IIAP Publications: Recent submissions

  • Spatially resolved images and solar irradiance variability 
    Kariyappa, R (Springer, 2008-03)
    The Sun is the primary source of energy that governs both the terrestrial climate and near-earth space environment. Variations in UV irradiances seen at earth are the sum of global (solar dynamo) to regional (active region, ...
  • C. Ragoonatha Charry and variable star astronomy 
    Kameswara Rao, N; Vagiswari, A; Thakur, P; Birdie, C (Centre for Astronomy, 2009-11)
    C. Ragoonatha Charry, the First Assistant at Madras Observatory from 1864 to 1880, was not only a noted Indian observational astronomer but also someone who emphasized the need for incorporating modern observationally-based ...
  • Optical polishing for development of highly specular sunshield for radiant coolers of meteorological satellites of ISRO 
    Madhu Prasad; Saxena, A. K (Indian Space Research Organisation, ISRO Satellite Centre, 2010-01-22)
    Radiant cooler is used to cool the infrared and water vapour detectors of meteorological payload of several geosynchronous satellites of ISRO. A three stage cooler was developed at Thermal Systems Group, ISAC to achieve ...
  • Recent outburst of U ScorpII 
    Shylaja, B. S; Prabhu, T. P (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, 1979-11)
    A photoelectric scan of Hβ and a photographic spectrum between λλ 4500-7000 obtained during the 1979 outburst of the recurrent nova U Sco have been studied. The electron density and the mass of ionized hydrogen in the nova ...
  • Speckle interferometry technique for astronomical observations 
    Saha, S. K (The Optical Society of India, 2003)
  • Observation of a magnetic sub-storm event in the equatorial thermosphere - suggestions for interpretation 
    Saha, S. K (Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2001)
  • Less is more? are radiogalaxies below the fanaroff-riley break more polarised on pc-scales? 
    Kharb, P; Shastri, P; Gabuzda, D. C (Springer, 2008)
  • X-ray emission from seyfert galaxies: surroundings of their supermassive black holes 
    Singh, V; Shastri, P (American Institute of Physics, 2008-08)
    We study the systematics of the X-ray emission from Seyfert nuclei in the frame work of unification. In order to do this rigorously a sample with types 1 and 2 matched in orientation-independent parameters is studied. The ...
  • A method to determine distances to molecular clouds using near-IR photometry 
    Maheswar, G; Lee, C. W; Bhatt, H. C; Mallik, S. G. V; Dib, S (EDP Sciences, 2010-01)
    We aim to develop a method to determine distances to molecular clouds using JHK near-infrared photometry. Methods: The method is based on a technique that aids spectral classification of stars lying towards the fields ...
  • A radio continuum and H I study of optically selected blue compact dwarf galaxies: Mrk 1039 and Mrk 0104 
    Ramya, S; Kantharia, N. G; Prabhu, T. P (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2009-09)
    We present a GMRT radio continuum and H I study of two Blue Compact Dwarf (BCD) galaxies Mrk 1039 and Mrk 0104. GMRT 610 MHz observations of Mrk 1039 show that the emission is coincident with a bright intense star forming ...
  • The asteroseismic potential of Kepler: first results for solar-type stars 
    Chaplin, W. J; Appourchaux, T; Elsworth, Y; Garcia, R. A; Houdek, G; Karoff, C; Metcalfe, T. S; Molenda-Zakowicz, J; Monteiro, M. J. P. F. G; Thompson, M. J; Brown, T. M; Kiss, L. L; Kitiashvili, I. N; Kolenberg, K; Korhonen, H; Kosovichev, A. G; Kupka, F; Lebreton, Y; Leroy, B; Ludwig, H. G; Mathis, S; Michel, E; Miglio, A; Montalban, J; Moya, A; Noels, A; Noyes, R. W; Palle, P. L; Piau, L; Preston, H. L; Roca Cortes, T; Roth, M; Sato, K. H; Schmitt, J; Serenelli, A. M; Silva Aguirre, V; Stevens, I. R; Suarez, J. C; Suran, M. D; Trampedach, R; Turck-Chieze, S; Uytterhoeven, K; Ventura, R; Christensen-Dalsgaard, J; Gilliland, R. L; Kjeldsen, H; Borucki, W. J; Koch, D; Jenkins, J. M; Ballot, J; Basu, S; Bazot, M; Bedding, T. R; Benomar, O; Bonanno, A; Brandao, I. M; Bruntt, H; Campante, T. L; Creevey, O. L; Di Mauro, M. P; Dogan, G; Dreizler, S; Eggenberger, P; Esch, L; Fletcher, S. T; Frandsen, S; Gai, N; Gaulme, P; Handberg, R; Hekker, S; Howe, R; Huber, D; Korzennik, S. G; Lebrun, J. C; Leccia, S; Martic, M; Mathur, S; Mosser, B; New, R; Quirion, P. O; Regulo, C; Roxburgh, I. W; Salabert, D; Schou, J; Sousa, S. G; Stello, D; Verner, G. A; Arentoft, T; Barban, C; Belkacem, K; Benatti, S; Biazzo, K; Boumier, P; Bradley, P. A; Broomhall, A. M; Buzasi, D. L; Claudi, R. U; Cunha, M. S; D'Antona, F; Deheuvels, S; Derekas, A; Garcia Hernandez, A; Giampapa, M. S; Goupil, M. J; Gruberbauer, M; Guzik, J. A; Hale, S. J; Ireland, M. J (IOP Publishing, 2010-04)
    We present preliminary asteroseismic results from Kepler on three G-type stars. The observations, made at one-minute cadence during the first 33.5d of science operations, reveal high signal-to-noise solar-like oscillation ...
  • Low frequency radio emission from seyfert galaxies 
    Singh, V; Shastri, P; Athreya, R (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2009-09)
    Seyfert galaxies are low-luminosity, radio-quiet, nearby active galaxies. The high-frequency radio observations of several Seyfert galaxies show jet-like features, which tend to be confined within the host galaxy, whereas ...
  • Induced supersolidity in a mixture of normal and hard-core bosons 
    Mishra, T; Pai, R. V; Das, B. P (The American Physical Society, 2010-01)
    We present a scenario where a supersolid is induced in one of the components of a mixture of two species bosonic atoms where there are no long-range interactions. We study a system of normal and hard-core boson mixture ...
  • Molecular applications of analytical gradient approach for the improved virtual orbital-complete active space configuration interaction method 
    Chaudhuri, R. K; Chattopadhyay, S; Mahapatra, U. S; Freed, K. F (American Institute of Physics, 2010-01)
    The improved virtual orbital-complete active space configuration interaction (IVO-CASCI) method is extended to determine the geometry and vibrational frequencies for ground and excited electronic states using an analytical ...
  • Seyfert Galaxies on milliarcsecond scales 
    Lal, D. V; Shastri, P; Gabuzda, D. C (Taylor and Francis, 2001-08)
    We present our results from global VLBI observations of a sample of Seyfert galaxies at 5 GHz. Our goal was to test predictions of the Unified Scheme for Seyfert galaxies, in which observed differences between Seyferts of ...
  • Commission 45: Spectral classification 
    Giridhar, S; Gray, R. O; Corbally, C. J; Bailer-Jones, C. A. L; Eyer, L; Irwin, M. J; Davy Kirkpatrick, J; Majewski, S; Minniti, D; Nordstrom, B (Cambridge University Press, 2009)
    This report gives an update of developments (since the last General Assembly at Prague) in the areas that are of relevance to the commission. In addition to numerous papers, a new monograph entitled Stellar Spectral ...
  • Detection of solar-like oscillations from Kepler photometry of the open cluster NGC 6819 
    Stello, D; Basu, S; Bruntt, H; Mosser, B; Stevens, I. R; Brown, T. M; Christensen-Dalsgaard, J; Gilliland, R. L; Kjeldsen, H; Arentoft, T; Ballot, J; Barban, C; Bedding, T. R; Chaplin, W. J; Elsworth, Y. P; Garcia, R. A; Goupil, M. J; Hekker, S; Huber, D; Mathur, S; Meibom, S; Samadi, R; Sangaralingam, V; Baldner, C. S; Belkacem, K; Biazzo, K; Brogaard, K; Suarez, J. C; D'Antona, F; Demarque, P; Esch, L; Gai, N; Grundah, F; Lebreton, Y; Jiang, B; Jevtic, N; Karoff, C; Miglio, A; Molenda-Zakowicz, J; Montalban, J; Noels, A; Roca Cortes, T; Roxburgh, I. W; Serenelli, A. M; Silva, V; Christiaan Sterken, A; Stine, P; Szabo, R; Weiss, A; Borucki, W. J; Koch, D; Jenkins, J. M (Institute of Physics, 2010-04)
    Asteroseismology of stars in clusters has been a long-sought goal because the assumption of a common age, distance and initial chemical composition allows strong tests of the theory of stellar evolution. We report results ...
  • Determining global parameters of the oscillations of solar-like stars 
    Mathur, S; Garcia, R. A; Regulo, C; Creevey, P. L; Ballot, J; Salabert, D; Arentoft, T; Quirion, P. O; Chaplin, W. J; Kjeldsen, H (EDP Sciences, 2010-02)
    Helioseismology has enabled us to better understand the solar interior, while also allowing us to better constrain solar models. But now is a tremendous epoch for asteroseismology as space missions dedicated to studying ...
  • Solar-like oscillations in low-luminosity red giants: first results from Kepler 
    Bedding, T. R; Huber, D; Stello, D; Elsworth, Y. P; Hekker, S; Kallinger, T; Mathur, S; Mosser, B; Preston, H. L; Ballot, J; Barban, C; Broomhall, A. M; Buzasi, D. L; Chaplin, W. J; Garcia, R. A; Gruberbauer, M; Hale, S. J; De Ridder, J; Frandsen, S; Borucki, W. J; Brown, T; Christensen-Dalsgaard, J; Gilliland, R. L; Jenkins, J. M; Kjeldsen, H; Koch, D; Belkacem, K; Bildsten, L; Bruntt, H; Campante, T. L; Deheuvels, S; Derekas, A; Dupret, M. A; Goupil, M. J; Hatzes, A; Houdek, G; Ireland, M. J; Jiang, C; Karoff, C; Kiss, L. L; Lebreton, Y; Miglio, A; Montalban, J; Noels, A; Roxburgh, I. W; Sangaralingam, V; Stevens, I. R; Suran, M. D; Tarrant, N. J; Weiss, A (IOP Publishing, 2010-04)
    We have measured solar-like oscillations in red giants using time-series photometry from the first 34 days of science operations of the Kepler Mission. The light curves, obtained with 30-minute sampling, reveal clear ...
  • Surface compositions of R coronae borealis stars and extreme helium stars - some connections 
    Kameswara Rao, N (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2005-09)
    Abundances of R Coronae Borealis stars (RCBs) and Extreme Helium stars (EHes) are discussed. Recent estimates of the s-process elements in hot extreme helium stars show enhancements of lighter s-process elements (Y, Zr) ...

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