Introduction
The XXXV Canary Islands Winter School of Astrophysics, organized by the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), focuses on the baryonic cycle across space and time. The school, to be held in San Cristóbal de La Laguna (Tenerife, Spain) from October 8th to 17th 2024, will admit about 50 advanced MSc students, PhD students and early career Post-Docs. In a relaxed environment, the school will give participants the opportunity to learn from world-renowned specialists. All the participants of the Winter School will have the opportunity to present their research.
Deadline for the applications is June 7th 2024. Selected applicants will receive instructions by email on how to register and proceed with the registration fee payment.
Scientific Rationale
Over the last decade it has become obvious that a proper understanding of baryonic physics is key to reconcile the current concordance cosmological model (ΛCDM) with the observed properties of galaxies at smaller scales. In the absence of baryonic effects, ΛCDM struggles to reproduce some of the observed properties of galaxies, especially at high redshift. A proper characterization of the baryonic cycle stands therefore as the final theoretical and observational frontier in our understanding of galaxy formation.
The main difficulty when assessing the interplay between baryons and dark matter halos relies on the wide range of physical and temporal scales relevant to regulating the baryonic cycle. Galaxies cannot be longer understood as simple self-gravitating stellar systems in the center of dark matter halos but they result from the interplay between distinct baryonic components. From the composition and dynamics of individual stars to the thermo-dynamical properties of the circum-galactic medium, the richness of baryonic physics requires a multi-phase theoretical and observational approach. In recent years, the amount of high quality available data across a wide range of wavelengths and redshifts has dramatically increased and will continue evolving. Theoretical models and simulations are becoming more and more accurate at reproducing observed properties.
With this Winter School we will provide the students with a complete and comprehensive view of our current understanding of the baryonic cycle in galaxies, focused on measuring and modeling the different phases and structures that conform a galaxy. We aim to leave behind the idea of galaxies as simple and rather passive systems, equipping the students with a broad variety of observational and theoretical tools that will allow them to develop a physically sound understanding of galaxy formation.
Organizing Committee
- Marc Huertas-Company
- Ginevra Favole
- Ignacio Martín Navarro
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