IIAP Publications: Recent submissions

  • The Diffuse Radiation Field at High Galactic Latitudes 
    Akshaya, M. S; Murthy, J; Ravichandran, S; Henry, R. C; Overduin, J (IOP Publishing, 2018-08-10)
    We have used GALEX observations of the north and south Galactic poles to study the diffuse ultraviolet background at locations where the Galactic light is expected to be at a minimum. We find offsets of 230–290 photon units ...
  • Magnetic field structure around cores with very low luminosity objects 
    Soam, A; Maheswar, G; Lee, C. W; Dib, S; Bhatt, H. C; Tamura, M; Kim, G (EDP Sciences, 2015-01)
    Aims. We carried out optical polarimetry of five dense cores, (IRAM 04191, L1521F, L328, L673-7, and L1014) which are found to harbour very low luminosity objects (VeLLOs; Lint ≲ 0.1 L⊙). This study was conducted mainly ...
  • Understanding AGB Nucleosynthesis from Chemical Composition Studies of CH Stars 
    Drisya, K; Goswami, A (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2015-08)
    CH stars are known to show enhanced abundances of carbon and heavy s-process elements. They are metal-deficient population II objects. Their luminosities indicate that they are mostly giants; hence, the observed enhanced ...
  • Reflection and Refraction of (Magneto-)Acoustic Waves at the Magnetic Canopy: Further Evidences from Multi-Height Seismic Data 
    Rajaguru, S. P; Sun, Xudong; Hayashi, K; Couvidat, S (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2013-12)
    We recently presented evidence (Rajaguru et al. 2013) that seismic halos around expanding magnetic structures in the lower solar atmosphere are related to the acoustic to magnetoacoustic wave conversions, using multi-height ...
  • Radiative Transfer Modelling of Dust in the M22 PN IRAS 18333-2357 
    Muthumariappan, C; Parthasarathy, M; Ita, Y (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2015-08)
    We report results from our 1-D radiative transfer modelling of dust in the hydrogen-deficient planetary nebula IRAS 18333-2357 and discuss the properties of classical-grain and very small-grain populations of this PN.
  • Soft x-ray imager using multilayer mirror optics for martian exospheric studies 
    Panini, S. S; Narendranath, S; Sreekumar, P; Athiray, P. S (2010-07)
    Planetary X ray measurements in the past have yielded valuable science in several areas such as the surface chemistry, polar auroras, magnetospheres and solar wind interaction with the exosphere. X-ray ...
  • New views of southern nearside lunar highland composition from the chandrayaan-1 x-ray spectrometer (C1XS) 
    Athiray, P. S; Narendranath, S; Sreekumar, P (2016-10)
    Lunar surface elemental abundances - Results from Chandrayaan-1 X-ray Spectrometer (C1XS) on-board Chandrayaan-1 and goals for the upcoming Chandrayaan-2 Large Area Soft X-ray Spectrometer (CLASS) experiment on-board ...
  • High-Resolution Optical Spectroscopy of the R Coronae Borealis Star V532 Ophiuchi at Maximum Light* 
    Kameswara Rao, N; Lambert, D. L; Woolf, V. M; Hema, B. P (IOP Publishing, 2014-09)
    High-resolution optical spectra of the R Coronae Borealis (RCB) star V532 Oph at light maximum are discussed. The absolute visual magnitude M V of the star is found to be 4 : 9 0 : 5 . The elemental ...
  • Pointing system for the balloon-borne astronomical payloads 
    Nirmal, K; Sreejith, A. G; Mathew, J; Mayuresh, Sarpotdar; Ambily, S||Prakash, A; Safonova, M; Murthy, J (SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2016-12)
    We describe the development and implementation of a light-weight, fully autonomous 2-axis pointing and stabilization system designed for balloon-borne astronomical payloads. The system is developed using offthe-shelf ...
  • The effects of the small-scale DM power on the cosmological neutral hydrogen (HI) distribution at high redshifts 
    Sarkar, A; Mondal, Rajesh; Das, Subinoy; Sethi, S. K; Bharadwaj, Somnath; Marsh, D.â (IOP Publishing, 2016-04)
    JCAP04(2016)012 ou rnal of C osmology and A strop article P hysics An IOP and SISSA journal J The effects of the small-scale DM power on the cosmological neutral hydrogen (H i ) distribution at ...
  • VLBI imaging of the double peaked emission line seyfert KISSR 1494 
    Kharb, P; Mousumi Das; Paragi, Z; Subramanian, S; Pradeep Chitta, L (IOP Publishing, 2015-02-01)
    We present here the results from dual-frequency phase-referenced Very Long Baseline Interferometry observations of the Seyfert galaxy KISSR 1494, which exhibits double peaked emission lines in its Sloan Digital Sky Survey ...
  • Seasonal investigation on prediction accuracy of atmospheric turbulence strength with a new model at Punalkulam, Tamil Nadu 
    Bazil Raj, A. Arockia; Lancelot, J. P (Optical Society of America, 2016-04)
    Atmospheric parameters strongly affect the performance of free space optical communication systems when an optical wave is propagating through an inhomogeneous turbulence transmission medium. Developing models to get an ...
  • Fermi monitoring of radio-loud narrow-line seyfert 1 galaxies 
    Paliya, Vaidehi S; Stalin, C. S; Ravikumar, C. D (IOP Publishing, 2015-02)
    We present detailed analysis of the γ-ray flux variability and spectral properties of the five radio-loud narrow line Seyfert 1 (RL-NLSy1) galaxies, detected by the Large Area Telescope on board the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space ...
  • Fabrication and characterization of SLG/Mo/CZTS/CdS/i-ZnO/Al:ZnO/Al thin film solar cell device 
    Suman, R; Revathy, M. S; Priyal, M; Chitravel, T; Kumar, T. P (National Institute of Research and Development for Optoelectronics, 1905-07)
    A cost effective p-type Copper zinc tin selenide Cu2ZnSnSe4 (CZTSe) thin film was fabricated on molybdenum (Mo) coated soda lime glass substrate by sputtering method followed by rapid thermal processed (RTP) selenization. ...
  • Deep Washington photometry of inconspicuous star cluster candidates in the large magellanic cloud 
    Choudhury, Samyaday; Subramaniam, A; Piatti, A. E (IOP Publishing, 2015-02)
    We present deep Washington photometry of 45 poorly populated star cluster candidates in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC). We have performed a systematic study to estimate the parameters of the cluster candidates by matching ...
  • Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope on AstroSat 
    Tandon, S. N; Ghosh, S. K; Hutchings, J; Stalin, C. S; Subramaniam, A (Current Science Association, 2017-08)
    The AstroSat satellite is designed for multiwavelength astronomy for observations covering a spectral range from soft and hard X-rays to the ultraviolet. The Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT) is the only non-X-ray ...
  • Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope on AstroSat 
    Tandon, S. N; Ghosh, S. K; Hutchings, J; Stalin, C. S; Subramaniam, A (Current Science Association, 2017-04)
    Solar coronagraph mimics total solar eclipse by blocking the solar disk and enabling the observation of extended coronal atmosphere of the Sun. Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC), on-board Aditya-L1 space mission, ...
  • Strong lens time delay challenge. II. results of TDC1 
    Liao, K; Treu, T; Marshall, P; Fassnacht, C. D; Rumbaugh, N; Dobler, G; Aghamousa, A; Bonvin, V; Courbin, F; Hojjati, A; Jackson, N; Kashyap, V; Rathna Kumar, S; Linder, Eric; Mandel, Kaisey; Meng, Xiao-Li; Meylan, G; Moustakas, L. A; Prabhu, T. P; Romero-Wolf, A; Shafieloo, A; Siemiginowska, A; Stalin, C. S; Tak, H; Tewes, M; van Dyk, D (IOP Publishing, 2015-02-20)
    We present the results of the first strong lens time delay challenge. The motivation, experimental design, and entry level challenge are described in a companion paper. This paper presents the main challenge, TDC1, which ...
  • S7 : Probing the physics of seyfert galaxies through their ENLR & HII regions 
    Dopita, M. A; Shastri, P; Scharwachter, J; Kewley, L. J; Davies, R; Sutherland, R; Kharb, P; Jose, Jessy; Bhatt, H. C; Ramya, S; Hamptona, E; Jina, C; Banfielda, J; Zawa, I; Srivastavaa, Shweta; Jamesa, B (Cambridge University Press, 2015-02)
    Here we present the first results from the Siding Spring Southern Seyfert Spectroscopic Snapshot Survey (S7) which aims to investigate the physics of ∼140 radio-detected southern active Galaxies with z<0.02 through Integral ...
  • Multilayer mirror-based soft x-ray polarimeter for astronomical observations 
    Panini, S. S; Sreekumar, P; Marshall, H. L; Narendranath, S; Nayak, M; Athiray, P. S (SPIE-The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2018-01)
    A simple design of a soft x-ray polarimeter using multilayer mirrors is presented. A multilayer mirror acts as a linear polarization analyzer for x-rays at incidence angles close to the Brewster angle. The instrument ...

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