Programme
This is the final programme of the conference. A PDF version (72.2 kB) of the final programme is also available for download.
Sunday, 28 June 2009
There will be an opening reception with finger food and drinks at The Mint (10 Macquarie Street, Sydney) on Sunday evening from 17:00–19:00 h. Participation is free for all registered participants, but note that a fee of AUD 70 per person applies for accompanying guests (e.g. spouse).
Monday, 29 June 2009
Setting the Scene
Time | Title | Speaker | |
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08:00 – 09:00 | Registration | ||
09:00 – 09:15 | Welcome | ||
09:15 – 10:00 | Early Australian optical and radio observations of Centaurus A / NGC 5128 | P. Robertson | |
10:00 – 10:45 | The radio continuum view of Centaurus A | R. Ekers | |
10:45 – 11:15 | Morning tea | ||
11:15 – 12:00 | The physics of active galaxies as revealed by Centaurus A | M. Birkinshaw | |
12:00 – 12:45 | The X-ray view of Centaurus A | R. Kraft | |
12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch | ||
14:00 – 14:45 | NGC 5128 – the giant beneath | G. Harris | |
14:45 – 15:15 | The many faces of the gas of Centaurus A | R. Morganti | |
15:15 – 15:45 | Afternoon tea | ||
15:45 – 16:15 | Centaurus A at hard X-rays and γ-rays | H. Steinle | |
16:15 – 16:45 | Centaurus A at ultra-high energies | P. Edwards |
Tuesday, 30 June 2009
Nuclear Region → Dust Lane
Time | Title | Speaker | |
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08:15 – 09:15 | Registration | ||
09:15 – 10:00 | Centaurus A's black hole mass – from gas and stars | N. Neumayer | |
10:00 – 10:45 | The sub-parsec-scale structure and evolution of Centaurus A | S. Tingay | |
10:45 – 11:15 | 43 GHz light curve of the nucleus of Centaurus A | Z. Abraham | |
11:15 – 11:45 | Morning tea | ||
11:45 – 12:30 | First year Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope observations of Centaurus A | T. Cheung | |
12:30 – 12:45 | Poster Sparkler Session | ||
12:45 – 14:00 | Lunch | ||
14:00 – 14:30 | Discovery of very high energy γ-rays from Centaurus A | F. Aharonian | |
14:30 – 15:15 | Centuarus A and the Pierre Auger Observatory | R. Clay | |
15:15 – 15:45 | Afternoon tea | ||
15:45 – 16:15 | Multi-Messenger studies of Centaurus A with PAO, HESS and FERMI: does everything fit together? | S. Ostapchenko | |
16:15 – 16:40 | Limit on the UHE neutrino flux from Centaurus A with the Parkes radio telescope | J. Bray | |
16:40 – 17:00 | Latest results from CABB | B. Koribalski |
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
Dust Lane → Inner Jets
Time | Title | Speaker | |
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09:00 – 09:45 | Infrared views of Centaurus A | A. Quillen | |
09:45 – 10:15 | Ionisation cone in Centaurus A | J. Bland-Hawthorn | |
10:15 – 10:45 | Resolving the nuclear dust structure in Centaurus A | L. Burtscher | |
10:45 – 11:15 | Morning tea | ||
11:15 – 11:45 | Uncovering the kpc-scale stellar ring of the Centaurus A galaxy | J. Kainulainen | |
11:45 – 12:15 | Integral field spectroscopy of the central arcminute of Centaurus A | R. Sharp | |
12:15 – 13:00 | The latest on the H i in Centaurus A | T. Oosterloo | |
13:00 – 14:00 | Lunch | ||
14:00 – 14:25 | From the kinematics of the large-scale H i disk to the nuclear absorption | C. Struve | |
14:25 – 14:50 | Emission and absorption of circumnuclear molecular gas in Centaurus A | F. Israel | |
14:50 – 15:15 | Molecular gas imaging of the circumnuclear environs of Centaurus A | D. Espada | |
15:15 – 15:35 | CO(3→2) observations toward the dust lane in Centaurus A | T. Okuda | |
Afternoon free |
Thursday, 2 July 2009
Inner Jets → Stellar Halo
The conference dinner will be a 3½ hour Sydney harbour cruise starting at 17:00 h from the steps of the Sydney Opera House.
Friday, 3 July 2009
Outer Lobes
Time | Title | Speaker | |
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10:00 – 10:45 | The radio continuum properties of Centaurus A | M. Hardcastle | |
10:45 – 11:15 | The first aperture synthesis radio continuum image of the outer lobes of Centaurus A | I. Feain | |
11:15 – 11:30 | Imaging techniques | T. Cornwell | |
11:30 – 12:00 | Polarimetry and Faraday Rotation of radio galaxies behind the lobes of Centaurus A | B. Gaensler | |
12:00 – 12:20 | Conference summary | J. Bland-Hawthorn | |
12:20 – 14:00 | Lunch |