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13:30
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Opening
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Markus Boettcher
(North-West University)
(until 14:15)
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13:30
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Welcome and Introduction
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Markus Boettcher
(North-West University)
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13:40
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Technical Introduction
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Anna Samara Larmuth
(University of Johannesburg)
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13:55
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Welcome by the Department of Science and Innovation
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Takalani Nemaungani
(Department of Science and Innovation)
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14:15
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Transients
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Markus Boettcher
(North-West University)
(until 15:30)
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14:15
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The transient high-energy sky seen with H.E.S.S.
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Fabian Schüssler
(CEA)
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14:45
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On the origin of very-high-energy gamma-rays from gamma-ray bursts
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Xiang-Yu Wang
(Nanjing University)
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15:15
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Results from the SALT e-ROSITA transient followup programme
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David A.H. Buckley
(SAAO)
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15:30
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--- Coffee ---
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16:00
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AGN I
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Hartmut Winkler
(University of Johannesburg)
(until 18:00)
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16:00
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First Event Horizon Telescope results and future prospects
- Dr
Sara Issaoun
(Radboud University)
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16:30
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A roadmap for a compensium of supermassive black hole images
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Venkatessh Ramakrishnan
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16:45
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The M87 ring in polarised light and polarimetryc synthetic data modelling
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Iniyan Natarajan
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17:00
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Active galactic nuclei in the faint radio sky
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Jack Radcliffe
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17:15
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Comprehensive power spectral density analysis of the Fermi-LAT gamma-ray light curves of selected blazars
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Natalia Zywucka
(North-West Uniwersity)
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17:30
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Disentangling the emission regions in blazars during flaring / transient states
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Joleen Barnard
(University of the Free State)
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17:45
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Modeling the spectral energy distributions and multi-wavelength polarisation of blazars
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Hester Schutte
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18:00
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Opening Function
(until 20:00)
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13:30
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AGN II
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Sthabile Kolwa
(University of Johannesburg)
(until 15:30)
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13:30
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Probing magnetic fields in active galactic nuclei jets
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Evgeniya Kravchenko
(Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology)
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14:00
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MeerKAT observations of radio galaxies
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Imogen Whittam
(Oxford University)
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14:30
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RXS J08182+0122 - an AGN with an unusually broad Keplerian rotator line profile
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Hartmut Winkler
(University of Johannesburg)
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14:45
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Simulations of stochastic long-term variability in leptonic models for external-Compton and synchrotron self-Compton dominated blazars
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Hannes Thiersen
(North-West University)
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15:00
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Simulating AGN light curves of blob injection in RMHD jet simulations
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Daniel Kulik
(N/A)
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15:15
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Jets and disc-winds from magnetically driven flows around black holes
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Indu Kalpa Dihingia
(Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India)
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15:30
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--- Coffee ---
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16:00
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XRB I
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David Buckley
(until 17:30)
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16:00
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A decade of black hole X-ray binary transients
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Phil Charles
(University of Southampton)
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16:30
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Be X-ray binary 4U 1901+03: Cyclotron resonance scattering feature and its imprint on the pulse profile
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aru beri
(IISER Mohali, India)
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16:45
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Determining the orbital parameters of the gamma-ray binary HESS J0632+057
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Natalie Matchett
(University of the Free State)
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17:00
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Gamma-gamma absorption in gamma-ray binaries
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Brian van Soelen
(University of the Free State)
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17:15
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On the long-term optical and X-ray behaviour of sibling SMC Be X-ray binaries SXP15.3 and SXP305
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Itumeleng Monageng
(University of Cape Town)
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13:30
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AGN III
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Andrew Chen
(University of the Witwatersrand)
(until 15:30)
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13:30
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A study of the lobes of radio galaxy Hydra A using MeerKAT observations
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Mika Naidoo
(University of the Witwatersrand)
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13:45
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Geodetic and astrometric VLBI observations to monitor radio source structure in the South
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Sayan Basu
(University of the Witwatersrand)
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14:00
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Multi-wavelength study of HBL 1ES 1959+650 during various flares over 6 years of major activities
- Dr
Sunil Chandra
(SAAO)
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14:15
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The many ages of AGN
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Kshitij Thorat
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14:30
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A shock-in-jet synchrotron mirror model
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Markus Boettcher
(North-West University)
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14:45
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ExHaLe-Jet: An extended hadro-leptonic jet model for blazars
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Michael Zacharias
(Laboratoire Univers et Théories, Observatoire de Paris, Université PSL, CNRS, Université de Paris, 92190 Meudon, France)
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15:00
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Modeling emissions from secondary electron-positron pairs created by absorption of gamma-rays in the broad-line region of blazars and their contribution to the broadband SED
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Mfuphi Ntshatsha
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15:15
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Radiation from relativistic particles accelerated at shear layers in relativistic jets
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Tej Chand
(North-West university, Centre for Space Research)
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15:30
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--- Coffee ---
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16:00
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XRB II & HE Polarimetry
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Brian van Soelen
(University of the Free State)
(until 17:45)
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16:00
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Jets in accreting X-ray binaries
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Andrzej Zdziarski
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16:30
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Hercules X-1 (Her X-1): New results from the past decade of observations
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Denis Leahy
(University Of Calgary)
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16:45
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The 2019 outburst of the accreting millisecond pulsar SAX J1808.4-3658
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Kelebogile Bonokwane
(University of Cape Town)
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17:00
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X-ray spectropolarimetric observations of black holes and magnetars with IXPE and XL- Calibur
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Henric Krawczynski
(Washington University)
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17:30
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Monte-Carlo Applications for Partially Polarized Inverse External-Compton Scattering
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Lente Dreyer
(North-West University)
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13:30
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Multi-Messenger & Astro-Particle
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P.J. Meintjes
(University of the Free State)
(until 15:15)
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13:30
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Probing AGN jets with high-energy neutrinos
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Maria Petropoulou
(National & Kapodistrian University of Athens)
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14:00
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Line of sight neutrinos and gamma-rays from blazars associated with IceCube neutri- nos
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Soebur Razzaque
(University of Johannesburg)
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14:15
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Shaken, not stirred: Test particles in binary black hole mergers
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Pieter Van der Merwe
(North-West University)
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14:30
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Simulation of the binary black hole merger rate with ultraluminous X-ray source pro- genitors
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Lutendo Nyadzani
(University of Johannesburg)
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14:45
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Linking the LHC and astrophysics with anomalies
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Geoff Beck
(University of the Witwatersrand)
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15:00
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A new approach to search for binary black holes with Fermi-LAT
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Michael Kreter
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15:30
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--- Coffee ---
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16:00
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Pulsars I
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Nukri Komin
(University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa)
(until 18:00)
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16:00
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Modeling globular clusters as multi-wavelength emitters
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Hambeleleni Davids
(University of Namibia, North-West University)
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16:25
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Constraining the magnetic field geometry of the millisecond pulsar PSR J0030+0451 using NICER and Fermi data
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Anu Kundu
(NWU)
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16:40
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Constraining the non-thermal emission site and geometry of AR Sco via optical po- larimetry
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Louis Du Plessis
(Centre for Space Physics, North-West University)
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16:55
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Low power pulsed emission at the spin period of the WD in AR Scorpii?
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Quinton Kaplan
(University of the Free State)
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17:10
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The detection of pulsed emission at the spin period of the white dwarf in AE Aquarii in MeerKAT and Fermi-LAT data
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Spencer Tendai Madzime
(University of the Free State)
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17:25
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Pulsar high-energy emission models
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Alice Harding
(Los Alamos National Laboratory)
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13:30
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Pulsars II & Other HE Sources & Outreach
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Michael Backes
(University of Namibia)
(until 15:30)
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13:30
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Astronomy for development: The namibian example
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Hannah Dalgleish
(University of Oxford)
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14:00
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Leptonic non-thermal emission from supernova remnants evolving in the circumstellar magnetic field
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Iurii Sushch
(North-West University)
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14:15
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Probing the nature of the young and energetic nebula Kes 75 via spatio-spectral modelling
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Christo Venter
(North-West University Potchefstroom Campus)
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14:30
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Spectral and temporal analysis of GRB 210410A detected by Fermi-LAT
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Dimakatso Maheso
(University of Johannesburg)
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14:45
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Fast radio bursts - Current state of the field
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Zorawar Wadiasingh
(NASA GSFC)
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15:00
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Phase-resolved spectroscopy of millisecond pulsars in the Third Fermi-LAT pulsar catalogue
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Hend Yassin
(North-West University)
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15:15
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Models for Sgr A* flares: from a general analytical to magnetic reconnection model
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Anton dmytriiev
(Observatoire de Paris)
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15:30
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Coffee
(until 16:00)
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16:00
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XRB III
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Soebur Razzaque
(University of Johannesburg)
(until 16:35)
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16:00
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Advances with NICER on neutron stars, accreting black holes, and optical transients in nearby galaxies
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Ronald Remillard
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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16:30
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Farewell
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Soebur Razzaque
(University of Johannesburg)
Markus Boettcher
(North-West University)
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