Name: Synergies in Non-Thermal Astrophysics in Southern Africa
Start: 2024-07-29T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2024-08-02T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Synergies in Non-Thermal Astrophysics in Southern Africa

from Monday, July 29, 2024 (9:00 AM) to Friday, August 2, 2024 (5:00 PM)

Monday, July 29, 2024

10:00 AM Welcome: Registration
Registration
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

10:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Welcome
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Contributions

11:00 AM Introduction - Samuel Spencer (ECAP)
11:30 AM Updates from Current Generation Instruments
11:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

11:35 AM Update from gamma-rays - Alison Mitchell

12:15 PM Update from CTA Redshift Project - Eli Kasai (University of Namibia)
1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Updates from Current Generation Instruments
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM AMT Status Updates - Michael Backes (University of Namibia)
3:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM Updates from Current Generation Instruments
3:30 PM - 5:10 PM
Contributions

3:30 PM ERosita Perspective - Martin Mayer

4:10 PM Transients - Lauren Rhodes
5:00 PM Drinks Reception
Drinks Reception
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Tuesday, July 30, 2024
10:00 AM Transients
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

10:00 AM MeerTRAP: Finding short-duration radio transients with MeerKAT - Mechiel Christiaan Bezuidenhout (University of South Africa)
10:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM SII
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM HESS SII - Andi Zmija
12:00 PM Tour ECAP
Tour ECAP
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Galactic
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Fermi + HESS analysis on the Crab nebula - Tim Unbehaun (ECAP)

2:30 PM Searching for millisecond pulsar near the Galactic center - Dmitry Malyshev (ECAP)
3:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
3:30 PM Galactic
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Contributions

3:30 PM MPIfR-MeerKAT Galactic Plane Survey (MMGPS) I: System setup and early results - Denisha Pillay (Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie (MPIfR))

3:50 PM Probing the Galactic Centre with Pulsars - Isabella Rammala (Max-Planck-Institit für Radioastronomie)
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
10:00 AM Galactic
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

10:00 AM Non-thermal Radio Emission from Massive Protostars in the SARAO MeerKAT Galactic Plane Survey - Willice Obonyo (University of South Africa)
10:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Extragalactic
11:00 AM - 12:20 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM Exploring the Influence of Cosmic Voids on the propagation of TeV Gamma Rays and the Puzzle of GRB 221009A - Hassan Abdalla (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

11:30 AM The unifying model of Jetted AGNs: the contribution of relativistic and orientation Effects - EVARISTUS IYIDA (UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA, NSUKKA)

12:00 PM Searching for high redshift radio galaxies with the MeerKAT Galaxy Cluster Legacy Survey - Vasco Cossa (Rhodes University)
12:20 PM Extragalactic
12:20 PM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

12:20 PM Unveiling The Enigmatic: A Multiwavelength Investigation of Serendipitous Diffuse Radio Emission - Mikaela Webber (Rhodes University)
1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
2:00 PM Future Prospects
2:00 PM - 2:20 PM
Contributions

2:00 PM Namibian Astronomy: Exploiting Favorable Conditions for Multi-Wavelength Observatories - Hiiko Katjaita (University of Namibia)
2:20 PM Galactic
2:20 PM - 3:00 PM
Contributions

2:20 PM Investigating the origin of the TeV γ-rays in HESS J1640-465
3:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

3:30 PM Breakout Sessions

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Thursday, August 1, 2024
10:00 AM Galactic
10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Contributions

10:00 AM Deriving Pulsar Properties from Pulsar Wind Nebulae Using H.E.S.S. and LHAASO Data - Spencer Samuel (Erlangen Centre for Astroparticle Physics (ECAP), Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg )
10:20 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:20 AM - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM Extragalactic
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Contributions

11:00 AM HI Asymmetries and deficiencies in ALFALFA - Reshoketswe Thobejane (University of the Western Cape)

11:20 AM The properties of radio relics and the connection with radio halos in galaxy clusters and their correlation with non-thermal phenomena at multi-frequency - Claudio Paulo (Universidade Eduardo Mondlane, Faculdade de Ciências, Departamento de Física, Grupo de Astrofísica, Ciências Espaciais e Inteligência Artificial)

11:40 AM Chemical abundances of type-2 AGN in different environments - Mehbuba Ahmed (Space Science and Geospatial Institute (SSGI))
12:00 PM Extragalactic
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Contributions

12:00 PM The MERGHERS survey - Kenda Knowles (Rhodes University / SARAO)

12:20 PM Estimating observation times for monitoring observations of Radio Galaxies using the Africa Millimeter Telescope - Sigrid Shilunga (University of Namibia)

12:40 PM Measuring the cosmic radio dipole with the MeerKAT Absorption Line Survey - Jonah Wagenveld (Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy)
1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

2:00 PM Breakout Sessions

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

3:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:00 PM - 3:35 PM

3:35 PM Breakout Sessions

3:35 PM - 5:00 PM

5:00 PM Workshop Dinner
Workshop Dinner
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Friday, August 2, 2024
10:00 AM Extragalactic
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM
Contributions

10:00 AM Magnetic reconnection driven particle acceleration to understand the non-thermal emission in galaxy clusters - Subham Ghosh (International Centre for Theoretical Sciences)
10:30 AM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

11:00 AM Breakout Sessions

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

12:30 PM Breakout Sessions

12:30 PM - 1:00 PM

1:00 PM Lunch
Lunch
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM

2:00 PM Future Prospects

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

3:00 PM Coffee Break
Coffee Break
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

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