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First Stars III
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Title: Feedback from the first stars and galaxies and its influence on structure formation Presenter: Benedetta Ciardi Abstract: Once the first sources have formed, their mass deposition, energy injection and emitted radiation can deeply affect the subsequent galaxy formation process and influence the evolution of the IGM via a number of so-called feedback effects. The word 'feedback' is by far one of the most used in modern cosmology, where it is applied to a vast range of situations and astrophysical objects. Generally speaking, the concept of feedback invokes a back reaction of a process on itself or on the causes that have produced it. Secondly, the character of feedback can be either negative or positive. Finally, the idea of feedback is intimately linked to the possibility that a system can become self-regulated. In this talk I will review the present status of investigations of the feedback effects from the first stars and galaxies.
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