IIAP Publications: Recent submissions

  • TIRSPEC: TIFR Near Infrared Spectrometer and Imager 
    Ninan, J. P; Ojha, D. K; Ghosh, S. K; D'Costa, S. L. A; Naik, M. B; Poojary, S. S; Sandimani, P. R; Meshram, G. S; Jadhav, R. B; Bhagat, S. B; Gharat, S. M; Bakalkar, C. B; Prabhu, T. P; Anupama, G. C; Toomey, D. W (World Scientific Publishing Co., 2014-12)
    We describe the TIFR Near Infrared Spectrometer and Imager (TIRSPEC) designed and built in collaboration with M/s. Mauna Kea Infrared LLC, Hawaii, USA, now in operation on the side port of the 2-m Himalayan Chandra Telescope ...
  • The First Low-frequency Radio Observations of the Solar Corona on ≈200 km Long Interferometer Baseline 
    Mugundhan, V; Ramesh, R; Kathiravan, C; Gireesh, G. V. S; Anshu Kumari; Hariharan, K; Barve, Indrajit V (IOP Publishing, 2018-03-01)
    The angular size of the smallest, compact radio source that can be observed in the solar atmosphere is one of the intriguing questions in low-frequency radio astronomy. This is important to understand density turbulence ...
  • Photometric metallicity map of the Small Magellanic Cloud 
    Choudhury, S; Subramaniam, A; Cole, A. A; Sohn, Y. J (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2018-04)
    We have created an estimated metallicity map of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) using the Magellanic Cloud Photometric Survey (MCPS) and Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment (OGLE III) photometric data. This is a first ...
  • Broad-line Type Ic supernova SN 2014ad 
    Sahu, D. K; Anupama, G. C; Chakradhari, N. K; Srivastav, S; Tanaka, M; Maeda, K; Nomoto, K (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2018-04)
    We present optical and ultraviolet photometry and low-resolution optical spectroscopy of the broad-line Type Ic supernova SN 2014ad in the galaxy PGC 37625 (Mrk 1309), covering the evolution of the supernova during −5 to ...
  • The Curious Case of PDS 11: A Nearby, >10 Myr Old, Classical T Tauri Binary System 
    Mathew, B; Manoj, P; Bhatt, B. C; Sahu, D. K; Maheswar, G; Muneer, S (IOP Publishing, 2017-05)
    We present results of our study of the PDS 11 binary system, which belongs to a rare class of isolated, high Galactic latitude T Tauri stars. Our spectroscopic analysis reveals that PDS 11 is an M2–M2 binary system with ...
  • A study of the effect of bulges on bar formation in disc galaxies 
    Kataria, Sandeep Kumar; Mousumi Das (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2018-04)
    We use N-body simulations of bar formation in isolated galaxies to study the effect of bulge mass and bulge concentration on bar formation. Bars are global disc instabilities that evolve by transferring angular momentum ...
  • The 3-Dimensional Distribution of Interstellar Dust 
    Murthy, J (Cambridge University Press, 2014-01)
    A knowledge of the three dimensional distribution of interstellar dust is critical in interpreting all observations of the sky, particularly in the understanding of the structure and morphology of our Galaxy. It has been ...
  • A study of the effect of bulges on bar formation in disc galaxies 
    Kataria, Sandeep Kumar; Mousumi Das (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2018-04)
    We use N-body simulations of bar formation in isolated galaxies to study the effect of bulge mass and bulge concentration on bar formation. Bars are global disc instabilities that evolve by transferring angular momentum ...
  • Dark matter, dark energy, and alternate models: A review 
    Arun, k; Gudennavar, S.B; Sivaram, C (Elsevier B.V, 2017-07)
    The nature of dark matter (DM) and dark energy (DE) which is supposed to constitute about 95% of the energy density of the uni-verse is still a mystery. There is no shortage of ideas regarding the nature of both. While ...
  • Identifying Li-rich giants from low-resolution spectroscopic survey 
    Bharat Kumar, Y; Reddy, B. E; Zhao, G (Indian Academy of Sciences, 2018-04)
    In this paper we discuss our choice of a large unbiased sample used for the survey of red giant branch stars for finding Li-rich K giants, and the method used for identifying Li-rich candidates using low-resolution spectra. ...
  • SPECTROSCOPY OF BRIGHT ALGOL-TYPE SEMI-DETACHED CLOSE BINARY SYSTEM HU TAURI (HR 1471) 
    Parthasarathy, M (Konkoly Observatory, 2018-01-23)
    Radial velocities of the primary component (B8V) of HU Tauri derived from the photographic spectra obtained during January 1974 to December 1974 and spectroscopic orbital elements from the analysis of the radial velocity ...
  • Optical design of visible emission line coronagraph on Indian space solar mission Aditya-L1 
    Raj Kumar, Nalla; Prasad, B. R; Singh, J; Venkata Suresh, Narra (Springer, 2018-04)
    The ground based observations of the coronal emission lines using a coronagraph are affected by the short duration of clear sky and varying sky transparency. These conditions do not permit to study small amplitude variations ...
  • Flares before and after coronal mass ejections 
    Suryanarayana, G. S (IOP Publishing, 2018-03)
    Flare characteristics such as the flare occurrence number density and the distribution of peak flux as well as duration of flares occurring on either side of a coronal mass ejection (CME) onset time are studied. While the ...
  • Low resolution spectroscopy of selected Algol systems 
    Shanti Priya Devarapalli; Rukmini Jagirdar; Parthasarathy, M; Sahu, D. K; Mohan, V; Bhatt, B. C; Thomas, V. S (Springer, 2018-04)
    The analysis of spectroscopic data for 30 Algol-type binaries is presented. All these systems are short period Algols having primaries with spectral types B and A. Dominant spectral lines were identified for the spectra ...
  • THE VARIABLE STAR POPULATION IN THE GLOBULAR CLUSTER NGC 6934 
    Yepez, M. A; Ferro, A. A; Muneer, S; Giridhar, S (Instituto de Astronomia, 2018-04)
    We report an analysis of new V and I CCD time-series photometry of the globular cluster NGC 6934. Through the Fourier decomposition of the RR Lyrae light curves the mean values of [Fe/H] and the distance of the cluster ...
  • NIR properties of Be stars in star clusters in the Magellanic Clouds 
    Paul, K. T; Subramaniam, A; Mathew, B; Shruthi, S. B (Elsevier B.V, 2017-10)
    Magellanic Clouds are the nearby galaxies which are ideal to study the properties of metal poor stellar population. In this study, we explore the near-IR properties of optically identified classical Be stars in 19 star ...
  • Coronal Proerties of the Seyfert 1 Galaxy 3C 120 with NuSTAR 
    Priyanka Rani; Stalin, C. S (IOP Publishing, 2018-04-01)
    We present a measurement of the cut-off energy, a proxy for the temperature of the corona in the nuclear continuum of the Seyfert 1 galaxy 3C 120 using ~120 ks of observation from NuSTAR. The quality broadband spectrum ...
  • CME productivity associated with Solar Flare peak X-ray emission flux 
    Suryanarayana, G. S; Balakrishna, K. M (Elsevier B.V, 2018-05-01)
    It is often noticed that the occurrence rate of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) increases with increase in flare duration where peak flux too increase. However, there is no complete association between the duration and peak ...
  • Variation of supergranule parameters with solar cycles: results from century-long Kodaikanal digitized Ca II K data 
    Chatterjee, Subhamoy; Mandal, Sudip; Banerjee, D (IOP Publishing, 2017-05)
    The Ca ii K spectroheliograms spanning over a century (1907–2007) from Kodaikanal Solar Observatory, India, have recently been digitized and calibrated. Applying a fully automated algorithm (which includes contrast enhancement ...
  • Once in a blue moon: detection of bluing' during debris transits in the white dwarf WD 1145+017 
    Hallakoun, N; Xu, S; Maoz, D; Marsh, T. R; Ivanov, V. D; Dhillon, V. S; Bours, M. C. P; Parsons, S. G; Kerry, P; Sharma, S; Su, K; Sridharan, R|; Pravec, P; Kusnirak, P; Kucakova, H; Armstrong, J. D; Arnold, C (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2017-08)
    The first transiting planetesimal orbiting a white dwarf was recently detected in K2 data of WD 1145+017 and has been followed up intensively. The multiple, long and variable transits suggest the transiting objects are ...

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