IIAP Publications: Recent submissions

  • Spectroscopy of Protonated and Deprotonated PAHs 
    Hammonds, M; Pathak, A; Candian, A; Sarre, P. J (EDP Sciences, 2011-03)
    The spectroscopic properties of protonated and deprotonated PAHs are investigated through Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations, with reference to their potential astrophysical significance. Attention is focussed ...
  • Linear Polarization of the Solar Ca I 4227 Å Line: Modeling with Radiative Transfer and Last Scattering Approximation 
    Anusha, L. S; Stenflo, J. O; Frisch, H; Bianda, M; Holzreuter, R; Nagendra, K. N; Sampoorna, M; Ramelli, R (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2011-04)
    To model the Ca I 4227 Å line polarization, radiative transfer effects with partial frequency redistribution (PRD) must be taken into account. The numerical solution of the relevant polarized radiative transfer (RT) equations ...
  • Quantum phases of ultracold bosonic atoms in a one-dimensional optical superlattice 
    Dhar, A; Mishra, T; Pai, R. V; Das, B. P (American Physical Society, 2011-05)
    We analyze various quantum phases of ultracold bosonic atoms in a periodic one-dimensional optical superlattice. Our studies have been performed using the finite-size density-matrix renormalization group method in the ...
  • Reappraisal of the Electric Dipole Moment Enhancement Factor for Thallium 
    Nataraj, H. S; Sahoo, B. K; Das, B. P; Mukherjee, D (American Physical Society, 2011-05-20)
    The electric dipole moment (EDM) enhancement factor of atomic Tl is of considerable interest as it has been used in determining the most accurate limit on the electron EDM to date. However, its value varies from -179 to ...
  • Low-frequency Observations of Polarized Emission from Long-lived Non-thermal Radio Sources in the Solar Corona 
    Ramesh, R; Kathiravan, C; Satya Narayanan, A (IOP Publishing, 2011-06-10)
    We report observations of circularly polarized emission from the solar corona at 77 MHz during the periods 2006 August 11-18, 2006 August 23-29, and 2007 May 16-22 in the minimum phase between the sunspot cycles 23 and 24. ...
  • Dust-scattered Ultraviolet Halos around Bright Stars 
    Murthy, J; Conn Henry, R (IOP Publishing, 2011-06-10)
    We have discovered ultraviolet (UV) halos extending as far as 5° around four (of six) bright UV stars using data from the Galaxy Evolution Explorer satellite. These halos are due to scattering of the starlight from nearby ...
  • Observations of the forward scattering Hanle effect in the Ca I  4227 Å  line 
    Bianda, M; Ramelli, R; Anusha, L. S; Stenflo, J. O; Nagendra, K. N; Holzreuter, R; Sampoorna, M; Frisch, H; Smitha, H. N (EDP Sciences, 2011-06)
    Chromospheric magnetic fields are notoriously difficult to measure. The chromospheric lines are broad, while the fields are producing a minuscule Zeeman-effect polarization. A promising diagnostic alternative is provided ...
  • Extrapolating Zernike Moments to Predict Future Optical Wave-fronts in Adaptive Optics Using Real Time Data Mining 
    Vyas, A; Roopashree, M. B; Prasad, B. R (David Publishing Company, 2011-03)
    We present the details of predicting atmospheric turbulence by mining Zernike moment data obtained from simulations as well as experiments. Temporally correlated optical wave-fronts were simulated such that they followed ...
  • Deep Impact, Stardust-NExT and the behavior of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 from 1997 to 2010 
    Meech, K. J; Pittichova, J; Yang, B; Zenn, A; Belton, M. J. S; A’Hearn, M. F; Bagnulo, S; Bai, J; Barrera, L; Bauer, J. M; Bedient, J; Bhatt, B. C; Boehnhardt, H; Brosch, N; Buie, M; Candia, P; Chen, W; Chesley, S; Chiang, P; Choi, Y; Cochran, A; Duddy, S; Farnham, T. L; Fernández, Y; Gutiérrez, P; Hainaut, O. R; Hampton, D; Herrmann, K; Hsieh, H; Kadooka, M. A; Kaluna, H; Keane, J; Kim, M; Kleyna, J; Krisciunas, K; Lauer, T. R; Lara, L; Licandro, J; Lowry, S. C; McFadden, L. A; Moskovitz, N; Mueller, B. E. A; Polishook, D; Raja, N. S; Riesen, T; Sahu, D. K; Samarasinha, N. H; Sarid, G; Sekiguchi, T; Sonnett, S; Suntzeff, N; Taylor, B; Tozzi, G. P; Vasundhara, R; Vincent, J; Wasserman, L; Webster-Schultz, B; Zhao, H (Elsevier B.V., 2011-05)
    We present observational data for Comet 9P/Tempel 1 taken from 1997 through 2010 in an international collaboration in support of the Deep Impact and Stardust-NExT missions. The data were obtained to characterize the nucleus ...
  • Spectroscopic Observation of Oscillations in the Corona During the Total Solar Eclipse of 22 July 2009 
    Singh, J; Hasan, S. S; Gupta, G. R; Nagaraju, K; Banerjee, D (Springer, 2011-05)
    We performed high resolution spectroscopy of the solar corona during the total solar eclipse of 22 July 2009 in two emission lines: the green line at 5303 Å due to Fe xiv and the red line at 6374 Å due to Fe x, simultaneously ...
  • TAUVEX: status in 2011 
    Brosch, N; Murthy, J (Springer, 2011-09)
    We present a short history of the TAUVEX instrument, conceived to provide multi-band wide-field imaging in the ultraviolet, emphasizing the lack of sufficient and aggressive support on the part of the different space ...
  • Quasi 9 and 30–40 days periodicities in the solar differential rotation 
    Javaraiah, J (Elsevier B.V., 2011-09-15)
    Using the daily Mt. Wilson Doppler velocity data during 1986–1994 (solar cycle 22), we studied the short-term variations of the order of a few days to a month timescales in the solar differential rotation. We represent the ...
  • Space Weather – Sun Earth Relations 
    Sundararaman, K (Scientific Research Publishing, 2011-03)
    Sun, a star of spectral type G2 is the main source of energy to the Earth. Being close to the Earth, Sun pro-duces a resolvable disk of great detail, which is not possible for other stars. Solar flares and coronal mass ...
  • Geometry Optimization of Radicaloid Systems Using Improved Virtual Orbital-Complete Active Space Configuration Interaction (IVO-CASCI) Analytical Gradient Method 
    Chattopadhyay, S; Chaudhuri, R. K; Freed, K. F (American Chemical Society, 2011-04)
    The improved virtual orbital (IVO) complete active space (CAS) configuration interaction (IVO-CASCI) method is a simplified CAS self-consistent field (SCF), CASSCF, method. Unlike the CASSCF approach, the IVO-CASCI method ...
  • Magnetic Field Structure of Mercury 
    Hiremath, K. M (Elsevier B.V., 2012-04)
    Recently planet Mercury-an unexplored territory in our solar system-has been of much interest to the scientific community due to recent flybys of the spacecraft MESSENGER that discovered its intrinsic stationary and ...
  • X-ray and optical properties of broad absorption line quasars in the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey 
    Stalin, C. S; Srianand, R; Petitjean, P (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011-05)
    We study the X-ray and optical properties of 16 broad absorption line (BAL) quasars detected in a ≈3 deg2 region common to the wide synoptic (W-1) component of the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope Legacy Survey (CFHTLS) and ...
  • CCD time-series photometry of the globular cluster NGC 6981: variable star census and physical parameter estimates 
    Bramich, D. M; Figuera Jaimes, R; Giridhar, S; Arellano Ferro, A (Wiley-Blackwell, 2011-05)
    We present the results from 10 nights of observations of the globular cluster NGC 6981 (M72) in the V, R and I Johnson wavebands. We employed the technique of difference image analysis to perform precision differential ...
  • Stardust-NExT, Deep Impact, and the accelerating spin of 9P/Tempel 1 
    Belton, M. J. S; Meech, K. J; Chesley, S; PittichovĆ, J; Carcich, B; Drahus, M; Harris, A; Gillam, S; Veverka, J; Mastrodemos, N; Owen, W; A’Hearn, M. F; Bagnulo, S; Bai, J; Barrera, L; Bastien, F; Bauer, J. M; Bedient, J; Bhatt, B. C; Boehnhardt, H; Brosch, N; Buie, M; Candia, P; Chen, W; Chiang, P; Choi, Y; Cochran, A; Crockett, C. J; Duddy, S; Farnham, T; Fernández, Y. R; Gutiérrez, P; Hainaut, O. R; Hampton, D; Herrmann, K. A; Hsieh, H; Kadooka, M. A; Kaluna, H; Keane, J; Kim, M; Klaasen, K; Kleyna, J; Krisciunas, K; Lara, L. M; Lauer, T. R; Li, J; Licandro, J; Lisse, C. M; Lowry, S. C; McFadden, L; Moskovitz, N; Mueller, B; Polishook, D; Raja, N. S; Riesen, T; Sahu, D. K; Samarasinha, N; Sarid, G; Sekiguchi, T; Sonnett, S; Suntzeff, N. B; Taylor, B. W; Thomas, P; Tozzi, G. P; Vasundhara, R; Vincent, J; Wasserman, L. H; Webster-Schultz, B; Yang, B; Zenn, T; Zhao, H (Elsevier B.V., 2011-05)
    The evolution of the spin rate of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 through two perihelion passages (in 2000 and 2005) is determined from 1922 Earth-based observations taken over a period of 13 year as part of a World-Wide observing ...
  • Long-term variations in the growth and decay rates of sunspot groups 
    Javaraiah, J (Springer, 2011-06)
    Using the combined Greenwich (1874 – 1976) and Solar Optical Observatories Network (1977 – 2009) data on sunspot groups, we study the long-term variations in the mean daily rates of growth and decay of sunspot groups. ...
  • Electronic structure reference calculations for designing and interpreting P and T violation experiments 
    Nayak, M. K; Chaudhuri, R. K (John Wiley & Sons Inc.,, 2008)

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