IIAP Publications: Recent submissions

  • On the Binary Helium Star DY Centauri: Chemical Composition and Evolutionary State 
    Pandey, G; Kameswara Rao, N; Jeffery, C. S; Lambert, D. L (IOP Publishing, 2014-10-01)
    DY Cen has shown a steady fading of its visual light by about one magnitude in the last 40 yr, suggesting a secular increase in its effective temperature. We have conducted non-local thermodynamic equilibrium (LTE) and LTE ...
  • The Quantum Interference Effects in the Sc II 4247 Å Line of the Second Solar Spectrum 
    Smitha, H. N; Nagendra, K. N; Stenflo, J. O; Bianda, M; Ramelli, R (IOP Publishing, 2014-10-10)
    The Sc II 4247 Å line formed in the chromosphere is one of the lines well known, like the Na I D2 and Ba II D2, for its prominent triple-peak structure in Q/I and the underlying quantum interference effects governing it. ...
  • Effect of Cross-redistribution on the Resonance Scattering Polarization of O I Line at 1302 Å 
    Anusha, L. S; Nagendra, K. N; Uitenbroek, H (IOP Publishing, 2014-10-10)
    Oxygen is the most abundant element on the Sun after hydrogen and helium. The intensity spectrum of resonance lines of neutral oxygen, namely, O I (1302, 1305, and 1306 Å), has been studied in the literature for chromospheric ...
  • Polarized Light Scattering with the Paschen-Back Effect, Level-crossing of Fine Structure States, and Partial Frequency Redistribution 
    Sowmya, K; Nagendra, K. N; Sampoorna, M; Stenflo, J. O (IOP Publishing, 2014-10-01)
    The quantum interference between the fine structure states of an atom modifies the shapes of the emergent Stokes profiles in the second solar spectrum. This phenomenon has been studied in great detail both in the presence ...
  • Stellar Content and Star Formation in Young Clusters Influenced by Massive Stars 
    Jose, J (American Astronomical Society, 2014-09)
    Star Formation (SF) in extreme environment is always challenging and can be significantly different from that in quiet environments. This study presents the comprehensive multi-wavelength (optical, NIR, MIR and radio) ...
  • Young stellar population of bright-rimmed clouds BRC 5, BRC 7 and BRC 39 
    Panwar, N; Chen, W. P; Pandey, A. K; Samal, M. R; Ogura, K; Ojha, D. K; Jose, J; Bhatt, B. C (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2014-09-11)
    Bright-rimmed clouds (BRCs), illuminated and shaped by nearby OB stars, are potential sites of recent/ongoing star formation. Here we present an optical and infrared photometric study of three BRCs: BRC 5, BRC 7 and BRC ...
  • Supernova SN 2012dn: a spectroscopic clone of SN 2006gz 
    Chakradhari, N. K; Sahu, D. K; Srivastav, S; Anupama, G. C (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2014-09-11)
    We present optical and UV analysis of the luminous Type Ia supernova SN 2012dn covering the period from ∼−11 to +109 d with respect to the B-band maximum, which occurred on JD 245 6132.89 ± 0.19, with an apparent magnitude ...
  • Optical/IR studies of Be stars in NGC 6834 with emphasis on two specific stars 
    Mathew, B; Varricatt, W. P; Subramaniam, A; Ashok, N. M; Banerjee, D. P. K (IOP Publishing, 2014-09)
  • Study of Meridional Flow Using Ca-K Line Profiles during Solar Cycles 22 and 23 
    Sindhuja, G; Singh, J; Ravindra, B (IOP Publishing, 2014-09-01)
    The analysis of Ca-K line spectra as a function of solar latitude and integrated over longitudes taken during the period of 1989-2011 indicates that the K1 width attains maximum amplitude at various latitude belts at ...
  • Center-to-limb Observations and Modeling of the Ca I 4227 Å Line 
    Supriya, H. D; Smitha, H. N; Nagendra, K. N; Stenflo, J. O; Bianda, M; Ramelli, R; Ravindra, B; Anusha, L. S (IOP Publishing, 2014-09-20)
    The observed center-to-limb variation (CLV) of the scattering polarization in different lines of the Second Solar Spectrum can be used to constrain the height variation of various atmospheric parameters, in particular the ...
  • Discovery of Relatively Hydrogen-poor Giants in the Galactic Globular Cluster omega Centauri 
    Hema, B. P; Pandey, G (IOP Publishing, 2014-09-10)
    In this Letter, the results of our low-resolution spectroscopic survey for identifying hydrogen-deficient stars in the red giant sample of the globular cluster ω Cen are reported. Spectral analyses were carried out on the ...
  • Polar Network Index as a Magnetic Proxy for the Solar Cycle Studies 
    Priyal, M; Banerjee, D; Karak, B. B; Munoz-Jaramillo, A; Ravindra, B; Choudhuri, A. R; Singh, J (IOP Publishing, 2014-09-20)
    The Sun has a polar magnetic field which oscillates with the 11 yr sunspot cycle. This polar magnetic field is an important component of the dynamo process which operates in the solar convection zone and produces the sunspot ...
  • Latitudinal distribution of soft x ray flares and dispairty in butterfly diagram 
    Pandey, K. K; Yellaiah, G; Hiremath, K. M (Springer, 2015-04)
    We present statistical analysis of about 63000 soft x-ray flare (class ≥C) observed by geostationary operational environmental satellite (GOES) during the period 1976-2008. Class wise occurrence of soft X-ray (SXR) flare ...
  • Prospect for UV observations from the Moon 
    Safonova, M; Mathew, J; Mohan, Rekhesh; Sreejith, A. G; Murthy, J; Brosch, N; Kappelmann, N; Sharma, A; Narayan, R (Springer, 2014-10)
    Space astronomy in the last 40 years has largely been done from spacecraft in low Earth orbit (LEO) for which the technology is proven and delivery mechanisms are readily available. However, new opportunities are arising ...
  • A study of K i 7699 Å and related shell lines during the recent eclipse of ϵ Aurigae 
    Muthumariappan, C; Parthasarathy, M; Leadbeater, R; Potravnov, I. S; Appakutty, M; Jayakumar, K (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2014-12-11)
    We report high-resolution (R = 30 000, 45 000 and 75 000) echelle and medium-resolution (R = 22 000 and 10 000) spectroscopic observations of the long-period, eclipsing binary ε Aurigae during the 2009 - 2011 eclipse. ...
  • Nonlinear force-free field modeling of the solar magnetic carpet and comparison with SDO/HMI and Sunrise/IMaX observations 
    Pradeep Chitta, L; Kariyappa, K; van Ballegooijen, A. A; DeLuca, E. E; Solanki, S. K (IOP Publishing, 2014)
    In the quiet solar photosphere, the mixed polarity fields form a magnetic carpet, which continuously evolves due to dynamical interaction between the convective motions and magnetic field. This interplay is a viable source ...
  • Probing the Active Massive Black Hole Candidate in the Center of NGC 404 with VLBI 
    Paragi, Z; Frey, S; Kaaret, P; Cseh, D; Overzier, R; Preethi, K (IOP Publishing, 2014-08-10)
    Recently, Nyland et al. argued that the radio emission observed in the center of the dwarf galaxy NGC 404 originates in a low-luminosity active galactic nucleus powered by a massive black hole (MBH, M lsim 106 M ☉). ...
  • Indian summer monsoon rainfall: dancing with the tunes of the Sun 
    Hiremath, K. M; Hegde, M; Soon, Willie (Elsevier, 2015-02)
    There is strong statistical evidence that solar activity influences the Indian summer monsoon rainfall. To search for a physical link between the two, we consider the coupled cloud hydrodynamic equations, and derive an ...
  • X-ray variability and the inner region in active galactic nuclei 
    Mohan, Prashanth; Mangalam, A (IOP Publishing, 2014-08-20)
    We present theoretical models of X-ray variability attributable to orbital signatures from an accretion disk including emission region size, quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs), and its quality factor Q, and the emergence ...
  • Galex diffuse observations of the sky: the data 
    Murthy, J (IOP Publishing, 2014-08)
    I present tabulations of the diffuse observations made by the GALEX spacecraft in two UV bands (FUV: 1539 Å and NUV: 2316 Å) from the (almost) final data release of the GALEX spacecraft (GR6/GR7). This data release includes ...

Search DSpace


Browse

My Account