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BeXRB 2011 – FINAL PROGRAM


This is the scientific program followed at the BeXRB 2011 workshop. Thanks to all chairs and speakers, the program ran smoothly and allways on time. It can be also downloaded in PDF format. For a more deailed abstract information see our "Abstract Summary" and "Abstracts by Session" web pages. The Abstracts Book is already available for download also as a PDF document.

 

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Monday, 11 Jul

09:00Registration



10:00Wellcome and opening remarks


Session 1.- Phenomenology of BeXRB transient outbursts in the X-ray domain

Chairs: Peter Jenke and Elisa Nespoli


TimeAuthorTitleNotesDuration (min)
10:15Peter Kretschmar The BeXRB outburst zooReview40

10:55Coffee Break




11:30Ascension Camero-ArranzThe strange case of A 0535+262 and HD 245770: an X-ray/optical overview
25
11:55Jose Joaquin RodesX-ray spectroscopy with Swift/XRT in BeXRBs
25
12:20Elisa NespoliCorrelated spectral and aperiodic variability in 1A 1118-615
25
12:45Biswajit PaulQuasi Periodic Oscillations in High Magnetic Field Accretion Powered Pulsars
15

13:00Lunch Break



15:30Matthias KühnelGRO J1008-57: high precision timing and spectral evolution
25
15:55Biswajit Paul Intensity and energy dependent profiles of transient HMXB pulsars
25
16:20Silvia Martínez-NuñezIdentifying Be/X systems using INTEGRAL
25
16:45Sebastian MüllerXTE J1946+274: The resurrection of a sleeping X-ray pulsar
25

17:10Coffee Break



17:30Dmitry KlochkovFlaring activity and pulse-to-pulse variability of EXO 2030+375
25
17:55DiscussionSession 1
35
18:30End of working day



Tuesday, 12 Jul.

Session 2.- BeXRBs in external galaxies compared to the Milky Way population

Chair Ascensión Camero


TimeAuthorTitleNotesDuration (min)
09:00Frank HaberlBeXRBs in external galaxies compared to the Milky Way populationReview40
09:40Elizabeth BartlettThe Search for Be/X-ray Binaries in the Phoenix Dwarf Galaxy
15
09:55Altan Baykal

Analysis of RXTE PCA Observations of SMC X-1

( See THIS PAPER (Baykal) and THIS PAPER (Paul) in reference to the discussion about pulse profile variability )


25
10:20Lee TownsendA first look at the orbital parameters of Be/X-ray binaries in the Small Magellanic Cloud
15
10:35Matthew SchurchQuasi Periodic Variations in Long Period Be X-ray Binaries
25

11:00Coffee Break



11:30Vallia AntoniouTracing the young accreting binary population of the Magellanic Clouds using their star-formation history
25
11:55Tony BirdOptical periods in SMC Be/X-ray binaries
25
12:20Altan BaykalPulse frequency changes of SWIFT J1626-515615
12:35DiscussionSession 2
30

13:05Lunch Break



Session 3.- Observations in other wavebands and their implications

Chair: Matthew Schurch


15:30M. Virginia McSwainMultiwavelength Observations of Be/X-ray Binaries and their ImplicationsReview40
16:10Pere BlayUV view of BeXRBs, WSO-UV and perspectives for the future
25
16:35Yuuki MoritaniDrastic Spectroscopic Variability of the Be/X-ray Binary A0535+262/V725 Tau during and after the 2009 Giant Outburst
25

17:00Coffee Break



17:30Jose M. TorrejonPhysical properties of Be stars in X-ray binaries
25
17:55Mehtap Özbey Arabaci Investigation Of The Photometric and Spectroscopic Variations In Be/X-Ray BinariesSee also poster15
18:10DiscussionSession 3
35
18:45End of working day



Wednesday, 13 Jul.

Session 4.- Be/X systems - routes into fundamental astrophysics

Chair: Dimitry Klochkov


TimeAuthorTitleNotesDuration (min)
09:00Ingo Kreykenbohm Transient outbursts as laboratories of accretion physicsReview40
09:40Isabel CaballeroA 0535+26: cyclotron line evolution during its recent 2011 giant outburst
25
10:05Sebastian Drave Supergiant fast X-ray transients: a BeXRB conection?
25
10:30Pablo ReigObservational evidence for the interaction between the neutron star and the equatorial disk in BeX
25

10:55Coffee Break



11:30Malcolm CoeNature or Nurture - neutron stars in Be/X-ray binariesReview
40
12:10DiscussionSession 4
35

12:45Lunch Break



Session 5.- Be stars, Be disks & models in the context of explaining the BeXRB phenomenon

Chair: Isabel Caballero


15:30Atsuo Okazaki Be stars, Be disks & models in the context of explaining the BeXRB phenomenonReview40
16:10John Richard Jones Accretion delay in HMXRB's
15
16:25Timothy LindenA binary evolution approach to understanding the BeXRB phenomenon
25

16:50Coffee Break



17:30Discussion Session 5

35
18:05End of working day




Thursday, 14 Jul.

Session 6.- The high-energy gamma-ray connection

Chairs: Tony Bird and Silvia Martínez-Núñez


TimeAuthorTitleNotesDuration (min)
09:30Josep M. ParedesBeXRBs as high-energy gamma-ray sourcesReview45
10:10Diego F. TorresBe X-ray binaries and their high and very high energy emission
25
10:35Gustavo E. Romero Gamma-ray emission from Be X-ray binaries: theoretical aspects
25

11:00Coffee Break



11:30Atsuo Okazaki Modeling gamma-ray binaries with Be stars
25
11:55Richard DuboisLSI +61 303 from the Fermi LAT Perspective
25
12:20Robin Corbet Hunting for New Gamma-ray Binaries
25

12:45Lunch Break



15:30Mark H. FingerFermi/GBM Monitoring of Transient Accreting Pulsars
25
15:55Marc RiboThe extended and variable radio structure of the gamma-ray binary PSR B1259-63/LS 2883
25
16:20Colleen Wilson-Hodge Be/X-ray Binary Science for Future X-ray Timing Missions
25

16:45Coffee Break



17:30Discussion Session 6
35
18:05Concluding remarks


18:30End of workshop



Posters



AuthorTitle


Biswajit Paul Orbital Evolution and Apsidal Motion of HMXBs


Mehtap Özbey ArabaciInvestigation Of The Photometric and Spectroscopic Variations In Be/X-Ray Binaries


Andry Rajoelimanana Long-term properties of Be/X-ray binaries in the SMC


Sergey Tsygankov Power spectra of transient X-ray pulsars: determination of the neutron stars magnetic field


Aous Abdo Discovery of high energy Gamma-Ray emission from the binary system PSR B1259-63/LS 2883 around periastron with FERMI