Indian Institute of Astrophysics , Bangalore
November 12-13, 2007Rationale:
UKIRT has invited IIA to share the operational cost against guaranteed
observing time at the telescope. Many institutions and individuals have
shown interest in this proposal suggesting that there is a national
interest in participating in this programme. Such a proposal needs to be
supported by a strong science case for successful funding. This meeting
plans to discuss and collate the thrust science areas of Indian infrared
astronomy.
The science talks are planned for 12th and a business meeting on 13th.
We plan to have scientific presentations highlighting interesting and
important
problems in IR astronomy. This will set the stage for discussions and to
identify the broad scientific areas we are interested in. At the end of the
meeting we plan to consolidate our interest in IR astronomy. This can be used
as the science document for the UKIRT proposal.
The participation to this meeting is by invitation. If you are interested to participate in the meeting, please send a mail to purni@iiap.res.in or reddy@iiap.res.in.
Scientific Programme
| 12th November, 2007 | ||
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 09:30 - Welcome address - Prof. S. S. Hasan (Director, IIA) | ||
| 09:45- 10:15 | Overview of the observational facilities in the IR | Annapurni Subramaniam |
| Session I - Star forming regions, clusters and sub-stellar objects | ||
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Star formation in the infrared | H.C. Bhatt |
| 10:45 - 11:00 (Tea Break) | ||
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Study of galactic star forming regions and signs of triggered star formation | D.K. Ojha |
| 11:30 - 11:45 | Near IR polarization studies of star forming dark clouds | Asoke K. Sen |
| 11:45 - 12:00 | Photometric investigations of pre-main sequence stars in galactic clusters with UKIRT | Priya Hasan |
| 12:00 - 12:15 | Polarization and mass-function measurements of sub-stellar objects | Malay Maiti |
| 12:15 - 12:30 | Detection and characterization of brown dwarfs in young embedded star-forming regions | Soumen Mondal |
| 12:30 - 01:00 | The upcoming 3.6m Indian optical telescope at Devasthal and its relevance to UKIRT | Ram Sagar |
| 01:00 - 02:00 (Lunch) | ||
| Session II - Evolved stars and Eruptive objects | ||
| 02:00 - 02:30 | Eruptive variables | N.M. Ashok |
| 02:30 - 02:45 | Infrared studies of quiescent novae | U. S. Kamath |
| 02:45 - 03:00 | High resolution IR spectroscopy of evolved stars | B.E. Reddy |
| 03:00 - 03:15 | Near-infrared spectral analysis of late type stars | Aruna Goswami |
| 03:15 - 03:30 | Measuring fluorine abundance of disk and halo red giants using infrared HF vibration-rotation transitions | Gajendra Pandey |
| 03:30 - 03:45 (Tea Break) | ||
| 03:45 - 04:00 | Dust in hydrogen deficient stars | N.K. Rao |
| 04:00 - 04:15 | Research on planetary nebulae using multi wavelength observations | R. Surendiranath |
| Session III - Galaxies and AGN | ||
| 04:15 - 04:45 | Star forming regions in the local universe | T. P. Prabhu |
| 04:45 - 05:15 | Formation of massive galaxies, and the co-evolution of bulges and black holes - How do we benefit from IR observations? | Swara Ravindranath |
| 05:15 - 05:30 | Supernovae | D. K. Sahu |
| 05:30 - 05:50 | Investigations of Active Galaxies with UKIRT | Prajval Shastri |
Scientific Organising committee:
Annapurni Subramaniam (IIA)
H.C. Bhatt (IIA)
Ram Sagar (ARIES)
Swarna Ghosh (TIFR)
Ashok N.M. (PRL)
Swara Ravindranath (IUCAA)
Local Organising committee:
Annapurni Subramaniam (purni@iiap.res.in)
Eswar Reddy (ereddy@iiap.res.in)
Kamath U.S. (uskamath@iiap.res.in)