Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 May 2016
We are undertaking various studies of primordial galaxies with the following main aims:
(i) synthesize the properties of rest-frame UV-optical spectra of Population III galaxies and ‘transition objects’ between Pop III and normal starbursts;
(ii) devise optimal search strategies for the detection of Pop III and related objects with ground-based and space observations;
(iii) simulate photometric and spectroscopic observations of Pop III galaxies to quantify the feasibility of such studies especially for future ground-based instruments; and
(iv) study the physics of Pop III and ‘transition’ galaxies and their implications on cosmology and the physics of galaxies