title: Subaru studies of the cosmic dawn.
abstract: An overview on the current status of the census of the early Universe population is given. Observational surveys of high redshift objects provide direct opportunities to study the early epoch of the Universe. The target population included are Lyman Alpha Emitters (LAE), Lyman Break Galaxies (LBG), gravitationally lensed galaxies, quasars and gamma-ray bursts (GRB). The basic properties of these objects and the methods used to study them are reviewed. The present paper highlights the fact that the Subaru Telescope group made significant contributions in this field of science to elucidate the epoch of the cosmic dawn and to improve the understanding of how and when infant galaxies evolve into mature ones.
authors.affiliation: Thirty Meter Telescope Project, National Astronomical Observatory, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan. m.iye@nao.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iye
mesh_terms: D055580:Astronomical Phenomena; D003625:Data Collection; D055608:Galaxies; D061351:Telescopes
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