IIA Institutional Repository: Recent submissions

  • Variable Stars in Palomar 13; an Evaporating Globular Cluster 
    Yepez, M. A; Ferro, A. Arellano; Schröder, K. P.; Muneer, S; Giridhar, Sunetra; Allen, Christine (Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 2021-06)
    We present new CCD VI photometry of the globular cluster Pal 13. Fourier decomposition of the light curves of RRab stars lead to estimations of [Fe/H]ZW = -1.65±0.15, and a distance to the cluster of 23.67±0.57 kpc. A ...
  • Understanding galaxy mergers and AGN feedback with UVIT 
    Rubinur, K; Mousumi Das; Kharb, Preeti; Rahne, P. T (Cambridge University Press, 2021-01)
    Simulations expect an enhanced star-formation and active galactic nuclei (AGN) activity during galaxy mergers, which can lead to formation of binary/dual AGN. AGN feedback can enhance or suppress star-formation. We have ...
  • A Novel Approach to Reduce Optical Aberrations by using Deformable Bushes at Opto-Mechanical Interfaces 
    Nagabhushana, S; Nagesh, Suresh; Prasad, B. R (World Scientific, 2021-06)
    There is a continuous need to enhance the aperture size of telescopes by astronomers to explore the space much deeper by getting better resolutions and high image quality. Supporting large optics and maintaining high ...
  • Presence of red giant population in the foreground stellar substructure of the Small Magellanic Cloud 
    James, Dizna; Subramanian, S; Omkumar, Abinaya O; Mary, Adhya; Bekki, Kenji; Cioni, Maria-Rosa L; Grijs, Richard de; Youssouf, Dalal El; Kartha, Sreeja S; Niederhofer, Florian; Loon, Jacco Th. van (Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society, 2021-12)
    The eastern region of the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) is found to have a foreground stellar substructure, which is identified as a distance bimodality (∼12 kpc apart) in the previous studies using red clump (RC) stars. ...
  • Changing look AGN Mrk 590: broad-line region and black hole mass from photometric reverberation mapping 
    Amit Kumar Mandal; Schramm, Malte; Rakshit, Suvendu; Stalin, C. S; Vijarnwannaluk, Bovornpratch; Rujopakarn, Wiphu; Poshyachinda, Saran; Kouprianov, Vladimir V; Haislip, Joshua B; Reichar, Daniel E; Sagar, R; Mathew, Blesson (Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society, 2021-12)
    We present the results of photometric reverberation mapping observations on the changing look active galactic nucleus Mrk 590 at z = 0.026. The observations were carried out from 2018 July to December using broad-band B-, ...
  • Real-time discovery of AT2020xnd: a fast, luminous ultraviolet transient with minimal radioactive ejecta 
    Perley, Daniel A; Ho, Anna Y. Q; Yao, Yuhan; Fremling, Christoffer; Anderson, Joseph P; Schulze, Steve; Kumar, Harsh; Anupama, G. C; Barway, Sudhanshu; Bellm, Eric C; Bhalerao, Varun; Chen, Ting-Wan; Duev, Dmitry A; Galbany, Llu´ıs; Graham, Matthew J; Gromadzk, Mariusz; Gutierrez, Claudia P; Ihanec, Nada; Inserra, Cosimo; Kasliwal, Mansi M; Kool, Erik C; Kulkarni, S. R; Laher, Russ R; Masci, Frank J; Neill, James D; Nicholl, Matt; Pursiainen, Miika; Roestel, Joannes van; Sharma, Yashvi; Sollerman, Jesper; Walters, Richard; Wiseman, Philip (Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society, 2021-12)
    The many unusual properties of the enigmatic AT2018cow suggested that at least some subset of the empirical class of fast blue optical transients (FBOTs) represents a genuinely new astrophysical phenomenon. Unfortunately, ...
  • Discovering a celestial object using a non-parametric algorithm 
    Vyasanakere, Jayanth P; Bhatnagar, Siddharth; Murthy, J (Springer, 2021-12)
    We describe a method that does not use any orbital parameters, to arrive at the position and mass of a new celestial object, using high-precision orbital state vector data of the rest of the objects in the system. As ...
  • On the Origin of Gamma-Ray Flares from Bright Fermi Blazars 
    Paliya, Vaidehi S; Böttcher, M; Gurwell, Mark; Stalin, C. S (IOP Publishing, 2021-12)
    The origin of γ-ray flares observed from blazars is one of the major mysteries in jet physics. We have attempted to address this problem following a novel spectral energy distribution (SED) fitting technique that explored ...
  • High Mass-Ratio Binary Population in Open Clusters: Segregation of Early Type Binaries and an Increasing Binary Fraction with Mass 
    Jadhav, V. V; Roy, Kaustubh; Joshi, Naman; Subramaniam, A (IOP Publishing, 2021-12-01)
    Binary stars play a vital role in astrophysical research, as a good fraction of stars are in binaries. Binary fraction (BF) is known to change with stellar mass in the Galactic field, but such studies in clusters require ...
  • The VMC survey – XLIV: mapping metallicity trends in the large magellanic cloud using near-infrared passbands 
    Choudhury, Samyaday; Grijs, Richard de; Bekki, Kenji; Cioni, Maria-Rosa L.; Ivanov, Valentin D.; Loon, Jacco Th. van; Miller, Amy E.; Niederhofer, Florian; Oliveira, Joana M.; Ripepi, Vincenzo; Sun, Ning-Chen; Subramanian, S (Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society, 2021-11)
    We have derived high-spatial-resolution metallicity maps covering ∼105 deg2 across the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) using near-infrared passbands from the VISTA Survey of the Magellanic Clouds. We attempt to understand ...
  • NuSTAR and Swift observations of the extragalactic black hole X-ray binaries 
    Jana, Arghajit; Naik, Sachindra; Chatterjee, Debjit; Jaisawal, Gaurava K. (Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society, 2021-11)
    We present the results obtained from detailed spectral and timing studies of extragalactic black hole X-ray binaries LMC X–1 and LMC X–3, using simultaneous observations with Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array (NuSTAR) ...
  • Observational Evidence Points at AGB Stars as Possible Progenitors of CEMP-s and CEMP-r/s Stars 
    Meenakshi, P; Goswami, A (IOP Publishing, 2021-11-20)
    The origin of enhanced abundance of heavy elements observed in the surface chemical composition of carbonenhanced metal-poor (CEMP) stars still remains poorly understood. Here, we present detailed abundance analysis of ...
  • Critical Analysis of Tess Transit Photometric Data: Improved Physical Properties for Five Exoplanets 
    Saha, Suman; Sengupta, S (2021-11-01)
    We present improved physical parameters for four hot Jupiters: KELT-7 b, HAT-P-14 b, WASP-29 b, WASP-95 b, and a hot Neptune: WASP-156 b, by performing critical and rigorous analysis of the time-series observations from the ...
  • Probing the Nucleosynthetic Contribution of Low-metallicity, Low-mass Star Companions of CEMP Stars 
    Shejeelammal, J; Goswami, A (IOP Publishing, 2021-11-01)
    The observed abundance diversities among CEMP stars can shed light on the formation and evolution of elements in the early Galaxy. In this work, we present results obtained from a detailed abundance analysis of a sample ...
  • Measurements of Gondola Motion on a Stratospheric Balloon Flight 
    Safonova, M; Nirmal, K; Sreejith, A.G.; Satpodar, Mayuresh; Suresh, Ambily; Prakash, A; Mathew, Joice; Murthy, J; Anand, D; Karpardhi, B.V.N.; Suneel Kumar, B; Kulkarni, P.M. (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, 2016)
    Balloon experiments are an economically feasible method of conducting observations in astron- omy that are not possible from the ground. The astronomical payload may include a telescope, a detector, and a pointing/stabilization ...
  • Revised Surface Abundances of R Coronae Borealis Stars 
    Pandey, G; Hema, B. P; Reddy, A. B. S. (IOP Publishing, 2021-11-01)
    Surface abundances of 14 (11 majority class and three minority class) R Coronae Borealis stars (RCBs) along with the final-flash object, V4334 Sgr (Sakurai’s object) are revised based on their carbon abundances measured ...
  • Spectral signature of mass outflow in the two component advective flow paradigm 
    Mondal, Santanu; Chakrabarti, S. K (IOP Publishing, 2021-10-10)
    Outflows are common in many astrophysical systems. In the Two Component Advective Flow (TCAF) paradigm, which is essentially a generalized Bondi flow including rotation, viscosity, and cooling effects, the outflow originates ...
  • Trends and characteristics of high-frequency type II bursts detected by CALLISTO spectrometers 
    Umuhire, A. C; Uwamahoro, J; Sasikumar Raja, K; Kumari, A; Monstein, C (Elsevier B.V., 2021-10-15)
    Solar radio type II bursts serve as early indicators of incoming geo-effective space weather events such as coronal mass ejections (CMEs). In order to investigate the origin of high-frequency type II bursts (HF type II ...
  • Photometric, polarimetric, and spectroscopic studies of the luminous, slow-decaying Type Ib SN 2012au 
    Pandey, S. B; Amit Kumar; Brajesh Kumar; Anupama, G. C; Srivastav, S; Sahu, D. K; Vinko, J; Aryan, A; Pastorello, A; Benetti, S; Tomasella, L; Singh, A; Moskvitin, A. S; Sokolov, V. V; Gupta, R; Misra, K; Ochner, P; Valenti, S (Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society, 2021-10)
    Optical, near-infrared (NIR) photometric and spectroscopic studies, along with the optical imaging polarimetric results for SN 2012au, are presented in this article to constrain the nature of the progenitor and other ...
  • Magnetohydrodynamic waves in open coronal structures 
    Banerjee, D; Krishna Prasad, S; Pant, V; McLaughlin, J. A; Antolin, P; Magyar, N; Ofman, L; Tian, H; Van Doorsselaere, T; De Moorte, I; Wang, T. J (Springer Nature B.V, 2021-10)
    Modern observatories have revealed the ubiquitous presence of magnetohydrodynamic waves in the solar corona. The propagating waves (in contrast to the standing waves) are usually originated in the lower solar atmosphere ...

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