Program  [Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3]

TUESDAY, Dec 11
AT&T Conference Center [map]

7:00-9:00 PM

Welcome Reception (Food/Beverage)

Private Dining Room (PDR) 1 & 2
Enter Carillon Restaurant and take stairs to the 2nd level

WEDNESDAY, Dec 12
AT&T Conference Center, Room 101 [map] [floor plans] [level one]

7:45-8:55 AM

Breakfast (Adjacent to Room 101)

SESSION I

8:55-9:00

Welcome, Paul Shapiro (UT Austin) [5]

9:00-9:35

Opening Talk: The CRTCP
Ilian Iliev (U Sussex, UK) [25 + 10]

[pdf]

9:35-10:10

Can UV Radiation of Star Forming Galaxies Reionize the Universe?
Anne Hutter (AIP, Potsdam) [25 + 10]

[pdf]

10:10-10:40

Coffee Break

10:40-11:15

The Impact of Minihalos on Reionization and the Numerical Schemes Behind It
Kyungjin Ahn (Chosun U, S.Korea) [25 + 10]

[pdf]

11:15-11:50

The Importance of Resolving Lyman-limit Systems in Cosmological Radiative Transfer Calculations
Matthew McQuinn (UC Berkeley) [25 + 10]

[pdf]

11:50-12:25

Discussion [35]

12:30-1:30

Lunch, AT&T Conference Center

Tejas Dining Room

SESSION II

2:00-2:35

Simulating the Sources of Reionization with SimpleX
Jan-Pieter Paardekooper (Max Planck MPE, Germany) [25 + 10]

[pdf]

2:35-3:10

DLAs, Escape Fraction, and Radiative Transfer
Ken Nagamine (U. Nevada, Las Vegas) [25 + 10]

[pdf]

3:10-3:40

Coffee Break

3:40-4:15

Local Reionization's Evolution with Merger Tree of H II Regions
Jonathan Chardin (Obs. Ast. de Strasbourg, France) [25 + 10]

[pdf]

4:15-4:50

Discussion [35]

4:50-5:25

Discussion [35]

5:25-6:00

First Thoughts on Target Problems for the CRTCP [35]

THURSDAY, Dec 13
AT&T Conference Center, Room 101 [map] [floor plans] [level one]

7:45-8:55 AM

Breakfast (Adjacent to Room 101)

SESSION I

9:00-9:35

On the Mass of the First Stars
Hajime Susa (Konan U., Kobe, Japan) [25 + 10]

[pdf]

9:35-10:10

On the Inside-Out Reionization of the Milky Way Satellite System
Pierre Ocvirk (Obs. Ast. de Strasbourg, France) [25 + 10]

[pdf]

10:10-10:40

Coffee Break

10:40-11:15

AMR for Reionization on GPUs
Dominique Aubert (Obs. Ast. de Strasbourg, France) [25 + 10]

[pdf]

11:15-11:50

Reverse Ray-Tracing in Urchin
Gabriel Altay (Georgia Tech, Atlanta) [25 + 10]

[pdf]

11:50-12:25

Discussion [35]

12:30-1:30

Lunch, AT&T Conference Center

Tejas Dining Room

SESSION II

2:00-2:35

The Improvement of START
Kenji Hasegawa (U. of Tsukuba, Japan) [25 + 10]

[pdf]

2:35-3:10

Radiative Transfer with TRAPHIC - Method, Tests, and Applications
Andreas Pawlik (Max Planck MPA, Germany) [25 + 10]

[pdf]

3:10-3:40

Coffee Break

3:40-4:15

CRASH3: Cosmological Radiation Transfer through Metals in CRASH
Luca Graziani (Max Planck MPA, Germany) [25 + 10]

[pdf]

4:15-4:50

Discussion [35]

4:50-5:25

Discussion [35]

5:25-6:00

More Thoughts on Target Problems for the CRTCP [35]

6:30-10:00

Conference Dinner

The Clay Pit Restaurant
1601 Guadalupe [map]

FRIDAY, December 14
AT&T Conference Center, Room 101 [map] [floor plans] [level one]

7:45-8:55 AM

Breakfast (Adjacent to Room 101)

SESSION I

9:00-9:35

C2-Ray: the Helium Extension and QSO H II Regions during Reionization
Garrelt Mellema (Stockholm U., Sweden) [25 + 10]

[pdf]

9:35-10:10

Radiative Transfer on the MassiveBlack Simulation
Yu Feng (Carnegie Mellon U., Pittsburgh) [25 + 10]

[svg]

10:10-10:40

Coffee Break

10:40-11:15

Discussion [35]

11:15-11:50

Development of a New Cosmological Hydrodynamics Code
Jihye Shin (Kyung Hee U., S. Korea) [25 + 10]

[pdf]

11:50-12:25

Discussion [35]

12:30-1:30

Lunch, AT&T Conference Center

Tejas Dining Room

SESSION II

2:00-2:35

The Role of Radiation Pressure in High-Redshift Dwarf Galaxies
John Wise (Georgia Tech, Atlanta) [25 + 10]

[pdf]

2:35-3:10

Discussion [35]

3:10-3:40

Coffee Break

3:40-4:15

CRTCP Planning Session [35]

4:15-4:50

CRTCP Planning Session [35]

4:50-5:25

CRTCP Planning Session [35]

5:25-6:00

Closing Remarks: Summary of Future Action Plans for the CRTCP Made By Workshop IV
Paul Shapiro (UT Austin) [25 + 10]

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