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6416:30SA-GAMMA Executive Committee MeetingView DetailsFriday
6316:05CoffeeView DetailsFridaycoffee
54.914:15Session 9Active Galactic Nuclei III / Astroparticle Physics / Farewell Chair // Christo VenterView Details
12:30 HEASA

Mfuphi Ntshatsha

Compton induced gamma-ray cascade emissions from blazar-type galaxies

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14:15 HEASA

Sunil Chandra

Tempo-Spectral long-term evolution in blazar 1ES1959+650

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14:30 HEASA

Laenita De Jonge

A Parameter study of the hadronic synchrotron mirror model

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14:45 HEASA

Rukaiya Khatoon

Comprehensive analysis of the 2021 Flare in BL Lacertae: A Broadband Investigation

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15:00 HEASA

Michael Sarkis

Hunting Dark Matter with Faint Radio Halos

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15:15 HEASA

Luyanda Mazwi

Estimation of orbital inclination angle for compact binary mergers through Bayesian Inference

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15:30 HEASA

Konstantin Zloshchastiev

Superfluid stars

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15:45 HEASA

Geoff Beck

Multi-frequency dark matter searches in Omega Centauri

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FridayActive Galactic Nuclei (AGN), Astroparticle Physicssession
54.312:45LunchView DetailsFridaylunch
27.707:00BreakfastView DetailsThursdaybreakfast
47.310:30CoffeeView DetailsFridaycoffee
47.910:45Session 8Active Galactic Nuclei IIChair // Stephen PotterView Details
10:45 HEASA

Anton Dmytriiev

Modeling Blazar Jets: Bridging Theory and Observations

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11:15 HEASA

Joleen Barnard

An optical spectropolarimetric survey of high-energy blazars

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11:30 HEASA

Hartmut Winkler

Photometry of blazars using the Las Cumbres Observatory robotic telescope network

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11:45 HEASA

Hannes Thiersen

Investigation of Power Spectral Density Indices in Simulations of Stochastic Long-term Variability in Leptonic Models

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12:00 HEASA

Tej Chand

Unraveling Particle Acceleration and Radiative Emission in Relativistic Shear Boundary Layers in Relativistic Jets

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12:15 HEASA

Markus Böttcher

Beaming patterns of neutrino emission from blazars

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12:30 HEASA

Mfuphi Ntshatsha

Compton induced gamma-ray cascade emissions from blazar-type galaxies

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FridayActive Galactic Nuclei (AGN)session
40.707:00BreakfastView DetailsFridaybreakfast
40.908:45Session 7Gamma-Ray Bursts II // Active Galactic Nuclei IChair // Nukri KominView Details
08:45 HEASA

Simon de Wet

Two years of GRB follow-up with MeerLICHT

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09:00 HEASA

Sthabile Kolwa

Observations of kinetic feedback in radio-loud Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) hosts

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09:30 HEASA

Michael Kreter

Studying the multi-wavelength properties of gamma-ray flaring blazars at redshift > 3

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09:45 HEASA

Ogochukwu Chibueze

Studying the multi-wavelength properties of gamma-ray flaring blazars at redshift > 3

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10:00 HEASA

Motseothata Tisang

Multi-wavelength study of blazars at redshift z>~1 observed by H.E.S.S

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10:15 HEASA

Hester Schutte

Anisotropy and polarization effects in blazar emission

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FridayActive Galactic Nuclei (AGN), Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs)session
40.518:00Taste & Talk EventView DetailsThursdaydinner
40.212:45Lunch & ExcursionView DetailsThursdayexcusrion
33.510:30CoffeeView DetailsThursdaycoffee
33.910:45Session 6Multi-Messenger Astrophysics II / Gamma-Ray Bursts I / Astronomy for DevelopmentChair // Michael BackesView Details
10:45 HEASA

Axel Schwope

eROSITA results on compact objects

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11:15 HEASA

Charles Takalana

Astronomy in Africa: Projects and Activities of the African Astronomical Society and the Road to the First IAU General Assembly on the African Continent

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11:30 HEASA

Chanelle Gouws

Engaging Physics Departments and Science Faculties in Outreach Activities

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11:45 HEASA

Anna Larmuth

The Significance of Social Media in Physics: Insights from a Social Media Specialist Secondee at CTAO

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12:00 HEASA

Tamador Aldowma

Joint spectral analysis of Fermi (LAT-GBM) and Swift Data from the Gamma-Ray Bursts

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12:15 HEASA

Monica Barnard

Modelling very high-energy gamma rays detected from GRBs with external Compton emission using Naima

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12:30 HEASA

Dimakatso Maheso

Temporal and spectra analysis of short GRBs detected by the Fermi gamma-ray burst monitor with known redshift

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ThursdayAstronomy for Development, Gamma-Ray Bursts (GRBs), Multi-Messenger Astrophysicssession
27.908:30Session 5Instrumentation II / Multi-Messenger AstrophysicsChar // Andrew ChenView Details
08:30 HEASA

Michael Backes

Measurements of Precipitable Water Vapour for the Africa Millimetre Telescope

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08:45 HEASA

Jim Madsen

Exploring the High Energy Universe with IceCube

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09:15 HEASA

Xavier Rodrigues

Multi-messenger emission from blazars

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09:45 HEASA

Joshua Robinson

Neutrino Emission from Bright Blazar Flares

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10:00 HEASA

Pieter Van der Merwe

Compton polarization signatures in gamma-ray burst models

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10:15 HEASA

Stephen Potter

Update and multi-messenger opportunities through SAAO's Intelligent Observatory programme.

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ThursdayInstrumentation, Multi-Messenger Astrophysicssession
0.316:00Welcome FunctionView Details
27.519:00DinnerView DetailsWednesdaydinner
007:00ArrivalView DetailsTuesdayarrival
20.916:00Session 4Pulsars / Pulsar Wind Nebulae II / Instrumentation IChair // David BuckleyView Details
16:00 HEASA

Emma de Oña Wilhelmi

TeV PWNe in the CTA Era

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16:30 HEASA

Louis Du Plessis

Towards Modelling AR Sco: Particle Dynamics and Calibration

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16:45 HEASA

Anu Kundu

Modelling the multipolar magnetic field of NICER MSP J0030+0451

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17:00 HEASA

Christo Venter

On the Implications of the Detection of 20 TeV Pulsations from the Vela Pulsar by H.E.S.S.

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17:15 HEASA

Hend Hamed

Phase-resolved spectroscopy of bright Fermi LAT pulsars using 12 years of data

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17:30 HEASA

Wian Smit

Phase-resolved spectroscopy of bright Fermi LAT pulsars using 12 years of data

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17:45 HEASA

Hendrik van Heerden

Status of Boyden observatory and equipment for optical counterpart studies of high energy sources.

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WednesdayInstrumentation, Pulsars and Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNs)session
20.515:45CoffeeView DetailsWednesdaycoffee
14.913:45Session 3X-ray binaries III / Supernova Remnants II / Pulsars / Pulsar Wind Nebulae IChair // Itumeleng MonagengView Details
13:45 HEASA

Anke van Dyk

High-speed Optical Photometry of Intermediate Polar CTCV J2056-3014

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14:00 HEASA

Robert Brose

Numerical simulations of particle acceleration in supernova remnants

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14:30 HEASA

Iurii Sushch

Limits on compression of cosmic rays in supernova remnants

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14:45 HEASA

James Chibueze

MeerKAT's view of old and new supernova remnants

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15:00 HEASA

Elena Amato

Pulsar Wind Nebulae as Galactic PeVatron candidates

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15:30 HEASA

David Buckley

The Changing Face of AR Sco

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WednesdayCataclysmic variables (CVs), Other High-Energy Sources, Pulsars and Pulsar Wind Nebulae (PWNs), Supernovae and Supernova Remnantssession
14.512:45LunchView DetailsWednesdaylunch
7.910:45Session 2X-Ray Binaries IIChair // Brian van SoelenView Details
10:45 HEASA

Sera Markoff

X-ray Binaries in the CTA Era

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11:15 HEASA

Itumeleng Monageng

Solving the identity crisis of the X-ray binary system, 4U1210-64

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11:30 HEASA

Lee Townsend

A SALT spectroscopic catalogue of Be/X-ray binaries

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11:45 HEASA

Lalenthra Fisher

H.E.S.S. Observations of the Gamma-ray Binary LMC P3

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12:00 HEASA

Christian van der Merwe

3D hydrodynamic simulations of white dwarf-main-sequence star collisions

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12:15 HEASA

Spencer Madzime

A Fermi LAT Analysis unveils possible Gamma-Ray Emission in Magnetic Cataclysmic Variable Systems and highly magnetized isolated white dwarfs.

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12:30 HEASA

Sumari Barocci-Faul

Multi-wavelength study of CRTS J033349.8-282244 with MeerLICHT and MeerKAT

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WednesdayX-ray and Gamma-Ray Binaries (XRBs)session
7.510:30CoffeeView DetailsWednesdaycoffee
0.708:30Session 1Welcome // X-ray BinariesChair // Markus BöttcherView Details
08:30 HEASA

Markus Bottcher & Lente Dreyer

Welcome // SA-GAMMA

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08:35 HEASA

Takalani Nemaungani

Welcome | Department of Science and Innovation

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08:45 HEASA

Ronald Remillard

Is there Accretion Disk Truncation in Different X-ray States?

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09:15 HEASA

Jaco Brink

A study of three compact binary transients

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09:30 HEASA

Brian van Soelen

Spectral classification of the main-sequence counterpart in the gamma-ray binary HESS J1832–093

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09:45 HEASA

Kyle Solomons

A spectral and timing study of the LMXRB Maxi J1820+070 during it's outburst

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10:00 HEASA

Natalie Matchett

Investigating the orbital parameters of the gamma-ray binary HESS J0632+057

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10:15 HEASA

Lutendo Nyadzani

X-ray UV anti-correlation in Ultra-Luminous X-ray sources

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WednesdayX-ray and Gamma-Ray Binaries (XRBs)session
0.507:00BreakfastView DetailsWednesdaybreakfast