Abstract Details
| Name: Kuntal Mishra Affiliation: ARIES Conference ID: ASI2016_704 Title : Optical Transients Abstract Type : Plenary Abstract : Since the last decade new optical survey telescopes equipped with large format detectors have revolutionized the field of transient astronomy. This has resulted in discovery of slow to rapid transients opening up a wide range of astrophysical processes. In this talk I will discuss about the extragalactic transients (such as Gamma Ray Burst Afterglows and Supernovae) that mark the end stages of stellar evolution and are a result of catastrophic explosions. I will present a comprehensive data/modeling of a few of these transients, by combining the optical data with other wavelengths, which is used to explore the various physical processes involved in stellar explosions and to derive the physical parameters. |