Gas flowing into, out of, and around galaxies plays a key role in shaping how their properties evolve over cosmic time. The mechanisms driving these behaviors are poorly understood, largely because we lack detailed knowledge of fundamental gas properties across multiple scales and phases. Tackling these issues necessarily requires a multi-wavelength approach. Fortunately, the southern hemisphere hosts the most comprehensive suite of observational facilities available for tackling this topic, in the form of the ESO, ALMA, the Square Kilometer Array (SKA) precursors (MWA, ASKAP and MeerKAT), and very soon, the SKA-Mid and SKA-Low telescopes. This conference, which will take place near Busselton Australia, from 9 to 13 December 2024, is sponsored by both ESO and the SKA as it supports the joint science of both facilities that will be dominant in astronomy in the coming decade.
"Cosmic Ecosystems in Radio & Optical", ESO-SKA 2024 conference, Busselton, Australia, 9-13 December 2024
Published: 17 Jun 2024
It brings together astronomers from optical/IR, FIR/submm, radio, and theory domains, with the common interest of understanding the evolving role of gas in galaxies over cosmic time using ESO and SKA facilities.
Science topics include:
- The Epoch of Reionization and the sources responsible for it.
- Gas flows at low and high redshift.
- The multiphase evolution of gas over cosmic time.
- IGM and CGM from direct imaging, absorption lines and fast radio bursts.
- The dynamic interplay of stars and gas in galaxies.
More information can be found at the conference webpage.