52nd Saas Fee Advanced Course 2023

Historically, the CGM has been mainly studied through the absorption that it imprints in the spectra of background sources. Large surveys revealed evidences that gas is present around galaxies at large radii and that the CGM is a multi-phase medium with a complex structure, ionizing state and kinematics. The advent of integral field unit (IFU) instruments has revolutionized the study of the CGM by allowing their direct mapping in emission opening a new window on the CGM studies. Within this context of successful large observational surveys, like MUSE-GTO and COS-HALO, the forthcoming large facilities, such as the James Webb Space Telescope, and the substantial recent progress in improving numerical simulations and theoretical models, this is an extremely timely topic. The course will aim to give to young researchers a comprehensive view of the current state of the CGM studies both observational and theoretical by including a series of lectures by three distinguished lecturers. The program will be provided at a later stage.

Formal lectures will be complemented by interactive hands-on sessions, where the participants will have the opportunity to get their hands on observational and simulation data. A several-hour-long afternoon break is scheduled, when the participants are encouraged to do winter sports or simply interact with each other.

Invited Lecturers: Prof. Céline Péroux, Prof. Michele Fumagalli, Prof. Jeremy Blaizot