IIAP Publications: Recent submissions

  • Measurements of photoinduced refractive index changes in bacteriorhodopsin films 
    Banyal, R. K; Prasad, B. R (Indian Academy of Sciences, 2007-03)
    We report the pump--probe measurements of nonlinear refractive index changes in photochromic bacteriorhodopsin films. The photoinduced absorption is caused by pump beam at 532 nm and the accompanying refractive ...
  • Theoretical studies of the 6sS1/22→5dD3/22 parity-nonconserving transition amplitude in Ba+ and associated properties 
    Sahoo, B. K; Das, B. P; Chaudhuri, R. K; Mukherjee, D (The American Physical Society, 2007-03)
    It is widely believed that the standard model of particle physics is just an intermediate step in understanding the properties of the elementary physics in nature and the interactions between them. Over the past twenty ...
  • First local helioseismic experiments with CO5 
    Steiner, O; Vigeesh, G; Krieger, L; Wedemeyer-Böhm, S; Schaffenberger, W; Freytag, B (WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co., 2007-03)
    With numerical experiments we explore the feasibility of using high frequency waves for probing the magnetic fields in the photosphere and the chromosphere of the Sun.We track a plane-parallel, monochromatic wave that ...
  • Hubble Space Telescope and Optical Observations of Three Pulsating Accreting White Dwarfs in Cataclysmic Variables 
    Szkody, P; Mukadam, A; Gänsicke, B. T; Woudt, P. A; Solheim, Jan - Erik; Nitta, A; Sion, E. M; Warner, B; Sahu, D. K; Prabhu, T. P; Henden, A (University of Chicago Press, 2007-04)
    Ultraviolet observations using the Solar Blind Channel on the Hubble Space Telescope provide light curves and low-resolution spectra of three pulsating white dwarfs in the cataclysmic variables SDSS J013132.39−090122.3, ...
  • Photometric study of distant open clusters in the second quadrant: NGC 7245, King 9, King 13 and IC 166 
    Subramaniam, A; Bhatt, B. C (Blackwell Publishing, 2007-05)
    We present a UBV CCD photometric study of four open clusters, NGC 7245, King 9, IC 166 and King 13, located between l = 90° and 135°. All are embedded in a rich Galactic field. NGC 7245 and King 9 are close together in the ...
  • Results from a spectroscopic survey in the CoRoT fields. I. Search for chromospherically active stars 
    Medhi, B. J; Messina, S; Parihar, P. S; Pagano, I; Muneer, S; Duorah, K (EDP Sciences, 2007-07)
    Aims.In this paper we report the results of the spectroscopic survey we carried out to detect chromospheric activity of late-type stars in the fields of view of the CoRoT space mission. Methods.We give an accurate MK ...
  • Observations of AGNs using PACT 
    Bose, D; Chitnis, V. R; Vishwanath, P. R; Majumdar, P; Rahman, M. A; Singh, B. B; Gupta, A. C; Acharya, B. S (Springer Netherlands, 2007-06)
    We report our observations on 4 AGNs viz, Mkn 421, Mkn 501, 1ES1426+428 and ON231 belonging to a sub-class called blazars. The observations were carried out using the Pachmarhi Array of Cherenkov Telescopes and span about ...
  • Star formation in young star cluster NGC1893 
    Sharma, S; Pandey, A. K; Ojha, D. K; Chen, W. P; Ghosh, S. K; Bhatt, B. C; Maheswar, G; Sagar, R (Blackwell Publishing, 2007-09)
    We present a comprehensive multiwavelength study of the star-forming region NGC 1893 to explore the effects of massive stars on low-mass star formation. Using near-infrared colours, slitless spectroscopy and narrow-band ...
  • Study of star formation in NGC 1084 
    Ramya, S; Sahu, D. K; Prabhu, T. P (Blackwell Publishing, 2007-10)
    We present UBVRI broad-band, Hα narrow-band photometry of the star-forming complexes in the infrared bright galaxy NGC 1084. Results of medium-resolution spectroscopy of some of the brighter complexes are also discussed. ...
  • Plasma condensation in coronal loops 
    O'Shea, E; Banerjee, D; Doyle, D. J (EDP Sciences, 2007-11)
    Aims.Using temporal series data from the Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer (CDS) on SOHO, we seek to investigate plasma condensation through the use of spectroscopic analysis. Methods.Using a space-time (X-T) type plot we ...
  • A Multiwavelength Study of Galactic H II Region Sh 2-294 
    Samal, M. R; Pandey, A. K; Ojha, D. K; Ghosh, S. K; Kulkarni, V. K; Bhatt, B. C (University of Chicago Press, 2007-12)
    We present the observational results of Galactic H ii region Sh 2-294, using optical photometry, narrowband imaging, and radio continuum mapping at 1280 MHz, together with archival data from the 2MASS, MSX, and IRAS surveys. ...
  • Coherent Radio Beacon Experiment (CRABEX) for tomographic imaging of the equatorial ionosphere in the Indian longitudes – Preliminary results 
    Thampi, S. V; Ravindran, S; Devasia, C. V; Sreelatha, P; Pant, T. K; Sridharan, R; Venkata Ratnam, D; Sarma, A. D; Raghava Reddi, C; Jessy Jose; Sastri, J. H (Elsevier, 2007-02)
    To investigate the equatorial ionospheric processes like the equatorial ionization anomaly (EIA), equatorial spread F (ESF) and their inter relationships, a network of ground based stations receiving the 150 and 400 MHz ...
  • Some aspects of polarized line formation in magneto-turbulent media 
    Sampoorna, M; Frisch, H; Nagendra, K. N (Elsevier B. V., 2008-05)
    Observations and numerical simulations of magneto-convection show a highly variable solar magnetic field. Using a statistical approach, we analyze the effects of random magnetic fields on Stokes profiles of spectral lines. ...
  • Stellar contents and star formation in the young star cluster Be 59 
    Pandey, A. K; Sharma, S; Ogura, K; Ojha, D. K; Chen, W. P; Bhatt, B. C; Ghosh, S. K (Blackwell Publishing, 2008-01)
    We present UBV Ic CCD photometry of the young open cluster Be 59 with the aim to study the star formation scenario in the cluster. The radial extent of the cluster is found to be ~10 arcmin (2.9 pc). The interstellar ...
  • A three-dimensional automated classification scheme for the TAUVEX data pipeline 
    Bora, A; Gupta, R; Singh, H. P; Murthy, J; Mohan, Rekhesh; Duorah, K (Blackwell Publishing, 2008-02)
    In order to develop a pipeline for automated classification of stars to be observed by the Tel-Aviv University Ultra-Violet Experiment (TAUVEX) ultraviolet space telescope, we employ an artificial neural network (ANN) ...
  • Theoretical spectroscopic studies of the atomic transitions and lifetimes of low-lying states in Ti IV 
    Mandal, S; Dixit, G; Sahoo, B. K; Chaudhuri, R. K; Majumder, S (Institute of Physics, 2008-03)
    The astrophysically important electric quadrupole (E2) and magnetic dipole (M1) transitions for the low-lying states of triply ionized titanium (Ti IV) are calculated very accurately using a state-of-the-art all-order ...
  • Mean-field dynamo in partially ionized plasmas – I 
    Krishan, V; Gangadhara, R. T (Blackwell Publishing, 2008-04)
    There are several astrophysical situations where one needs to study the dynamics of magnetic flux in partially ionized turbulent plasmas. In a partially ionized plasma, the magnetic induction is subjected to the ambipolar ...
  • On the interchange instability of solar magnetic flux tubes. II. The influence of energy transport effects 
    Bunte, M; Hasan, S. S; Kalkofen, W (European Southern Observatory, 1993-06)
    We examine the interchange instability of thin photospheric magnetic flux tube models which satisfy both force and energy balance with their surroundings. The stability of the tubes is independent of the efficiency of ...
  • Earth's equatorial ionosphere and the heliospheric current sheet 
    Sastri, J. H (D. Reidel Publishing Company, 1986-05)
    Evidence is presented to show that during epochs of high sunspot activity, the duration of manifestation of equatorial spread-F (ESF) irregularities in the Earth's equatorial ionosphere undergoes a systematic modulation ...
  • R Coronae Borealis stars at minimum light - UW Cen 
    Kameswara Rao, N; Reddy, B. E; Lambert, D. L (Blackwell Publishing, 2004-12)
    Two high-resolution optical spectra of the R Coronae Borealis (R CrB) star UW Cen in decline are discussed. A spectrum from mid-1992 when the star had faded by 3 mag shows just a few differences with the spectrum at maximum ...

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