IIA Institutional Repository: Recent submissions

  • Using an Artsimovich Railgun for return from the Moon 
    Sazhin, M. V; Safonova, M. V; Sementsov, V. N (Springer, 2021-05)
    Nonstandard techniques to deliver a payload from the Moon to Earth are explored. Two approaches are compared, which are based on using a space elevator and an acceleration device, the Artsimovich railgun. The energy needed ...
  • Generic models for disk-resolved and disk-integrated phase-dependent linear polarization of light reflected from exoplanets 
    Chakrabarty, Aritra; Sengupta, S (IOP Publishing, 2021-08-20)
    Similar to the case of solar system planets, reflected starlight from exoplanets is expected to be polarized due to atmospheric scattering, and the net disk-integrated polarization should be nonzero owing to the asymmetrical ...
  • Optical and NIR spectroscopy of cool CEMP stars to probe the nucleosynthesis in low-mass AGB binary system 
    Susmitha, A; Ojha, D. K; Sivarani, T; Ninan, J. P; Bandyopadhyay, A; Surya, Arun; Unni, Athira (Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society, 2021-09)
    We present the abundance analyses of seven carbon enhanced metal-poor (CEMP) stars to understand the origin of carbon in them. We used high-resolution optical spectra to derive abundances of various elements. We also used ...
  • Multipoint remote and in situ observations of interplanetary coronal mass ejection structures during 2011 and associated geomagnetic storms 
    Mishra, Wageesh; Dave, Kunjal; Srivastava, N; Teriaca, L (Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Astronomical Society, 2021-09)
    We present multipoint remote and in situ observations of interplanetary coronal mass ejection (ICME) structures during the year 2011. The selected ICMEs arrived at Earth on 2011 March 11 and 2011 August 6, and led to ...
  • UOCS.VI. UVIT/AstroSat detection of low-mass white dwarf companions to 4 more blue stragglers in M67 
    Pandey, Sindhu; Subramaniam, A; Jadhav, Vikrant V (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2021-10)
    Blue stragglers stars (BSSs) in M67 have attracted attention from observations and theory to unravel their formation mechanisms. In the series of Ultra Violet Imaging Telescope (UVIT on AstroSat) study of Open clusters ...
  • Radio interferometric observations of the Sun using commercial dish TV antennas 
    Gireesh, G. V. S; Kathiravan, C; Barve, Indrajit V; Ramesh, R (Springer, 2021-08)
    The radio astronomy group in the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA) has been carrying out routine observations of radio emission from the solar corona at low frequencies (≈40 – 440 MHz) at the Gauribidanur observatory, ...
  • Blue straggler stars in open clusters using Gaia: dependence on cluster parameters and possible formation pathways 
    Jadhav, Vikrant V; Subramaniam, A (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2021-10)
    Blue straggler stars (BSSs) are the most massive stars in a cluster formed via binary or higher-order stellar interactions. Though the exact nature of such formation scenarios is difficult to pin down, we provide observational ...
  • Light scattering due to particulate contamination over the primary mirror of Visible Emission Line Coronagraph on board Aditya-L1 mission 
    Venkata Suresh, Narra; Prasad, B. R (SPIE, 2021-07)
    To meet the proposed science goals of the Visible Emission Line Coronagraph on board the Aditya-L1 mission, the total scattered light should be less than 5 ppm (parts per million) of solar disk brightness over the field ...
  • Scatter due to Ultraviolet (UV) photopolymerization of molecular contamination on optical surfaces 
    Venkata Suresh, Narra; Prasad, B. R; Somasundaram, P. K; Kathiravan, S; Venkatasubramanian, N; Padavu, U. K; Mani, V. T; Basavaraja, S; Naik, Rajesh (Springer Nature B.V., 2020-12)
    Molecular contamination on optical surfaces is a serious issue for space payloads. For ultraviolet (UV) payloads, molecular contamination results in loss of throughput. Whereas, for visible (VIS) payloads loss of throughput ...
  • Visible emission line coronagraph on Aditya-L1 
    Prasad, B. R; Banerjee, D; Singh, J; Nagabhushana, S; Amit Kumar; Kamath, P. U; Kathiravan, S; Venkata Suresh, Narra; Rajkumar, N; Natarajan, V; Juneja, Madhur; Somu, Pawan; Pant, V; Shaji, Nigar; Sankarsubramanian, K; Patra, Asit; Venkateswaran, R; Adoni, A. A; Narendra, S; Haridas, T. R; Mathew, S. K; Mohan Krishna, R; Amareswar, K; Jaiswa, Bhavesh (Indian Academy of Science, 2017-08-25)
    Solar coronagraph mimics total solar eclipse by blocking the solar disk and enabling the observation of extended coronal atmosphere of the Sun. Visible Emission Line Coronagraph (VELC), on-board Aditya-L1 space mission, ...
  • Lithium in red giants: the roles of the He-core flash and the luminosity bump 
    Deepak; Lambert, D. L (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2021-10)
    Lithium abundances for red giants in the GALAH DR3 survey are studied. The rare examples of Li-enriched stars with abundances A(Li) ≥1.5 are confirmed to be He-core burning stars belonging to or evolved from the red clump ...
  • Clustering of low-mass stars around Herbig Be star IL Cep – evidence of ‘Rocket Effect’ using Gaia EDR3 ? 
    Arun, R; Mathew, B; Maheswar, G; Baug, Tapas; Kartha, S. S; Selvakumar, G; Manoj, P; Shridharan, B; Anusha, R; Narang, Mayank (Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2021-10)
    We study the formation and the kinematic evolution of the early-type Herbig Be star IL Cep and its environment. The young star is a member of the Cep OB3 association, at a distance of 798 ± 9 pc, and has a ‘cavity’ ...
  • Bar quenching: Evidence from star-formation-rate indicators 
    George, K; Subramanian, S (EDP Sciences, 2021-07)
    The central regions of star-forming barred spiral galaxies can be devoid of star formation because of the redistribution of gas along the length of the bar. However, there can be gas outside the length of the bar that can ...
  • Local patch analysis for testing statistical isotropy of the Planck convergence map 
    Goyal, Priya; Pravabati, C (IOP Publishing, 2021-08)
    The small but measurable effect of weak gravitational lensing on the cosmic microwave background radiation provide information about the large-scale distribution of matter in the universe. We use the all sky distribution ...
  • Accretion flow properties of GRS 1915+105 during Its θ class using AstroSat data 
    Banerjee, Anuvab; Bhattacharjee, Ayan; Chatterjee, Debjit; Debnath, Dipak; Chakrabarti, S. K; Katoch, Tilak; Antia, H. M (IOP Publishing, 2021-08-01)
    The Galactic microquasar GRS 1915+105 shows rich variability that is categorized into different classes. In this paper, we report the temporal and spectral analysis of GRS 1915+105 to study the properties of the accretion ...
  • Development of Spectrograph in FUV region for a possible ISRO flight 
    Jadhav, Sujay Vijay (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, 2021-07)
    The FUV (900-1800 Å) is the richest part of the spectrum in terms of emission lines – O VI (1032/1038 Å) and C IV (1548/1550 Å) from hot gas, C III (977 Å) and N III (1750 Å) from warm gas, and the Lyman and Werner bands ...
  • A triple active galactic nucleus in the NGC 7733–7734 merging group 
    Yadav, Jyoti; Mousumi Das; Barway, Sudhanshu; Combes, Francoise (EDP Sciences, 2021-07)
    Context. Galaxy interactions and mergers can lead to supermassive black hole (SMBH) binaries, which become active galactic nucleus (AGN) pairs when the SMBHs start accreting mass. If there is a third galaxy involved in the ...
  • Accretion flow properties of GRS 1716-249 during its 2016–17 failed outburst 
    Chatterjee, Kaushik; Debnath, Dipak; Chatterjee, Debjit; Jana, Arghajit; Sujoy Kumar Nath; Bhowmick, Riya; Chakrabarti, S. K (Springer Nature, 2021-07)
    In 2016–17, the Galactic transient black hole candidate GRS 1716-249 exhibited an outburst event after a long quiescence period of almost 23 years. The source remained in the outbursting phase for almost 9 months. We study ...
  • Early mass-varying neutrino dark energy: nugget formation and Hubble anomaly 
    Gogoi, Antareep; Sharma, Ravi Kumar; Chanda, Prolay; Das, Subinoy (IOP Publishing, 2021-07-10)
    We present a novel scenario in which light (~few eV) dark fermions (sterile neutrinos) interact with a scalar field as in mass-varying neutrino dark energy theories. As the eV sterile states naturally become nonrelativistic ...
  • The pulsar radio emission and polarization 
    Roy, Tridib (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, 2020-06)
    The thesis is mainly focused on the modeling of pulsar radio emission and polarization. The radio emission mechanism of pulsar is not fully understood, because of the lack of understanding about the kinematical processes ...

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