DEX-XVII: 17th Durham-Edinburgh eXtragalactic Workshop

6 Jan 2020, 09:30 → 7 Jan 2021, 18:00 Europe/London

Virtual Conference

Traces of new Physics: insights into the unknown 

The DEX XVII workshop invites colleagues from Durham, Edinburgh, Lancaster, Newcastle and St Andrews-- to meet virtually and present our recent advances in extragalactic astronomy, including cosmology, galaxy formation, AGN feedback, the very first stars and reionisation. In past meetings we have revisited big questions in astronomy that await for answers from the next generation of instruments and theoretical progress. During this meeting, let us share our insights into those unknowns, and explore possible traces of new physics. We aim to bring together observers and theorists to discuss progress in modelling, simulation and observations at the frontier. Along the way, we hope to create a space where we can freely exchange new ideas and which will foster collaborations among our respective research groups.

Dates: 6th - 7th, January, 2021

Important dates: 
Registration opens -  Fri Nov 20th 2020
Deadline for abstract submission - Fri Dec 4th 2020
Schedule will be announced by Mon Dec 21st 2020

Programme now available! Check it out here or dowload the pdf.

We expect all attendees to adhere to the conference code of conduct which can be found here.

Venue: this conference will be online

Social events: Quiz night (online) on Wednesday evening, from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm

Registration is free of charge.

Organizers: The following people have been involved in the organisation of DEX XVII:

        Co-chair: Yan-Chuan Cai (Edinburgh)
        Co-chair: Teresita Suarez Noguez (Edinburgh)
        Mathilde Jauzac (Durham)
        Andrew Robertson (Durham)
        David Sobral (Lancaster)
        Juan V. Hernandez Santisteban (St Andrews) 
        Christopher Harrison (Newcastle)

 

 

Code of conduct

DEX-XVII_Programme.pdf

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Wednesday 6 January

09:00 Connection Starts

Zoom meeting will open

1 Welcome!

2 Strong gravitational lensing: Investigating the structure and evolution of massive elliptical galaxies

Speaker: Etherington Amy (Durham University)

3 How dark are filaments in the cosmic web?

Speaker: Yang Tianyi (The University of Edinburgh)

DEX_Tianyi_Yang.pdf

4 The galaxy-halo connection in clusters

Speaker: Niemiec Anna (Durham University)

5 Constraining the Dark Matter Particle With Strong Gravitational Lensing

Speaker: Nightingale James (Durham University)

NightingaleStrongLensingDex2021.pdf

6 New constraints on AGN number counts using the Swift/XRT serendipitous survey

Speaker: Delaney Jack (The University of Edinburgh)

7 The Onset of Gravothermal Core Collapse in Velocity Dependent Self-Interacting Dark Matter Subhaloes

Speaker: Turner Hannah (Durham University)

8 DM Loss in Simulated CDM & SIDM Clusters

Speaker: Sirks Ellen (Durham University)

DEX_Ellen_Sirks.pdf

9 Fast HOD fitting for the creation of mock galaxy catalogues

Speaker: Grove Cameron (Durham University)

10 Tracing the evolution of bulges and disks in faint galaxies using 3D Multi-wavelength Modelling

Speaker: Welikala Niraj (The University of Edinburgh)

11:00 Coffee Break

Breakout rooms in Zoom available

11 The impact of galactic Lyman-alpha emission on the 21-cm Cosmic Dawn signal

Speaker: Meiksin Avery (The University of Edinburgh)

12 An analytic model of cosmic star formation

Speaker: Sorini Daniele (The University of Edinburgh)

13 The stochastic enrichment of near-pristine systems

Speaker: Welsh Louise (Durham University)

14 Hunting for Globular Clusters in the Early Universe

Speaker: Phipps Frederika (The University of Edinburgh)

DEXPresentation_FrederikaPhipps.pdf

12:30 Lunch Break

15 Y-NBS: Probing the epoch of reionisation with the brightest distant LAEs

Speaker: Wade Heather (Lancaster University)

16 The frequency of galaxy mergers in the local and distant Universe

Speaker: Husko Filip (Durham University)

17 Probing rotation curves to the edges of individual star-forming galaxies at high-redshift

Speaker: Puglisi Annagrazia (Durham University)

18 Pathways to quenching galaxies in SIMBA cosmological simulation and observations

Speaker: Zheng Yirui (The University of St. Andrews)

YiruiZheng_DexXVII_RQG_Simba.pdf

19 Radiation Hydrodynamics in High Redshift Universe

Speaker: Chan Tsang Keung (Durham University)

20 Mocking The Universe Using Machine Learning

Speaker: Chittenden Harry (The University of St. Andrews)

H G Chittenden - Mocking The Universe Using Machine Learning.pdf

21 Galaxy disequilibrium: galaxy-satellite interaction induced reflex motion

Speaker: Petersen Michael (The University of Edinburgh)

22 Resolved spectroscopy of cluster galaxies at z>1 now and into the future

Speaker: Amos Nicholas (Lancaster University)

NickAmos_ClusterGalaxies.pdf

23 Dynamical Modelling of MaNGA Galaxies Using Cold Gas

Speaker: Campbell Stephanie (The University of St. Andrews)

15:30 Tea Break

24 An ALMA/NOEMA survey of the molecular gas properties of submillimetre galaxies

Speaker: Birkin Jack (Durham University)

25 Exploring the environments of SMGs using narrowband observations

Speaker: Cornish Thomas (Lancaster University)

Thomas_Cornish_DEX2021.pdf

26 Tracing the evolution of dust-obscured activity using sub-millimetre galaxy populations

Speaker: Dudzeviciute Ugne (Durham University)

DEX_Dust_obscured_activity_UgneD.pdf

27 The Lyman Continuum escape fraction of z~3.5 VANDELS galaxies

Speaker: Begley Ryan (The University of Edinburgh)

19:30 Quiz Night!

Thursday 7 January

28 The linked orbital and star formation histories of satellite galaxies

Speaker: Oman Kyle (Durham University)

talk.pdf

29 The build-up of the Lyman-Werner background during cosmic structure formation

Speaker: Incatasciato Andrea (The University of Edinburgh)

DEX_XVII_AndreaIncatasciato.pdf

30 Estimating Photometric Redshifts Of Galaxy Clusters With Machine Learning

Speaker: Chan Matthew (Lancaster University)

31 LOFAR sources identification with Machine Learning

Speaker: Alegre Lara (The University of Edinburgh)

Lara_Alegre_DEX.pdf

32 The X-ray Evolution of Galaxy Groups and Clusters in SIMBA

Speaker: Robson Dylan (The University of Edinburgh)

33 Modern Tools for Robust Cosmological Parameter Inference

Speaker: Karamanis Minas (The University of Edinburgh)

34 The future of observational cosmology: optimising a spectroscopic training sample for photometric classification of supernovae

Speaker: Carrick Jonathan (Lancaster University)

35 Modeling Strong Gravitational Lensing in Galaxy Clusters

Speaker: Cerny Catherine (Durham University)

ccerny_DEXtalk.pdf

36 Precision Timing of Transitional Millisecond Pulsar J1023: Obtaining a Reliable Spin-Down Measurement

Speaker: O'Neill Patrick (Newcastle University)

11:00 Coffee break

37 Testing accretion disc theory with high-cadence reverberation mapping

Speaker: Hernandez Santisteban Juan (The University of St. Andrews)

DEX_Hernandez_Santisteban.pdf

38 Cosmic evolution of jet-mode AGN in LoTSS Deep Fields

Speaker: Kondapally Rohit (The University of Edinburgh)

39 Cosmology and Black Hole Physics with Quasars

Speaker: Eltvedt Alice (Durham University)

40 An X-shooter insight into dust-reddened quasars

Speaker: Fawcett Vicky (Durham University)

12:30 Lunch

41 Have LIGO-Virgo detected primordial black holes?

Speaker: Hall Alex (The University of Edinburgh)

42 The cosmic density field in modified gravity beyond the 2-point function

Speaker: Cataneo Matteo (The University of Edinburgh)

43 A lower density universe? - Measuring imprints of large scale structure on the CMB

Speaker: Hang Qianjun (The University of Edinburgh)

LegacySurvey_DEX.pdf

44 KiDS-1000: a robust weak gravitational lensing data set

Speaker: Giblin Benjamin (The University of Edinburgh)

45 What happens when an AGN irradiates molecular gas? The remarkable case of NGC 2110

Speaker: Rosario David (Durham University)

dex20_rosario.pdf

46 New Insights into Quasars with Strong Outflows using the Largest Ever Radio Sample

Speaker: Petley James (Durham University)

47 Understanding galaxy alignments for weak gravitational lensing

Speaker: Leonard Danielle (Newcastle University)

48 Opening another window on cosmic acceleration using a new probe of the large-scale structure of the Universe

Speaker: Armijo Joaquin (Durham University)

49 Shear bias calibration for Stage IV weak lensing surveys

Speaker: Copeland David (The University of Edinburgh)

15:30 Tea and coffee

50 KiDS-1000 cosmology: Cosmic shear analysis

Speaker: Asgari Marika (The University of Edinburgh)

51 72 strong lensing clusters: relation between cluster physical properties, lensing power and predicted high-z candidate

Speaker: Mahler Guillaume (Durham University)

52 Pilot-WINGS: A 3D look at Abell 370 with MUSE and HST

Speaker: Lagattuta David (Durham University)

53 Exploring astronomical data through sound

Speaker: Harrison Christopher (Newcastle University)