Scientific Programme
January 28th 2009
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10:00-11:00 |
Registration |
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11:00-11:05 |
Welcome Address:M. V. Mekkaden
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11:05-11:20 |
Inauguration: Director, IIA
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11:20-11:40 |
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Session I |
Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy |
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Chairperson: K L Sebastian
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11:40-12:20 |
E Silver: X-Ray Spectroscopy of Highly Charged Ions in Laboratory and Astrophysical Plasmas
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12:20-13:00 |
A Dasgupta : X-ray Spectroscopy of K- and L-shell Astrophysical and Laboratory Z-Pinch Plasmas
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Chairperson: E Arunan
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14:30-15:10 |
S Hirata: Predictive computing for interstellar chemistry
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15:10-15:50 |
U S Mahapatra:State Specific Multi-reference Coupled Cluster Method (SSMRCC) and its applications
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Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy: Experimental Aspects |
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Chairperson: E Silver
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16:10:16:50 |
E Arunan: Microwave Spectroscopic Investigations on Phenylacetylene and its H2O/H2S complexes
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16:50:17:10 |
A Mukhopadhyay: Blue shifting C–H.....O hydrogen bonded complexes between chloroform and small cyclic ketones
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17:10:17:30 |
A Samanta: Infrared spectroscopic demonstration of cooperative and anti-cooperative effects in C-H—O hydrogen bonds |
January 29th 2009
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Session I |
Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy: Theoretical Aspects
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Chairperson: S Pal
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10:00-110:00-10:40 |
S Adhikari: A Quantum Classical approach to the photo-absorption spectrum of relatively large molecular system
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10:40-11:00 |
B Sarkar: Born - Oppenheimer treatment on the excited states of Na3 cluster
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11:00-11:20 |
J Roy Chaudhuri: Vibrational spectroscopy of a harmonic oscillator system non-linearly coupled to a heat bath and time dependent spectra
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11:20-11:40 |
K Banerjee : The effect of non-adiabaticity in polymer aggregate spectra
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Chairperson: A Dasgupta
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12:00-12:20 |
M Mukhopadhyay: Rabi type oscillations in damped single 2D-quantum dots
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12:20-12:40 |
D Banerjee: Effect of Surfactant Perturbed Nanocaging on Proton Transfer Reaction
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12:40-13:00 |
M Nayak: Studies of Parity and Time-reversal violations in heavy polar molecules
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Session II |
Atomic and Molecular Spectroscopy: Theoretical Aspects
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Chairperson: A Pradhan
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14:30:15:10 |
S Pal: Coupled-Cluster Method for Spectra, Resonance and Properties
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15:10:15:50 |
N Vaval: Coupled cluster Method for molecular properties
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Evening Lecture
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17:00-18:00 |
D C V Mallik: Vainu Bappu and the quest for high resolution spectroscopy at IIA
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January 30th 2009
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Session I |
Line formation in Steller Atmosphere |
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Chairperson: S Adhikari |
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9:30-10:10 |
A K Pradhan: Multi-disciplinary Reach of Atomic Astrophysics: From Steller Interiors to Cancer Research
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10:10-10:50 |
K N Nagendra: Recent developments in polarized line formation theory in the presence of a magnetic field
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10:50-11:10 |
S Sengupta: Spectro-polarimetry of Sub-staller Mass Objects
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11:10-11:30 |
M S Rao: Discrete Space theory of Radiative Transfer :Applications
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Solar Spectroscopy: Observation and Analysis |
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Chairperson: N K Rao |
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11:50-12:30 |
R Rutten: Observational and interpretational status and quests of solar spectroscopy
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12:30-12:50 |
D Banerjee: Dynamics of Transition Region as seen by UV Spectrometers
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Chairperson: N K Rao |
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14:00-14:40 |
S P Bagare: Glimpses of Spectroscopic Techniques Used in Optical Solar Observations
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14:40:15:00 |
K Sundaraman: Solar Spectroscopy at Kodaikanal Observatory
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Stellar Spectroscopy: Observation and Analysis |
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Chairperson: R Rutten
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15:20-16:00 |
N K Rao: High Resolution Spectroscopy of R Coronae Borealis and other Hydrogen Deficient Stars
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16:00-16:20 |
G Pandey: Neon abundances in Hydrogen-deficient stars: Extreme-helium and R Coronae Borealis
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16:20-16:40 |
S G V Mallik: Simultaneous X ray and Optical observations of the accreting T Tauri star TW Hya |
January 31st 2009
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Session I |
Stellar Spectroscopy: Observation and Analysis
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Chairperson: N M Ashok
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9:30-10:10 |
K Werner: Element Abundance Determination in Hot Evolved Stars
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10:10-10:50 |
T P Prabhu: Emission Line Spectroscopy in Astrophysics
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10:50-11:10 |
G C Anupama: Low Resolution Spectroscopy of Supernovae
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Chairperson: S P Bagare
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11:30-12:10 |
N M Ashok: Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of Eruptive Variables
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12:10-12:30 |
A Goswami: Elemental abundances in CEMP stars: r- and s-process elements
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12:30-12:50 |
Annapurni S: Spectroscopic Survey of Classical Be Stars in Open Clusters
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12:50-13:10 |
P S Padamkar: An Improved Technique to Explore Accretion Process in PMS Using Medium Resolution Optical Spectrum
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14:30: |
Repertoire : K L Sebastian Repertoire :T P Prabhu Vote of thanks: R K Chaudhuri |