Parallel sessions

In the past decades, the observational frontier on the distant Universe has expanded rapidly, with hundreds of galaxies now known at z > 6. In parallel, facilities such as ALMA, near-infrared spectrographs (e.g. MOSFIRE) and Spitzer/IRAC have allowed unique investigations into the properties of these galaxies, while several other instruments have allowed detailed studies of low(er) redshift analogues. The field is soon to change yet again with the arrival of JWST, and future large area surveys such as Euclid and LSST. In this session we will discuss what is currently known about the high-redshift galaxy population, and consider future prospects for understanding galaxies properties with current and future facilities (e.g. ATHENA, JWST, ELTs, SKA) that will reveal truly multi-wavelength view of the early Universe in the forthcoming decade.
Session topics could include:
- The properties of high-redshift galaxies
- HST and ground-based surveys for the first galaxies
- Lyman-alpha emitters and LBG connection
- Re-ionisation, including the 21cm view
- New developments in stellar population models
- Low(er) redshift analogs of high-redshift galaxies
- The FIR view of high-redshift galaxies: dust properties
- [CII] detections with ALMA
- The quasar - galaxy connection at high redshift
- JWST predictions
- High redshift transients (GRBs, SNe)
- Predictions from cosmological simulation