HEASA 2016 - (other heasa conferences)
25 - 27 August, 2016
South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO), Cape Town, South Africa
published June 23, 2017
South African Astronomical Observatory (SAAO), Cape Town, South Africa
published June 23, 2017
HEASA 2016 is the fourth conference in the annual series "High Energy Astrophysics in Southern Africa". Its goal is to bring together scientists from the southern African region, the African continent, and around the world, with an interest in high-energy astrophysical phenomena. Topics discussed include theoretical, multi-wavelength and multi-messenger observational aspects of active galactic nuclei, galaxy systems, gamma-ray bursts, X-ray/gamma-ray binaries, supernovae and supernova remnants, neutron stars, pulsars and pulsar wind nebulae, cataclysmic variables, and modern aspects of astro-particle physics.
Neil Gehrels (b. October 3, 1952, d. February 6, 2017)
We are deeply saddened that Neil Gehrels, a pioneer in gamma-ray astronomy and an invited speaker at HEASA 2016, passed away on February 6, 2017 at his home in Maryland, USA. Neil was well known for his leadership role in space-based gamma-ray observatories, especially as the Project Scientist of NASA’s Swift mission. He also lent support to many ground-based robotic optical telescopes across the world to promptly follow up on gamma-ray bursts and other transient events.
Neil accepted immediately when he was invited to give a talk at the HEASA 2016 conference in Cape Town. We are very fortunate indeed that he managed to travel to South Africa and give a wonderful talk. His absence will be felt dearly among the space-based astronomy community as well as ground-based transient follow-up communities across the world. This is indeed a great loss for us.
| Transients I (Chair: S Razzaque) |
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GRBs in the Era of Rapid Response Telescopes
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Transient Observations with the Watcher Robotic Telescope
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Modeling GeV to Very High Energy Emission from Long GRBs
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Fermi Observations of the Bright LAT GRB 160625B
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| Transients II (Chair: B van Soelen) |
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Gamma-Gamma Absorption in Gamma-Ray Burst Environments
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Challenges for GW detection and the GW astronomy perspectives
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Binary Black Hole Merger Rates from the Ultra-Luminous X-Ray Source Progenitors
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| Supernova Remnants (Chair: B van Soelen) |
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High-Energy Observations of Supernova remnants
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| Astropartical Physics and Cosmology (Chair: Iu Sushch) |
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Multi-wavelength emissions from dark matter annihilation processes in galaxy clusters using cosmological simulations
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Multi-frequency search for Dark Matter: the role of HESS, CTA, and SKA
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The effects of EBL inhomogeneity on the gamma-gamma absorption of VHE gamma-rays
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The origin of radio relics in galaxy clusters: a combined $\gamma$ and radio wavelength analysis.
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Shock Acceleration in the Cluster of Galaxies ACO2163
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The SZ Effect and its Polarization at High Energies
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Gravitational light bending prevents gamma-gamma absorption in gravitational lenses
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| AGN I (Chair: M Bottcher) |
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Multi-wavelength Behavior of Blazars: Combined Order and Disorder
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Connection between VHE events and parsec-scale jet behavior in the TeV quasars 1222+216
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Prospects for very high energy observations of Starburst/Seyfert galaxies
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Characterising the Fermi-LAT BCUs: Optical Spectroscopy and Neural Networks
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Modeling the Synchrotron Emission of AGN with Grid-Based Hydrodynamic Simulations
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Observations of Flaring Fermi-LAT Blazars and Prospects in Spectro-Polarimetry with SALT-RSS
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| AGN II (Chair: M Backes) |
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Robopol : Optical polarisation monitoring of blazars
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The Optical Polarization Variability of PKS 2155-304: Correlations at Low and High Energies
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Multiwavelength Signatures of Shocks in Relativistic Jets
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| Multiwavelength Observations (Chair: D Buckley) |
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Synergies between radio astronomy, Intensive Data challenges and scientific output strategies
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The VOICE Survey : VST Optical Imaging of the CDFS and ES1 Fields
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SALT Observations of High Energy Sources
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MeerLICHT: An Update
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The African Millimetre Telescope
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| X-Ray Binaries I (Chair: D Buckley) |
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Cataclysmic variables: New frontiers in multi-wavelength research
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| X-Ray Binaries II (Chair: A Chen) |
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X-Ray Binary Systems – A Cauldron of Physical Processes
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Magnetic reconnection and transient phenomena in accretion driven systems
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Time Resolved Polarimetry of the First White Dwarf Pulsar
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A Multiwavelength Survey of the Magellanic Clouds
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A Luminous Gamma-ray Binary in the Large Magellanic Cloud
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Multi-Wavelength Properties of Be/XRay Binaries in the Magellanic Clouds
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| X-Ray Binaries III (Chair: P Meintjes) |
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The Impact of Gamma-Gamma Absorption on the Observed TeV Light Curve from PSR B1259-63/LS2883
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Exploring the Kozai-Lidov Effect in a Gamma-Ray Binary
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Orbitally Modulated High Energy Emission from Millisecond Pulsar Binaries
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| Pulsars and Pulsar Wind Nebulae (Chair: P Meintjes) |
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New Advances in the Modelling of Pulsar Magnetospheres
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Identifying the brightest galactic globular clusters for future observations by H.E.S.S. and CTA
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High-energy pulsar light curves in an offset polar cap B-field geometry
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A Spatio-Temporal and EnergyDependent PWN Model
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