IIAP Publications: Recent submissions

  • Landslide susceptibility analysis using Probabilistic Certainty Factor Approach: A case study on Tevankarai stream watershed, India 
    Sujatha, E. R; Rajamanickam, G. V; Kumaravel, P (Indian Academy of Sciences, 2012-10)
    This paper reports the use of a GIS based Probabilistic Certainty Factor method to assess the geo-environmental factors that contribute to landslide susceptibility in Tevankarai Ar sub-watershed, Kodaikkanal. Landslide ...
  • Comparative modelling of the spectra of cool giants 
    Lebzelter, T; Heiter, U; Abia, C; Eriksson, K; Ireland, M; Neilson, H; Nowotny, W; Maldonado, J; Merle, T; Peterson, R; Plez, B; Short, C. I; Wahlgren, G. M; Worley, C; Aringer, B; Bladh, S; de Laverny, P; Goswami, A; Mora, A; Norris, R. P; Recio-Blanco, A; Scholz, M; Thevenin, F; Tsuji, T; Kordopatis, G; Montesinos, B; Wing, R. F (EDP Sciences, 2012-11)
    Context. Our ability to extract information from the spectra of stars depends on reliable models of stellar atmospheres and appropriate techniques for spectral synthesis. Various model codes and strategies for the analysis ...
  • Comprehensive multiwavelength modelling of the afterglow of GRB 050525A 
    Resmi, L; Misra, K; Johannesson, G; Castro-Tirado, A. J; Gorosabel, J; Jelınek, M; Bhattacharya, D; Kubanek, P; Anupama, G. C; Sota, A; Sahu, D. K; de Ugarte Postigo, A; Pandey, S. B; Sanchez-Ramırez, R; Bremer, M; Sagar, R (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-11)
    The Swift era has posed a challenge to the standard blast-wave model of gamma-ray burst (GRB) afterglows. The key observational features expected within the model are rarely observed, such as the achromatic steepening ...
  • Pointing of HAGAR telescope mirrors 
    Gothe, K. S; Prabhu, T. P; Vishwanath, P. R; Acharya, B. S; Srinivasan, R; Chitnis, V. R; Kamath, P. U; Srinivasulu, G; Saleem, F; Kemkar, P. M. M; Mahesh, P. K; Gabriel, F; Manoharan, J; Dorji, N; Dorjai, T; Angchuk, D; D'souza, A. I; Duhan, S. K; Nagesh, B. K; Rao, S. K; Sharma, S. K; Singh, B. B; Sudersanan, P. V; Thsering, M. T; Upadhya, S. S; Anupama, G. C; Britto, R. J; Cowsik, R; Saha, L; Shukla, A (Springer, 2013-04)
    An array of seven atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes was commissioned at a high altitude site in Hanle in the Ladakh region of the Himalayas. The array called HAGAR has been designed to observe celestial γ-rays of energy ...
  • Probing the Role of Carbon in Ultraviolet Extinction along Galactic Sight Lines 
    Parvathi, V. S; Sofia, U. J; Murthy, J; Babu, B. R. S (IOP Publishing, 2012-11-20)
    We report previously undetermined interstellar gas and dust-phase carbon abundances along 15 Galactic sight lines based on archival data of the strong 1334.5323 Å transition observed with the Space Telescope Imaging ...
  • Nature of quiet Sun oscillations using data from the hinode, TRACE, and SOHO spacecraft 
    Gupta, G. R; Subramanian, S; Banerjee, D; Madjarska, M. S; Doyle, J. G (Springer, 2013-01)
    We study the nature of quiet-Sun oscillations using multi - wavelength observations from TRACE, Hinode, and SOHO. The aim is to investigate the existence of propagating waves in the solar chromosphere and the transition ...
  • High-resolution Optical Spectroscopy of DY Cen: Diffuse Interstellar Bands in a Proto-fullerene Circumstellar Environment? 
    Garcia-Hernandez, D. A; Kameswara Rao, N; Lambert, D. L (IOP Publishing, 2012-11-01)
    We search high-resolution and high-quality VLT/UVES optical spectra of the hot R Coronae Borealis star DY Cen for electronic transitions of the C60 molecule and diffuse interstellar bands (DIBs). We report the non-detection ...
  • Star Formation Activity in the Galactic H II Region Sh2-297 
    Mallick, K. K; Ojha, D. K; Samal, M. R; Pandey, A. K; Bhatt, B. C; Ghosh, S. K; Dewangan, L. K; Tamura, M (IOP Publishing, 2012-11-01)
    We present a multiwavelength study of the Galactic H II region Sh2-297, located in the Canis Major OB1 complex. Optical spectroscopic observations are used to constrain the spectral type of ionizing star HD 53623 as B0V. ...
  • Chemical compositions of stars in two stellar streams from the Galactic thick disc 
    Ramya, P; Reddy, B. E; Lambert, D. L (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-10)
    We present abundances for 20 elements for stars in two stellar streams identified by Arifyanto & Fuchs: 18 stars from the Arcturus stream and 26 from a new stream, which we call the AF06 stream, both from the Galactic thick ...
  • Polarized Line Transfer with F-state Interference in a Non-magnetic Medium: Partial Frequency Redistribution Effects in the Collisionless Regime 
    Smitha, H. N; Sowmya, K; Nagendra, K. N; Sampoorna, M; Stenflo, J. O (IOP Publishing, 2012-10-20)
    Quantum interference phenomena manifest themselves in several ways in the polarized solar spectrum formed due to coherent scattering processes. One such effect arises due to interference between the fine structure (J) ...
  • Spectroscopic observations of propagating disturbances in a polar coronal hole: evidence of slow magneto-acoustic waves 
    Gupta, G. R; Teriaca, L; Marsch, E; Solanki, S. K; Banerjee, D (EDP Sciences, 2012-10)
    Aims. We focus on detecting and studying quasi-periodic propagating features that have been interpreted in terms of both slow magneto-acoustic waves and of high-speed upflows. Methods. We analyzed long-duration spectroscopic ...
  • An H I shell-like structure associated with nova V458 Vulpeculae? 
    Nirupam Roy; Kantharia, N. G; Eyres, S. P. S; Anupama, G. C; Bode, M. F; Prabhu, T. P; O'Brien, T. J (Wiley-Blackwell, 2012-11)
    We report the radio detection of a shell-like H i structure in proximity to, and probably associated with, the nova V458 Vul. High spectral resolution observation with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope has made it possible ...
  • Jagadish Chandra Bhattacharyya (1930–2012) 
    Prabhu, T. P; Rajan, K. T (Indian Academy of Sciences, 2012-09-25)
    J. C. Bhattacharyya (JCB) passed away in Delhi on 4 June 2012. An eminent instrumentation scientist and observational astronomer, JCB is well known for his discoveries of the atmosphere of Jupiter’s satellite Ganymede ...
  • Omnipresent long-period intensity oscillations in open coronal structures 
    Krishna Prasad, S; Banerjee, D; Van Doorsselaere, T; Singh, J (EDP Sciences, 2012-10)
    Context. Quasi-periodic propagating disturbances in coronal structures have been interpreted as slow magneto-acoustic waves and/or periodic upflows. It is important to understand the nature of these disturbances before ...
  • Oscillations in active region fan loops: observations from EIS/Hinode and AIA/SDO 
    Krishna Prasad, S; Banerjee, D; Singh, J (Springer, 2012-11)
    Active region fan loops in AR 11076 were studied, in search of oscillations, using high cadence spectroscopic observations from Extreme-ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on board Hinode combined with imaging sequences ...
  • The G–O rule and Waldmeier effect in the variations of the numbers of large and small sunspot groups 
    Javaraiah, J (Springer, 2012-12)
    We have analyzed the combined Greenwich and Solar Optical Observing Network (SOON) sunspot group data during the period of 1874 – 2011 and determined variations in the annual numbers (counts) of the small (maximum area ...
  • Spectral lines behavior of Be I and Na I isoelectronic sequence in Debye plasma environment 
    Chaudhuri, R. K; Chattopadhyay, S; Mahapatra, U. S (American Institute of Physics, 2012-08)
    We report the plasma screening effect on the first ionization potential (IP) and [He]2s/sup2/ (/sup1/S/sup0/)→[He]2s2p/2s3p allowed (/sup1/P/sub1/) and inter-combination transitions (/sup3/P/sub1/) in some selected Be-like ...
  • Reverberation mapping of the Seyfert 1.5 galaxy H 0507+164 
    Jeyakumar, S; Stalin, C. S; Coziol, R (Instituto de Astronomia, UNAM, 2011-10)
    Light curves of the continuum at 5100 °A and Hβ line are obtained from spectroscopic monitoring observations of the Seyfert 1.5 galaxy H 0507+164. The mass of the black hole is calculated based on cross-correlation ...
  • Polarized partial frequency redistribution in subordinate lines. II. Solution of the transfer equation with rayleigh scattering 
    Nagendra, K. N; Sampoorna, M (IOP Publishing, 2012-09-20)
    It is quite common in line formation theory to treat scattering in subordinate lines under the assumption of complete frequency redistribution (CRD). The partial frequency redistribution (PRD) in subordinate lines cannot ...
  • The Gauribidnur acousto optic spectrometer 
    Subramanian, K. R; Ebenezer, E; Sastry, Ch. V (Tata McGraw- Hill, 1994-07)
    An acousto optic spectrometer (ADS) with 30 MHz bandwidth and 1760 channels used for obtain-_ ing the dynamic spectra of solar radio bursts at Gauribidanur is described.

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