; high-redshift supernovae and metal enrichment; supermassive black hole formation; gamma-ray bursts; reionization of the intergalactic medium; present-day star formation; computational astrophysics. Group Areas First Stars & Galaxies, ISM and Star Formation, Theoretical & Computational Astrophysics | |
 | Professor Research Interests Theoretical astrophysics: cosmology, galaxy formation, the interstellar medium, the intergalactic medium, interstellar dust grains, astrophysical hydrodynamics. Group Areas Milky Way Evolution, ISM and Star Formation, Early Universe, First Stars & Galaxies, Cosmic Reionization, Clusters of Galaxies | |
 | Postdoctoral Fellow Research Interests Galactic dynamics and structure formation, the nature of dark matter, quantum and classical many-body and statistical physics, cosmology. | |
Patchy reionization and patchy H2 dissociating background in (50cMpc)3 box at z = 15.7. Contours of thick colored lines represent different J21 contours (orange – J21= 0.1; blue – J21= 1), and the black contours represent the ionization fronts. Minihalos are subject to spatially-varying LW feedback effect, thus yielding spatially-varying minihalo star formation rate. JWST may able to detect clustered minihalo population at z ~ 15 in regions of least LW feedback.
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The Inhomogeneous Background of H2 Dissociating Radiation During Cosmic Reionization astro-ph