Accurate theoretical data for the transition probabilities are highly demanding in astrophysics and in the study of plasma in astrophysical objects and fusion devices. Na-like highly stripped ions of iron group, specially ...

We present a novel scenario in which light (~few eV) dark fermions (sterile neutrinos) interact with a scalar field as in mass-varying neutrino dark energy theories. As the eV sterile states naturally become nonrelativistic ...

We report multiband observations of the optical transient associated with GRB 000301c carried out 2000 March 2-4 using the 2.34 m Vainu Bappu Telescope at Kavalur, India. When combined with other reported data, the initial ...

G.V.Juggarow was one of the early pioneers of observational astronomy in India who built his own observatory in 1840 at Vizagapatam (Vizagapatnam). His legacy was continued by his son-in-law A.V.Nursing Row till 1892, his ...

We present medium-resolution optical spectra of the type II supernova SN 1998S obtained during the pre-maximum, maximum and early decline phases. The early decline spectra show complex Balmer line profiles: a narrow P-Cygni ...

The devastating earthquake in Bhuj on 26 January 2001 highlighted the high earthquake risk in the Indian region of Gujarat. In their Perspective, Bilham et al. warn that major earthquakes may be expected in another part ...

We study the bound orbit conditions for equatorial and eccentric orbits around a Kerrblack hole both in the parameter space (E,L,a) representing the energy, angular mo-mentum of the test particle, and spin of the black ...

We report here on high angular resolution observations of solar noise storm sources at a frequency of 75MHz. The data for the study were obtained at the Gauribidanur Radio Observatory (long.: 77 deg26'12''E, lat.: 13 ...