IIA In-House Scientific Meeting April 17, 2009
Scientific Programme:
Session I | Solar Physics | |
09:30-09:55 | G. R. Gupta |
Waves in polar coronal holes and its role in the acceleration of the fast solar wind. |
09:55-10:20 | B. Ravindra | Inferring the magnetic foot point velocity by combining the minimum energy fit with the local correlation tracking and doppler velocity. |
10:20-10:45 | J. Javaraiah | A high-significance prediction for the amplitude of solar cycle 24 |
10:45-11:15 | ||
Session II | Stars and Galaxies | |
11:15-11:40 | C. Muthu | Dust properties of high galactic latitude cloud towards HD21021 |
11:40-12:05 | F. Sutaria | What can we learn from multiwave band studies of quiescent LMXBs? |
12:05-12:30 | C.S. Stalin | X-ray and optical flux and spectral variability in AGN |
12:30-12:55 | P. Shastri | Investigation of the launching sites of jets from super- massive black-holes |
12:55-14:00 | ||
Session III | Astrophysical Theory and Fundamental Physics | |
14:00-14:25 | A. Mangalam | Black Hole spin down and cosmic evolution of radio galaxies and quasars |
14:25-14:50 | H. S. Nataraj | Search for New Physics through non-accelerator table-top experiments |
Session IV | Astronomical Instrumentation | |
14:50-15:10 | P. Anbazhagan / K. Ravi |
Autoguider for VBT Echelle spectrograph |
15:10-15:25 | G. Srinivasulu | Hardware aspects of polarimeter |
15:25-15:45 | S. Nagabhushana | Design and analysis of UVIT structure |
15:45-16:05 | K.C.Thulasidharan | Warm telescope control system and fabry-perot etalon ET-50 testing at Kodaikanal Tunnel Telescope |
16:05-16:40 | ||
Concluding Session | ||
16:40-16:45 | S. S. Hasan | Presentation of awards |
16:45-17:30 | C. Sivaram | Decades of communicating science at all levels |
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