Feedback Processes at Cosmic Dawn

Abstract

The consequences of energy injection associated with stellar activity in galaxies have been often referred to as ``feedback effects''. Assessing the detailed physics and the role of such effects are central issues in modern theories of galaxy formation and evolution. In these Lectures we present a brief review of various aspects related to feedback with particular emphasis to those occurring when the universe was only 100 Myr old, an epoch now commonly known as the the Cosmic Dawn, when the first galaxies and the stars within them brought the universe back into the visible ages.

63 pages, 31 figures, to be published as a chapter of the forthcoming book: M.Colpi, V.Gorini, F. Haardt, U. Moschella (eds.): Joint Evolution of Black Holes and Galaxies, in the series in High Energy Physics, Cosmology and Gravitation, Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol and Philadelphia