Conference Oral Presentations
The oral presentations of the conference are given below, as PDF files
PLENARY TALKS
- J. Binney: Extracting Science from surveys of our Galaxy
- T. Piran: The Origin of Cosmic Fireworks
- A. Hood (V. Archontis): Magnetic Activity on the Sun
Highlight talk by a young astronomer
- D. Emmanoulopoulos: Lorentz-invariance violation studies with blazars: A cautionary tale
SESSION 1: Sun, Planets and Interplanetary Medium (Conveners: A. Anastasiadis, A. Nindos and G. Tsiropoula)
- A. Coustenis (Inv): Atmospheric variations in Titan's atmosphere after one Titanian year
- C. Plainaki : Ion sputtering and radiolysis of ice at the Galilean moons
- I. Contopoulos: Nonlinear force-free reconstruction of the global solar magnetic field
- I. Dandouras (Inv): Two cases of atmospheric escape in the Solar System: Titan and Earth
- A. Katsiyannis: Greek Participation to Solar Orbiter Development
- I. Myserlis: Solar observations with a low frequency radio telescope , [ paper version ]
- K. Tziotziou (Inv) : Solar chromospheric fine scale structures: dynamics and energetics
- I. Kontogiannis: Multi-wavelengths observations of oscillatory phenomena in a solar network region and their relation to the magnetic field
- C. Allisandrakis: Multi-wavelength Observations of a Metric Type-II Event
- A. Vourlidas: New Views of the Solar Corona from STEREO and SDO
- S. Patsourakos: Constraining a Model for EUV Wave Formation with SDO and STEREO Quadrature Observations
- C. Gontikakis: Nanoflare heating of coronal loops in an active region triggered by reconnecting current sheets
- T. Sarris (Inv): Solar wind influence in ULF wave activity in the magnetosphere
- O. Malandraki: Space Weather Research at IAA/NOA: Solar Energetic Particle Investigations
- I. Sandberg: Monitoring solar energetic particles with an armada of European spacecraft and the new automated SEPF (Solar Energetic Proton Fluxes) Tool
- V. Ontiveros: Arrival Times of Interplanetary CMEs and Shocks into the Earth's Vicinity:STEREO Observations and Analytical Modeling
SESSION 2: Extragalactic Astrophysics and Cosmology (Conveners: D. Rigopoulou and N. Vlahakis)
- L. Moustakas (Inv): Strong gravitational lensing, the structure of galaxies and clusters, and why we care
- M. Plionis: Alternative tracers to estimate the Dark Energy equation of state
- s. Basilakos: Testing gravity at cosmological scales
- S. Carvalho: Weak gravitational lensing as a tool for cosmology
- C. Eleftheriadis: Searches for Solar Axions at CERN with the CAST Telescope
- T. Fragos: Evolution of X-ray Binaries Across Cosmic Time and Energy Feedback at High Readshift
- T. Bitsakis: A multi-wavelength analysis of Hickson Compact Groups of galaxies
- V. Charmandaris: Extended Infrared Emission from (U)LIRGs
- N. Nikoloudakis: High-redshift Luminous Red Galaxies clustering analysis in SDSS Stripe82
- E. Tremou: An optical spectroscopic study of a LLQSOs sample and the impact of the aperture effect on its classification
- D. Giannios (Inv): Jets from stellar tidal disruption by massive black holes
- A. Mastichiadis : The time-dependent one-zone hadronic model
- M. Petropoulou : Signatures of particle acceleration on Gamma Ray Burst afterglow light curves
- E. Angelakis: F-GAMMA program: Unification and physical interpretation of the radio spectra variability patterns in Fermi blazars and detection radio jet emission from NLSY1 galaxies
- N. Gizani: On the role of pc- to kpc-scale jet asymmetry and cosmic ray acceleration
- P. Bonfini: Studying the asymmetry of the GC population of NGC 4261
- I. Leonidaki: Revealing new optically-emitting extragalactic Supernova Remnants
SESSION 3: Dynamical Astronomy and Relativistic Astrophysics (Conveners: T. Apostolatos and C. Efthymiopoulos)
- N. Stergioulas (Inv) : Numerical Simulations in Relativistic Astrophysics
- N. Kylafis: Formation and destruction of jets in X-ray binaries
- K. Gourgouliatos: Magnetic field structure of relavistic jets without current sheets
- Th. Smponias: Modelling the equatorial emission in the SS433 microquasar
- P. Patsis (Inv): Modeling the morphology of disk galaxies by means of orbital theory
- K. Tsiganis: Origin of the orbital distribution of main-belt asteroids
- N. Caranicolas: Order and chaos in a triaxial galaxy model with a dark halo component
- K. Lazaridis: Evidence for extreme gravitational quadrupole moment variations of PSR J2051-0827
- J. Antoniadis: Strong-field gravity tests with binary pulsars
- D. Papadopoulos: The influence of strong field vacuum polarization on gravitational-electromagnetic wave interaction
- K. Kokkotas: Magnetar Dynamics and Gravitational Waves
SESSION 4: Stars, Our Galaxy and the Local Group (Conveners: A. Bonanos and A. Zezas)
- O. Dionatos: Low mass star-formation: new insights from Herschel
- D. Polychroni: Filaments in Orion: A first look of the Integral Shaped Filament with Herschel
- C. Vamvatira-Nakou: The Herschel view of nebulae around evolved massive stars
- T. Belloni (Inv): On the path to strong gravity through timing accreting compact objects
- K. Gourgouliatos: Hall equilibria and stability of magnetic field structure in neutron star crusts
- V. Antoniou: Connecting the young accreting binary population of the Magellanic Clouds with their star-formation history
- G. Maravelias : Optical spectroscopy of Be-XRBs in the SMC
- A. Bonanos: Fundamental Parameters of Four Massive Eclipsing Binaries in Westerlund1
- A. Liakos: Close Binaries with delta Scuti components: New discoveries, analysis techniques and recent results
- C. Siopis : Towards an Automated Processing of Gaia Eclipsing Binaries
- S. Akras : Distance mapping and the 3D structure of BD +30 3639, [ paper version ]
- K. Zagkouris: Extreme refractive lensing in the interstellar medium
- S. Lianou : Testing photometric metallicities with Milky Way dwarf spheroidal
- P.-E. Christopoulou : W-UMa type binaries: The case of puzzling TZ Boo
SESSION 5: Education in Astronomy (Conveners: L. Vlahos and M. Metaxa)
- C. E. Walker (Inv): Astronomy Education in U.S. Secondary Schools: Current Status and Concerns vs. the Broadness and Effectiveness of Best Practices
- R. Korakitis (Inv): Space Sciences in the classroom: Educational activities of the European Space Agency
- I. Starakis: Design, Implementation and Evaluation of a Teaching and Learning Sequence concerning Apparent Movement of the Moon
- M. Metaxa: Learning about the Galaxy by constructing a Galactic Garden at school
- S. Spanos : Centaur Chironis Calendar in our era
ΗΜΕΡΙΔΑ ΓΙΑ ΕΚΠΑΙΔΕΥΤΙΚΟΥΣ
- Ν. Κυλάφης: Εκροή ύλης από μαύρες τρύπες
- Π. Πάτσης: Ο ρόλος των υπολογιστών στη σύγχρονη γαλαξιακή έρευνα
- Ι. Παπαμαστοράκης: Εκπαιδευτικά προγράμματα Αστροσκοπείου Σκίνακα
- Ι. Σειραδάκης: Εμπειρίες από την Ελληνική συμμετοχή στη Μαθητική Ολυμπιάδα αστρονομίας