The First Objects in the Universe

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We seek to unravel the mystery behind the emergence of the first objects in the Universe from what are romantically termed the "Dark Ages" - this brief (500 million year) phase marks the transition from a smooth to a clumpy Universe and is the target for billion-dollar technologies such as the Square Kilometer Array and the James Webb Space Telescope. We are establishing linkages between the groups responsible for the most powerful hydrodynamics codes applicable to simulating the dark ages, in order to implement a new paradigm for star formation and energy feedback which will aid in the interpretation of data from this next generation of major facilities.