ASI-2017 Parallel Sessions: Wednesday, 8 March, 2017

ASI-2017 Parallel Sessions: Wednesday, 8 March, 2017

Total time for Invited talks - 30m, Contributed talks - 15m

Wednesday, 8 March, 2017
Time: 11:30 - 13:00 
Venue: Hall A 
Sun and the Solar System - III  [Chairperson: Nandita Srivastava]
SpeakerTitle 
Bhavesh Jaiswal
 
Spectro-polarimetry of the limb of the Martian atmosphere: simulations based on a radiative transfer model 
Naznin R. ChoudhuryStudy of porous grains and related properties of cometary dust 
Alok Ranjan TiwaryImaging Spectro-polarimeter for Multi Application Solar Telescope (MAST): Preliminary Results Obtained in the Fe I 617.3 nm and Ca II 854.2 nm. 
Bimal PandeyMultiwavelength Analysis of a typical prominence with helical twisting associated with a CME 

 

Wednesday, 8 March, 2017
Time: 11:30 - 13:00 
Venue: Hall B
Stars, ISM and the Galaxy III  [Chairperson: Indulekha Kavila]
SpeakerTitle 
Priya HasanA tale of two Populations: NGC 281 
Bryan Rithesh MirandaDetecting UV bright stellar population in Open Cluster Remnants 
Neelam PanwarStellar content and mass function of the cluster Be 59 towards the low-mass end 
Sindhu NHow hot are Blue Stragglers? 
Snehalata SahuUVIT Imaging of the globular cluster NGC 288 

 

Wednesday, 8 March, 2017
Time: 11:30 - 13:00 
Venue: Hall C 
Extragalactic Astronomy-III  [Chairperson: Preeti Kharb]
SpeakerTitle 
Vikram KhaireHelium Reionization and Spectral Energy Distribution of Quasars 
Sachin P CDetection of Two Intervening Ne VIII Absorbers Probing Warm-Hot Gas at z > 0 
Kanak SahaASTRoSAT/UVIT deep observation of HST/Chandra Deep Field South 
Konstantinos KolokythasThe Complete Local-Volume Groups Sample: Radio properties and feedback implications of galaxy groups in the Local Universe 
Abhirup DattaUnderstanding Merger Activities in Galaxy Clusters Using High Fidelity X-ray Temperature Maps and Radio Observations 
Pooja BhattacharjeeSearching for signatures of dark matter annihilation from Triangulum II using FERMI gamma ray data 

 

Wednesday, 8 March, 2017 
Time: 11:30 - 13:00 
Venue: Hall D 
Instrumentation and Techniques II  [Chairperson: P. Sreekumar]
SpeakerTitle 
Sagar GodambePerformance evaluation of prototype imaging camera for the MACE telescope 
Shiv Kumar GoyalSupra Thermal & Energetic Particle Spectrometer (STEPS) - subsystem of ASPEX payload, onboard Aditya-L1 mission 
K. SankarasubramanianA Novel Spectroscopic Concept for High Time Cadence Velocity Measurements 
Ritabrata SarkarLow Cost Exploration of Space Using Weather Balloon Borne X-ray Detectors 
Varun KumarAnalysis and design of planar flexible inductor for segment edge sensing in Segmented Mirror Telescopes 
Wednesday, 8 March, 2017
Time: 14:30 - 16.00 
Venue: Hall A 
Sun and the Solar System - IV  [Chairperson: Nandita Srivastava]
SpeakerTitle 
Girjesh R GuptaHeating and cooling of coronal loop observed during a micro-flare with IRIS, SDO, and XRT 
Sanjay KumarOn The Role Of Repetitive Magnetic Reconnections In Evolution Of Magnetic Flux Ropes In Solar Corona 
Abhishek Kumar Srivastava
 
Coronal EUV Waves and Their Interaction with the Localized Magnetic Structures 
Tomin K JamesEnergetics of small electron acceleration episodes in the solar corona 
Abhishek JohriAcceleration and evolution of solar energetic particle events in the Sun-Earth distance 

 

Wednesday, 8 March, 2017
Time: 14:30 - 16.00 
Venue: Hall B 
Stars, ISM and the Galaxy IV  [Chairperson: Indulekha Kavila]
SpeakerTitle 
Vishal JoshiNear-infrared studies of Novae: Highlights of recent results (I) 
Nirupam RoyRadio monitoring of Galactic novae: highlights of recent results 
Prasanta BeraSpectral and timing properties of the magnetic CVs  
N Kameswar RaoUVIT -- A nnew Tool for the Study of Planetary Nebulae iUV 
Ananta Charan PradhanThe GALEX observations of planetary nebulae 

 

Wednesday, 8 March, 2017
Time: 14:30 - 16.00 
Venue: Hall C 
Extragalactic Astronomy-IV  [Chairperson: Preeti Kharb]
SpeakerTitle 
Sumana NandiA misaligned double-double radio galaxy hosted by a binary supermassive black hole system 
Chiranjib KonarEpisodic Radio Galaxies and Mode of Accretion in Them 
Pratik DabhadeSAGAN - Search & Analysis of GRGs with Associated Nuclei 
Viral ParekhEarly results of uGMRT observations of diffuse radio sources 
Ananda HotaFirst results from the GMRT Observation of Objects Discovered by RAD@home Astronomy Collaboratory (GOOD-RAC) 

 

Wednesday, 8 March, 2017 
Time: 14:30 - 16.00 
Venue: Hall D 
General Relativity and Cosmology II  [Chairperson: Somak Roychowdhury]
SpeakerTitle 
Abhirup GhoshCTesting general relativity using gravitational wave signals from the inspiral, merger and ringdown of binary black holes 
Krishnendu N. V.Testing the binary black hole nature of compact binary coalescences using gravitational wave observations 
Gayathri V.Wavelet-based search of coalescing compact binaries with GW detectors 
Bhal Chandra JoshiRadio Pulsars, gravity and an Indian Pulsar Timing Array  
Prerna RanaDynamics of bound orbits in Kerr geometry and QPO frequency ratios