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This book provides a comprehensive, self-contained introduction to one of the most exciting frontiers in astrophysics today: the quest to understand how the oldest and most distant galaxies in our universe first formed. Until now, most research on this question has been theoretical, but the next few years will bring about a new generation of large telescopes that promise to supply a flood of data about the infant universe during its first billion years after the big bang. This book bridges the gap between theory and observation. It is an invaluable reference for students and researchers on early galaxies. The First Galaxies in the Universe starts from basic physical principles before moving on to more advanced material. Topics include the gravitational growth of structure, the intergalactic medium, the formation and evolution of the first stars and black holes, feedback and galaxy evolution, reionization, 21-cm cosmology, and more. Provides a comprehensive introduction to this exciting frontier in astrophysics Begins from first principles Covers advanced topics such as the first stars and 21-cm cosmology Prepares students for research using the next generation of large telescopes Discusses many open questions to be explored in the coming decade

Cosmology. --- Galaxies --- Stars --- Formation. --- 21-cm cosmology. --- 21-cm line. --- AGN. --- Big Bang. --- Hubble Space Telescope. --- IGM properties. --- IGM. --- James Webb Space Telescope. --- Lyman-α emissions. --- Lyman-α line. --- Lyman-α photons. --- Milky Way. --- Universe. --- active galactic nuclei. --- analytic models. --- astrophysical objects. --- astrophysical processes. --- astrophysics. --- black holes. --- chemical processes. --- cluster formation. --- computational methods. --- cosmic dawn. --- cosmic evolution. --- cosmic history. --- cosmic microwave background. --- cosmological perturbations. --- cosmological phase transition. --- cosmology. --- dark ages. --- dark matter. --- density evolution. --- disk formation. --- dwarf galaxies. --- earliest gaseous clouds. --- early galaxies. --- early stars. --- feedback effects. --- feedback processes. --- first dwarf galaxies. --- first galaxies. --- first stars. --- fossil records. --- fossil structure. --- fundamental cosmology. --- galactic emission lines. --- galactic superwinds. --- galaxies. --- galaxy evolution. --- galaxy formation. --- gravitational collapse. --- gravitational growth. --- halo formation. --- halo mergers. --- helium. --- high-redshift galaxies. --- high-z Universe. --- hydrogen reionization. --- hydrogen. --- hyperfine line. --- intergalactic hydrogen. --- intergalactic medium. --- ionization structures. --- linear growth. --- luminosity. --- luminous material. --- massive stars. --- mechanical feedback. --- nonlinear evolution. --- nonlinear structure. --- numerical simulations. --- observational probes. --- perturbations. --- photoheating. --- positive feedback. --- primordial gas. --- protostars. --- quasars. --- radiative feedback. --- radiative processes. --- reionization. --- secondary anisotropies. --- semianalytic models. --- small density fluctuations. --- spin-flip background. --- spin-flip fluctuations. --- spin-flip transition. --- standard cosmological model. --- star formation. --- star-forming galaxies. --- statistical fluctuations. --- stellar feedback. --- stellar ionizing photons. --- stellar mass functions. --- stellar-mass black holes. --- structure. --- supermassive black holes.