SAIP2014

Session

Astro

8 Jul 2014, 10:00

Conveners

Astro

• Derck Smits (University of SA)

Astro

• Henry Throop (University of Pretoria)

Astro

• Christo Venter (North-west University, Potchefstroom Campus)

Astro

• Aletha de Witt (Hartebeesthoek Radio Astronomy Observatory)

Astro: Astro

• Fabio Frescura (U Witwatersrand)

Astro: Astro

• David Gilbank (South African Astronomical Observatory)

Astro: Astro and Space non-specialist talk

• Ilani Loubser (North-West University)

Astro: Astro

• Lili Yang (PostDoc)

Astro: Astro

• Nukri Komin (School of Physics, University of the Witwatersrand)

Astro: Astro

• Patrick Woudt (Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town)

Astro: Astro and Space AGM

• Ilani Loubser (North-West University)

Contribution list Timetable

211. A Boost to Astronomy in Southern Africa

Mr Prospery C Simpemba (Copperbelt University/University of Witwatersrand)

08/07/2014, 10:00

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

174. Radio Astronomy in Africa: The Case Of Ghana

Mr Bernard Duah Asabere (University of Johannesburg)

08/07/2014, 10:20

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

398. How does the Cosmic Web Shape Galaxy Formation?

Dr David Gilbank (South African Astronomical Observatory)

08/07/2014, 11:10

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

183. The properties of radio relics and the connection with radio halos in galaxy clusters and their correlation with non-thermal phenomena

Mr Claudio Moises Paulo (University of the Witwatersrand)

08/07/2014, 11:30

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

440. The XENON100 Dark Matter Experiment

Mr Jacques Pienaar (Purdue University)

08/07/2014, 11:50

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

210. Comparison of photometric and spectroscopic parameters of eclipsing contact binary stars

Ms Patricia Skelton (UNISA)

08/07/2014, 14:00

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

130. The Excitation of Pulsation Modes in Rapidly Rotating Main Sequence B-Stars

Mr Pierre van Heerden (University of Johannesburg/SAAO)

08/07/2014, 14:20

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

136. MeerLICHT: Exploration of real-time commensal observing

Prof. Patrick Woudt (University of Cape Town)

08/07/2014, 14:40

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

50. Characterization of variable stars using the ASAS and SuperWASP databases

Prof. Derck Smits (University of South Africa)

08/07/2014, 15:00

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

60. Investigation of ionization temperature as an explicit parameter in C³ models of nebulae

Ms Andri Prozesky (UNISA)

09/07/2014, 10:00

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

261. Twisting photons: The role of POAM in Astrophysics

Mr Peter Nicol (University of Johannesburg)

09/07/2014, 10:20

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

234. Spectral modelling of H.E.S.S.-detected PWNe

Carlo van Rensburg (North West University)

09/07/2014, 11:10

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

98. Examining Radio & Gamma-ray correlation of the blazar PKS1424-418 during its flaring state.

Mrs Pfesesani van Zyl (HartRAO)

09/07/2014, 11:30

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

247. Spectral studies of Flat Spectrum Radio Quasars: constraining models at GeV energies

Dr Richard Britto (University of Johannesburg)

09/07/2014, 11:50

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

175. Neutrino Events at IceCube and the Fermi Bubbles

Dr Lili Yang (University of Nova Gorica)

09/07/2014, 14:00

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

25. Photon-Axion mixing as a cosmic magnetometer

Mr Geoffrey Beck (University of the Witwatersrand)

09/07/2014, 14:20

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

288. A Different Approach to the Perturbation of Astrophysical Fluids

Dr Fabio Frescura (University of the Witwatersrand)

09/07/2014, 14:40

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

405. DFT, LS or GLS? - A 'road test' of various Fourier-based period-finding algorithms for astronomical observations

Dr Chris Engelbrecht (University of Johannesburg)

09/07/2014, 15:00

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

273. Characterization of Potentially Hazardous Near-Earth Asteroids

Prof. Henry Throop (University of Pretoria)

10/07/2014, 11:10

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

392. Importance of mergers in the growth of brightest cluster galaxies

Mrs Daniel Groenewald (North-West University)

10/07/2014, 14:00

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

36. AGN vs star formation in Brightest Cluster Galaxies

Dr Ilani Loubser (North-West University)

10/07/2014, 14:20

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

187. Analysis of SALT Medium Resolution Fabry-Perot data

Mr Wendyam Blaise TAPSOBA (University of Cape Town)

10/07/2014, 14:40

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

69. Kinematics and stellar populations of dwarf ellipticals in the Fornax cluster.

Mr Jaco Mentz (NWU)

10/07/2014, 15:00

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

185. The methodology of extracting kinemtaical properties and mass profiles from BCGs.

Mr Henri Branken (North West University)

10/07/2014, 15:20

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

184. Accretion and outflow in black hole X-ray binaries

Mr Avishek Dusoye (University of Cape Town)

11/07/2014, 10:00

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

396. Search for Very High Energy candidate sources using South African observatories

Dr Brian van Soelen (University of the Free State)

11/07/2014, 10:20

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

285. The effect of an offset-dipole magnetic field on the Vela pulsar's gamma-ray light curves

Ms Monica Breed (North-West University)

11/07/2014, 11:10

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

349. TeV Gamma-Ray Observations of the Large Magellanic Cloud

Dr Nukri Komin (University of the Witwatersrand)

11/07/2014, 11:30

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation

172. Modelling the Cumulative Spectrum Expected from a Population of Globular Clusters

Dr Christo Venter (North-west University)

11/07/2014, 11:50

Track D1 - Astrophysics

Oral Presentation