Division J Galaxies and Cosmology

President

Françoise Combes

Observatoire de Paris
LERMA
61 Av de l'Observatoire
Bat. A
75014 Paris
France

Phone: +33 1 40 51 20 77
Fax: +33 1 40 51 20 02
Email: francoisecombesobspmfr
Personal website: http://aramis.obspm.fr/~combes
Organization website: http://www.obspm.fr/

Last updated:
December 13, 2012

Vice-President

Thanu Padmanabhan

Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
IUCAA
Post Bag 4 Ganeshkhind
Pune University Campus
Pune 411 007
India

Phone: +91 20 2560 4100
Fax: +91 20 2560 4699
Email: paddyiucaaernetin
Personal website: http://www.iucaa.ernet.in/~paddy
Organization website: http://www.iucaa.ernet.in/

Last updated:
December 6, 2012

Steering Committee

Andrew J. Bunker
Stephane J. Courteau
Marijn Franx
John S. Gallagher III
Ofer Lahav
Jayant Murthy
Monica Rubio
Elaine M. Sadler
Brian P. Schmidt
Thaisa Storchi-Bergmann

Description

Division J covers all thematics dealing with the physics of the Universe, and the physics of galaxies composing it, but not in particular the Milky Way, which is relevant to Div.H ("Interstellar Matter and Local Universe"). Also, some of the topics will be shared with Div.D ("High Energy Phenomena and Fundamental Physics").

The main topics can be listed in four categories:

Physics and content of the Universe
The early Universe, cosmological models;
Baryonic and non-baryonic matter, dark matter and dark energy.
Evolution of structures
Cosmic backgrounds (CMB, and all backgrounds from radio to gamma-rays);
Populations of galaxies, galaxy clusters and groups, intergalactic medium.
Formation and evolution of galaxies
Reionization, first objects (AGN, Starbursts), history of star formation;
Physics of galaxies at all redshifts, role of the environment.
Spatially resolved galaxies
Star formation laws in galaxies, resolved stellar population;
Dynamics of sub-structures (bulges, disks, spiral structure...).