Overview
Research in the area of stars, stellar systems and galaxies covers a broad range of topics. Some of the main areas are star formation, stellar physics and the study of the interstellar medium; Extra-galactic astronomy, including study of neighborhood galaxies such as the Magellanic clouds and those in the local group; Quasars and active galaxies; and time domain astronomy.
Research Areas
Studies of star-forming regions and young stellar objects (YSO); the global scenario of star formation; study of Herbig Ae/Be stars and their properties.
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INSTAR (IIA's research Network on STAr foRmation)
Main sequence stars, metal poor/extreme metal poor stars, carbon stars, hydrogen deficient stars, Li abundant K giants. giants and super-giants, element synthesis
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Observational studies of planetary nebulae and their central stars, emission nebulae and HII regions, white dwarfs and brown dwarfs
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Studies of Interstellar medium; dust extinction, polarization of star light; chemical abundance in the Galaxy; kinematics of stars, clouds in the galactic disk and halo
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Blue stragglers and peculiar stars in clusters, multiple stellar population in globular clusters. understanding stars in the clusters, open cluster remnants
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Observational studies of transiting exoplanets, detection of non-transiting planets, correlation between the host star metallicity and the probability of hosting planets.
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Magellanic system, star formation in external galaxies, star-burst galaxies, galaxy formation and evolution, galaxy mergers, galaxy clusters and energetics
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Observational studies of Active Galactic Nuclei; Quasars and AGN-Quasar connection; AGN-star burst connection; relativistic jets and outflows
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Time series analysis of astronomical phenomena, novae, supernovae, variable stars, x-ray binaries and accretion systems, AGN variability studies.
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Development of spectrographs, site surveys and characterization, adaptive optics systems, space payloads and systems for astronomy, high altitude balloon experiments.
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