Publications of Astronomical Society of India: Recent submissions

  • A new computer-controlled multi-channel high voltage supply system for GRACE instrumentation 
    Manna, A; Chakrabarti, S; Mukhopadhayay, P. K (Astronomical Society of India, 2002)
    The high energy gamma ray telescopes being set up by the Bhabha Atomic Research Institute Centre (BARC) at Mt. Abu, Rajasthan, as part of the GRACE project, require a very large number (~ 1000) of programmable high voltage ...
  • Near Infrared Photometry of the Young Star Cluster NGC 2384 
    Hasan, P; Kilambi, G. C; Baliyan, K. S (Astronomical Society of India, 2003)
    This work involves near infrared photometry of the young cluster NGC 2384. Observations were taken at the Mt Abu Infrared Observatory using the NIC-MOS3 detector in February 2000. The distance to the cluster is obtained ...
  • Active mirror alignment control system for the MACE telescope 
    Kulgod, S. V; Pious, L; Chadda, V. K; Kaul, S. R; Yadav, K. K.; Koul, R (Astronomical Society of India, 2002)
    The conceptual design of an active mirror contol system for the MACE telescope, being set up by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre at Mt. Abu, is described. Preliminary results obtained from recent laboratory trials are ...
  • Focal plane instrumentation of the MACE telescope 
    Bandyopadhyay, K; Suthar, R. L; Guha, S; Koul, R (Astronomical Society of India, 2002)
    The 17m MACE telescope will employ high-resolution MACE imaging camera consisting of 832 PMTs and low resolutioon BEST camera consisting of 108 PMTs for ?-ray astronomical experiments. To enhance the duty cycle of the ...
  • Study of Old Open Clusters NGC 1605, Czernik 18, NGC 2509 
    Sujatha, S; Babu, G. S. D (Astronomical Society of India, 2003)
    We present the first CCD photometric UBVRI observations of three open clusters NGC 1605 (OCI 406), Czernik 18 (OCI 426) and NGC 2509 (OCI 630) obtained by using the 1.02 m telescope at Vainu Bappu Observatory, Kavalur. ...
  • Distributed data acquisition system for Pachmarhi array of Cverenkov telescopes 
    Upadhya, S. S; Acharya, B. S; Bhat, P. N; Chitnis, V. R; D'Souza, A. I; Francis, P. J; Gothe, K. S; Joshi, S. R; Majumdar, P; Manogaran, M; Nagesh, B. K; Pose, M. S; Purohit, P. N; Rahman, M. A; Rao, K. K; Rao, S. K; Sharma, S. K; Singh, B. B; Stanislaus, A. J; Sudersanan, P. V; Venkatesh Murthy, B. L; Vishwanath, P. R (Astronomical Society of India, 2002)
    Pachmarhi Array of Cverenkov Telescopes consists of 25 Telescopes distributed within an area of 8000m2. The array was designed to detect and process faint Cverenkov light flashes that lasts for a few nanoseconds, produced ...
  • Mechanical design improvements in the "TACTIC" gamma-ray telescope 
    Suthar, R. L; Guha, S; Biswas, P. K; Koul, R; Aggarwal, N. K (Astronomical Society of India, 2002)
    The basic mechanical design of the TACTIC (TeV Atmospheric Cerenkov Telescope with Imaging Camera) telescope was received from the Lebedev Institute of the Academy of Physical Sciences, Moscow, in November 1990. A large ...
  • Multinode data acquisition and control system for the 4-element TACTIC telescope array 
    Yadav, K. K; Chouhan, N; Kaul, S. R; Koul, R (Astronomical Society of India, 2002)
    An interrupt driven multinode data acquisition and control system has been developed for the 4-element gamma-ray telescope array, TACTIC. Computer networking technology and the CAMAC bus have been integrated to develop ...
  • Auxiliary control systems for Pachmarhi array of Cverenkov telescopes 
    Gothe, K. S; Acharya, B. S; Bhat, P. N; Chitnis, V. R; D'Souza, A. I; Francis, P. J; John, A. V; Joshi, S. R; Majumdar, P; Nagesh, B. K; Pose, M. S; Purohit, P. N; Rahman, M. A; Rao, K. K; Rao, S. K; Sharma, S. K; Singh, B. B; Stanislaus, A. J; Sudershanan, P. V; Upadhya, S. S; Venkateshmurthy, B. L; Vishwanath, P. R (Astronomical Society of India, 2002)
    Pachmarhi Array of Cverenkov Telescopes (PACT) consists of 25 Telescopes deployed over an area of 100m x 80m. The experiment is based on atmospheric Cverenkov technique to detect Very High Energy celestial gamma-rays using ...
  • Angular resolution of Pachmarhi array of Cverenkov telescopes 
    Majumdar, P; Acharya, B. S; Bhat, P. N; Chitnis, V. R; Rahman, M. A; Singh, B. B; Vishwanath, P. R (Astronomical Society of India, 2002)
    Pachmarhi Array of Cverenkov Telescopes (PACT), consisting of a distributed array of 25 telescopes is used to sample the atmospheric Cverenkov Photon showers. The shower front is fitted to a plane and the direction of ...
  • Recent results on crab nebula and Mkn-421 observations with TACTIC imaging element 
    Bhatt, N; Agarwal, N. K; Bhat, C. K; Bhattacharaya, S; Charagi, S. K; Chandra, P; Chauhan, N; Dhar, V. K; Goyal, A; Goyal, H. C; Kamath, K; Kaul, C. L; Kaul, I. K; Kaul, R. K; Kaul, S. K; Kaul, S. R; Sharma, M; Kothari, M; Kotwal, S. V; Koul, D. K; Koul, M. K; Rannot, R. C; Razdan, A. K; Sahaynathan, S; Sapru, M. L; Satyabhama, N; Tickoo, A. K; Venugopal, K; Yadav, K. K; Bhat, C. L (Astronomical Society of India, 2002)
    The results of our recent observational campaigns on the Crab Nebula and Mkn-421, carried out with the 349-pixel Imaging Element of the TACTIC array, are presented alongwith the details of the data analysis. Analysis of ...
  • Towards absolute gain calibration of the TACTIC imaging element 
    Tickoo, A. K; Dhar, V. K; Venugopal, K; Yadav, K. K; Kaul, S. K; Koul, R; Kothari, M. K; Goyal, H. C; Chandra, P; Bhatt, N; Bhat, C. L (Astronomical Society of India, 2002)
    The imaging element of the 4-element TACTIC telescope array has been in operation at Mt. Abu since 1997, for carrying out detailed investigations of gamma-ray sources in the TeV energy range. In order to characterize the ...
  • Wide Field CCD Photometry of the Young Open Cluster NGC 663 
    Pandey, A. K; Upadhyay, K; Ogura, K; Sagar, R (Astronomical Society of India, 2003)
    A deep and wide field CCD photometry of the young open cluster NGC 663 has been carried out. We report preliminary results of our investigations, specifically the determination of the cluster mass function which is found ...
  • Large-Area Wide Angle (LAWA) cerenkov detector for MYSTIQUE array 
    Kamath, K; Bhattacharyya, S; Dhar, V. K; Darzi, M. A; Kaul, S. R; Kaul, R. K; Koul, R; Sahayanathan, S; Tickoo, A. K; Wani, A. M; Bhat, C. L (Astronomical Society of India, 2002)
    An ultra-sensitive, multidetector wide angle atmospheric Cerenkov telescope array is being set up at Mt. Abu for cosnic gamma-ray studies in tens of TeV energy region. The design features of the Cerenkov light detector, ...
  • Spot size of 17m-diameter MACE reflector in presence of surface inaccuracies 
    Koul, D. K; Koul, M. K; Tickoo, A. K; Bhat, C. L (Astronomical Society of India, 2002)
    The MACE (for Major Atmospheric Cerenkov Experiment), an imaging cerenkov telescope for gamma-ray astronomy investigations in the sub-TeV energy bracket, plans to use a 17 m-diameter high quality reflecter mounted with a ...
  • The Effect of Non-thermal Protons on the High Energy Spectra of Black Hole Binaries 
    Bhattacharyya, S; Bhatt, N; Misra, R; Kaul, C. L (Astronomical Society of India, 2003)
    We investigate here the effect on the emitted spectrum of a black hole binary due to the presence of accelerated protons in the inner region of the accretion disk. Our study shows that e-e+ pairs and high energy -rays ...
  • Pulsating Soft Components in the Accreting X-ray Pulsars LMC X-4 and SMC X-1 
    Naik, S; Paul, B (Astronomical Society of India, 2003)
    We report here spectral study of two accreting binary X-ray pulsars LMC X-4 and SMC X1 made with the Beppo-SAX observatory. The energy spectrum of both the pulsars in 0.1-10.0 keV band can be described by a model consisting ...
  • Performance studies of the PACT experiment 
    Vishwanath, P. R; Acharya, B. S; Bhat, P. N; Chitnis, V. R; Majumdar, P; Rahman, M. A; Singh, B. B (Astronomical Society of India, 2002)
    Monte Carlo calculations have been done to understand various characteristics like the energy threshold, collection area etc of the recently commissioned PACT. The energy threshold of the array for gamma rays is found to ...
  • Optimum image parameter ranges for TACTIC imaging elements : guidance from simulations 
    Koul, M. K; Charagi, S. K; Rannot, R. C; Sapru, M. L; Bhat, C. L (Astronomical Society of India, 2002)
    In this paper, we present some results on the performance characteristics of the TACTIC Imaging Element (IE) as predicted by extensive simulation studies. The main features studied are the optimum image parameter ranges ...
  • Novel image and non-image parameters for efficient characterisation of atmospheric Cerenkov images 
    Razdan, A; Haungs, A; Rebel, H; Bhat, C. L (Astronomical Society of India, 2002)
    We make a comparative study of the classification potential of various image and non-image parameters which are measurable with the TACTIC array focal plane instrumentation. The image parameters include conventional Hillas ...

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