IIAP Publications: Recent submissions

  • X-ray flux variability of active galactic nuclei observed using NuSTAR 
    Priyanka Rani; Stalin, C. S; Rakshit, S (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2017-04)
    We present results of a systematic study of flux variability on hourly time-scales in a large sample of active galactic nuclei (AGN) in the 3−79 keV band using data from Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array. Our sample ...
  • A bibliometric study of Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing for the period 1973-2014 
    Iqbalahmad, U. Rajgoli; Ghouse Modin, N. Mamdapur; Prabahar, P (JALIS, 2017-03)
    The bibliometric portrait of Journal of the Indian Society of Remote Sensing concentrates on four decades publication trends from 1973-2014. The study analyzed 1310 research articles published in 140 issues of the journal. ...
  • A multiwavelength study of the Stingray Nebula; properties of the nebula, central star, and dust 
    Otsuka, M; Parthasarathy, M; Tajitsu, A; Hubrig, S (IOP Publishing, 2016-07)
    We performed a detail chemical abundance analysis and photo-ionization modeling of the Stingray Nebula (Hen3-1357, Parthasarathy et al. 1993[1]) to more characterize this PN. We calculated nine elemental abundances using ...
  • A laser-lock concept to reach cm-1s-precision in Doppler experiments with Fabry-Perot wavelength calibrators 
    Reiners, A; Banyal, R. K; Ulbrich, R. G (EDP Sciences, 2014-09)
    State-of-the-art Doppler experiments require wavelength calibration with precision at the cm s − 1 level. A low-finesse Fabry-Pérot interferometer (FPI) can provide a wavelength comb with a very large ...
  • Spectral and time series analyses of the seyfert 1 AGN: Zw 229.015 
    Adegoke, Oluwashina; Rakshit, S; Mukhopadhyay, B (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2017-05)
    We analyse the spectra of the archival XMM–Newton data of the Seyfert 1 AGN Zw 229.015 in the energy range 0.3–10.0 keV. When fitted with a simple power law, the spectrum shows signatures of weak soft excess below 1.0 keV. ...
  • The search for another earth - Part II 
    Sengupta, S (Indian Academy of Sciences, 2016-10)
    In the first part, we discussed the various methods for thedetection of planets outside the solar system known as theexoplanets. In this part, we will describe various kinds ofexoplanets. The habitable planets discovered ...
  • Amplitude of solar wind density turbulence from 10 to 45 R⊙ 
    Sasikumar Raja, K; Ingale, M; Ramesh, R; Subramanian, P; Manoharan, P. K; Janardhan, P (American Geophysical Union, 2016-12)
    We report on the amplitude of the density turbulence spectrum ( urn:x-wiley:jgra:media:jgra53108:jgra53108-math-0001) and the density modulation index (δN/N) in the solar wind between 10 and 45R⊙. We derive these quantities ...
  • Fabry-Perot based narrow band imager for solar filament observations 
    Sajal Kumar Dhara; Ravindra, B; Banyal, R. K (IOP Publishing, 2016-01)
    We have recently developed a narrow band imager (NBI) using a n air gap based Fabry-P ́erot (FP) interferometer at the Indian Institute of Astrophysic s, Bangalore. Narrow band imaging is achieved by using an FP ...
  • Unveiling Vela – time variability of Na I D lines in the direction of the Vela supernova remnant 
    Kameswara Rao, N; Muneer, S; Lambert, D. L; Varghese, B. A (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2016-01-21)
    High-resolution spectral profiles of Na I D lines from the interstellar medium towards 64 stars in the direction of the Vela supernova remnant are presented. This survey conducted mostly between 2011 and 12 complements an ...
  • Core shift effect in blazars 
    Agarwal, A; Mohan, P; Gupta, A. C; Mangalam, A; Volvach, A. E; Aller, M. F; Aller, H. D; Gu, M. F; Lahteenmaki, A; Tornikoski, M; Volvach, L. N (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2017-07)
    We studied the pc-scale core shift effect using radio light curves for three blazars, S5 0716+714, 3C 279 and BL Lacertae, which were monitored at five frequencies (ν) between 4.8 and 36.8 GHz using the University of ...
  • The effects of transients on photospheric and chromospheric power distributions 
    Samanta, T; Henriques, V. M. J; Banerjee, D; Krishna Prasad, S; Mathioudakis, M; Jess, D; Pant, V (IOP Publishing, 2016-09-01)
    We have observed a quiet-Sun region with the Swedish 1 m Solar Telescope equipped with the CRISP Imaging SpectroPolarimeter. High-resolution, high-cadence, Hα line scanning images were taken to observe different layers of ...
  • Metallicity of Sun-like G-stars that have exoplanets 
    Gurumath, S. R; Hiremath, K. M; Ramasubramanian, V (Indian Academy of Sciences, 2017-07)
    By considering the physical and orbital characteristics of G type stars and their exoplanets, we examine the association between stellar mass and its metallicity that follows a power law. Similar relationship is also ...
  • Investigating AGN black hole masses and the MBH-σe relation for low surface brightness galaxies 
    Subramanian, S; Ramya, S; Das, M; George, K; Sivarani, T; Prabhu, T. P (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2016-01)
    We present an analysis of the optical nuclear spectra from the active galactic nuclei (AGN) in a sample of low surface brightness (LSB) galaxies. Using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS), we derived the virial ...
  • The Effects of Transients on Photospheric and Chromospheric Power Distributions 
    Mandal, Sudip; Yuan, D; Fang, Xia; Banerjee, D; Pant, V; Van Doorsselaere, T (IOP Publishing, 2016-09-10)
    Slow MHD waves are important tools for understanding coronal structures and dynamics. In this paper, we report a number of observations from the X-Ray Telescope (XRT) on board HINODE and Solar Dynamic Observatory/Atmospheric ...
  • Stellar and gas dynamical model for tidal disruption events in a quiescent galaxy 
    Mageshwaran, T; Mangalam, A (IOP Publishing, 2015-12-01)
    A detailed model of the tidal disruption events (TDEs) has been constructed using stellar dynamical and gas dynamical inputs that include black hole (BH) mass M•, specific orbital energy E and angular momentum J, star mass ...
  • Importance of Cross-redistribution in Scattering Polarization of Spectral Lines: The Cases of 3P−3S Triplets of Mg i and Ca i 
    Sampoorna, M; Nagendra, K. N (IOP Publishing, 2017-04-01)
    Scattering on a multi-level atomic system has dominant contributions from resonance and Raman scattering. While initial and final levels are the same for resonance scattering, they are different for Raman scattering. The ...
  • Photometric and polarimetric observations of fast declining Type II supernovae 2013hj and 2014G 
    Bose, S; Kumar, B; Misra, K; Matsumoto, K; Brajesh Kumar; Singh, M; Fukushima, D; Kawabata, M (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2016-01)
    We present broad-band photometric and polarimetric observations of two Type II supernovae (SNe) 2013hj and 2014G. SN 2014G is a spectroscopically classified Type IIL event, which we also confirm photometrically because ...
  • Analysis of mutual events of Galilean satellites observed from VBO during 2014-2015 
    Vasundhara, R; Selvakumar, G; Anbazhagan, P (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2017-06)
    Results of analysis of 23 events of the 2014–2015 mutual event series from the Vainu Bappu Observatory are presented. Our intensity distribution model for the eclipsed/occulted satellite is based on the criterion that it ...
  • Polarized line formation with lower-level polarization and partial frequency redistribution 
    Supriya, H. D; Sampoorna, M; Nagendra, K. N; Stenflo, J. O; Ravindra, B (IOP Publishing, 2016-09-10)
    In the well-established theories of polarized line formation with partial frequency redistribution (PRD) for a two-level and two-term atom, it is generally assumed that the lower level of the scattering transition is ...
  • Subaru/HDS study of CH stars: elemental abundances for stellar neutron-capture process studies 
    Goswami, A; Aoki, W; Drisya, K (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2016-01)
    A comprehensive abundance analysis providing rare insight into the chemical history of lead stars is still lacking. We present results from high-resolution (R ∼ 50 000) spectral analyses of three CH stars, HD 26, HD ...

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