Program Schedule
Dated: 26th
January, 2026
A Decade
of AstroSat Observations: Science Outcomes and Future
Prospects
Conference Dates: 30th
January, 31st January & 1st
February, 2026
Venue: Hyatt Centric, Hebbal, Bengaluru
U R Rao Satellite Centre
Indian Space Research Organisation
Bengaluru - 560 017
India
Summary of Program Structure & Venue
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Venue: Centric Ballroom, 2nd
Floor, Hyatt Centric |
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Inaugural Program |
Inaugural Session & Vision to
Voyage - 30th January, 2026 |
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Plenary Sessions |
Keynote Lectures - 30th
January, 2026 |
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Plenary Lectures - 30th
January, 31st January & 1st
February, 2026 |
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Panel Discussion - 1st
February, 2026 |
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Parallel Sessions
(Contributory Lectures) [30th January, 31st
January & 1st February, 2026] |
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Venue: Huddle 1&2 (1st
Floor) |
Venue: Centric Ballroom (2nd
Floor) |
Venue: Huddle 3&4 (1st
Floor) |
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Parallel Session-1 (PS1) |
Parallel Session-2 (PS2) |
Parallel Session-3 (PS3) |
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Scientific
Themes *
ST-1:
Stars to Galaxies: Formation, Morphology, and
Evolution *
ST-2:
Nebulae and Diffuse Gas *
ST-3:
Cataclysmic Variables |
Scientific
Themes *
ST-4:
Black Hole X-ray Binaries *
ST-5:
Neutron Star X-ray Binaries |
Scientific
Themes *
ST-6:
Active Galactic Nuclei and Blazars *
ST-7:
Gamma-ray Bursts *
ST-8:
Space Instrumentation and Mission Operation |
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Poster Sessions (30th January, 31st
January & 1st February, 2026) |
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Venue: White Box (Ground Floor) |
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Day-1 (30th January, 2026)
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Registration (8.00 AM - 9.00
AM) Venue: Hyatt
Centric |
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Inaugural Program (9.00 AM - 12.30
PM) |
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Time |
Inaugural Session (9.00 AM -
10.00 AM) |
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9.00 - 9.05 |
National Anthem |
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9.05 - 9.15 |
Conference Opening |
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9.15 - 9.20 |
Welcome Address |
M. Sankaran, Director, URSC |
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9.20 - 9.25 |
Inaugural Address |
V. Narayanan, Chairman, ISRO /
Secretary, DOS |
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9.25 - 9.30 |
ISRO's Space Science Program |
A. S. Kiran Kumar, Chairperson, APEX
Science Board, ISRO |
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9.30 - 9.40 |
AstroSat: Concept to Completion |
P. C. Agrawal, Former PI, AstroSat |
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9.40 - 9.45 |
Scientific Program of the Conference |
Dipankar Bhattacharya,
Chairperson, SOC |
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9.45 - 9.50 |
AstroSat Conference: Behind the Scenes |
Jasvinder Singh Khoral,
Chairperson, LOC |
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9.50 - 10.00 |
Release of Conference Proceedings |
S. Seetha, PI, AstroSat |
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Vision to Voyage - Flashback,
Mission Insights and Challenges (10.00 AM - 12.30
PM) |
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Moderator:
P. Sreekumar |
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Reminiscence (10.15 AM - 11.00 AM) |
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P. S. Goel, T. K. Alex, M. Annadurai,
G. Srinivasan, George Joseph (video),
V. Koteswara Rao,
Suryanarayana Sarma (video) |
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Conference Photograph |
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High Tea (11.00 AM -
11.45 AM) |
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Realization of AstroSat (11.45 AM -
12.30 PM) [Presentation Duration: 5 min] |
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Scientific
Payloads:
UVIT (Shyam Tandon), SXT
(K. P. Singh), LAXPC (J. S. Yadav), CZTI (A. R.
Rao), SSM (M. C. Ramadevi) Mainframe
Systems:
Spacecraft (K. H. Navalgund),
Mission (R. Pandiyan), Mechanism (G. Nagesh), Optics
(T. Krishna Murthy) |
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Keynote Lectures (12.30 PM -
1.15 PM) [Lecture
Duration: 15 min, Discussion: 5 min] |
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Moderator:
R.
K. Manchanda |
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Time |
Speaker |
Title |
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12.30-12.50 |
Leo Jackson
John |
AstroSat
Mission Operations and Challenges |
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12.50-01.10 |
Dipankar
Bhattacharya |
Science
Highlights of the AstroSat Mission |
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Lunch Break (1.15 PM - 2.30 PM) |
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Scientific Session - 1 (Plenary
Lectures) (2.30 PM - 4.35 PM) [Lecture
Duration: 20 min, Discussion: 5 min] |
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Session
Chair: A. R. Rao |
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Time |
Speaker |
Title |
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2:30 - 2.55 |
Annapurni Subramanian |
Probing Star
Clusters with UVIT/AstroSat |
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2.55 - 3.20 |
K.
P. Singh |
AstroSat led
Campaigns for the Study of Cataclysmic Variables |
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3.20 - 3.45 |
Andrea Sanna |
Accreting
millisecond X-ray Pulsars: An AstroSat View |
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3.45 - 4.10 |
Ranjeev Misra |
AstroSat
Advantage: Study of Black Hole X-ray Binaries |
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4.10 - 4.35 |
Gulab Dewangan |
Multi-wavelength
View of Radio-Quiet Galaxies with AstroSat |
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Tea Break & Poster Session (4.35
PM - 5.15 PM) |
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Scientific Session - 2 (Parallel
Sessions: 5.15 PM - 7.00 PM) |
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Contributory Lectures [Lecture
Duration: 13 min, Discussion: 2 min] |
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Time |
Parallel Session (PS) - PS1 |
Parallel Session (PS) - PS2 |
Parallel Session (PS) - PS3 |
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Chair:
Smitha
Subramanian |
Chair:
Aru
Beri |
Chair:
Debbijoy
Bhattacharya |
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5.15-5.30 |
PS1-01 (Phil Charles) |
PS2-01 (Samir Mandal) |
PS3-01 (Kavita Kumari) |
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5.30-5.45 |
PS1-02 (Arvind Dattatrey) |
PS2-02 (Kinjal Roy) |
PS3-02 (Fida
Fathima S S) |
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5.45-6.00 |
PS1-03 (Kala G Pradeep) |
PS2-03 (Sandeep Rout) |
PS3-03 (Reshma M) |
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6.00-6.15 |
PS1-04 (Sharmila Rani) |
PS2-04 (Rahul Sharma) |
PS3-04 (Sanna
Gulati) |
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6.15-6.30 |
PS1-05 (Samyaday
Choudhury) |
PS2-05 (Nagendra Kumar) |
PS3-05 (Savithri
H Ezhikode) |
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6.30-6.45 |
PS1-06 (Akash Agarwal) |
PS2-06 (Arghajit Jana) |
PS3-06 (Piyali
Ganguly) |
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6.45-7.00 |
Discussion |
Discussion |
Discussion |
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Cultural Program (Bharatanatyam)
(7.00 PM - 8.00 PM) |
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Conference Dinner (8.00 PM
onwards ) |
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Scientific Session - 3 (Plenary
Lectures) (9.00 AM - 10.45 AM) [Lecture
Duration: 20 min, Discussion: 5 min] |
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Time |
Session
Chair: K. P. Singh |
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9.00 - 9.25 |
Kanak
Saha |
Probing High
Redshift Galaxies with UVIT/AstroSat |
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9.25 - 9.50 |
Kameswara Rao |
Planetary
Nebulae with UVIT/AstroSat |
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9.50 - 10.15 |
Manoneeta Chakrabarti |
Probing
Neutron Star Low-Mass X-ray Binaries with AstroSat |
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10.15-10.40 |
Santabrata Das |
Spectral-temporal
Studies of Black Hole X-ray Binaries with AstroSat |
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Tea Break & Poster Session (10.45
AM - 11.30 AM) |
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Scientific Session - 4 (Plenary
Lectures) (11.30 AM - 1.15 PM) [Lecture
Duration: 20 min, Discussion: 5 min] |
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Time |
Session
Chair: Dipankar Bhattacharya |
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11.30 - 11.55 |
Sachindra Naik |
High-Mass
X-ray Binary Pulsars with AstroSat |
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11.55 - 12.20 |
C.
S. Stalin |
Constraints
on Blazar Jets: Results from AstroSat |
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12.20 - 12.45 |
Sreeja
Kartha |
AstroSat/UVIT
View of Nearby Galaxies |
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12.45 - 01.10 |
Varun
Bhalerao |
A Decade of
GRBs with CZTI/AstroSat |
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Lunch Break (1.15 PM - 2.30 PM) |
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Scientific Session - 5 (Parallel
Sessions: 2.30 PM - 4.15 PM) |
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Contributory Lectures [Lecture
Duration: 13 min, Discussion: 2 min] |
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Time |
Parallel Session (PS) - PS1 |
Parallel Session (PS) - PS2 |
Parallel Session (PS) - PS3 |
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Chair:
Sreeja
S Kartha |
Chair:
Manoneeta
Chakraborty |
Chair:
Shabnam
Iyyani |
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2.30-2.45 |
PS1-07 (Mousumi
Das) |
PS2-07 (Aru Beri) |
PS3-07 (Alok C. Gupta) |
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2.45-3.00 |
PS1-08 (Sudhanshu Barway) |
PS2-08 (Broja
G. Dutta) |
PS3-08 (Soumya Gupta) |
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3.00-3.15 |
PS1-09 (Divya
Pandey) |
PS2-09 (Soma Mandal) |
PS3-09 (Debbijoy
Bhattacharya) |
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3.15-3.30 |
PS1-10 (Pushpak
Pandey) |
PS2-10 (Sayantan
Bhattacharya) |
PS3-10 (Rushikesh
Sonawane) |
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3.30-3.45 |
PS1-11 (Anshuman Borgohain) |
PS2-11 (Nafisa
Aftab) |
PS3-11 (Abhijit Kayal) |
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3.45-4.00 |
PS1-12 (Judhajeet
Basu) |
PS2-12 (Ketan Rikame) |
PS3-12 (Zahir
Shah) |
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4.00-4:15 |
Discussion |
Discussion |
Discussion |
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Tea Break & Poster Session (4.15
PM - 5.00 PM) |
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Scientific Session - 6 (Parallel
Sessions: 5.00 PM - 6.45 PM) |
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Contributory Lectures [Lecture
Duration: 13 min, Discussion: 2 min] |
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Time |
Parallel Session (PS) - PS1 |
Parallel Session (PS) - PS2 |
Parallel Session (PS) - PS3 |
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Chair: Mousumi Das |
Chair:
Ranjeev Misra |
Chair:
Biswajit
Paul |
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5.00-5.15 |
PS1-13 (Chayan
Mondal) |
PS2-13 (Sudip Bhattacharyya) |
PS3-13 (Vadim Burwitz) |
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5.15-5.30 |
PS1-14 (Rithu
A) |
PS2-14 (Ankur Kushwaha) |
PS3-14 (Ajay Ratheesh) |
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5.30-5.45 |
PS1-15 (Pranjal
Chaturvedi) |
PS2-15 (Prajjwal
Majumder) |
PS3-15 (Mithun
N P S) |
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5.45-6.00 |
PS1-16 (Jeewan
Pandey) |
PS2-16 (Santanu
Mondal) |
PS3-16 (Prajwel
Joseph) |
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6.00-6.15 |
PS1-17 (Suraj Dhiwar) |
PS2-17 (Tanuman
Ghosh) |
PS3-17 (Amit Kumar) |
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6.15-6.30 |
PS1-18 (Shashank Gairola) |
PS2-18 (Ashwin Devaraj) |
PS3-18 (Aditya Rallapalli) |
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6.30-6.45 |
Discussion |
Discussion |
Discussion |
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Day-3 (01st February, 2026)
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Scientific Session - 7 (Parallel
Sessions: 9.00 AM - 11.00 AM) |
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Contributory Lectures [Lecture
Duration: 13 min, Discussion: 2 min] |
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Time |
Parallel Session (PS) - PS1 |
Parallel Session (PS) - PS2 |
Parallel Session (PS) - PS3 |
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Chair:
Gulab
Dewangan |
Chair:
Samir
Mandal |
Chair:
Santosh
Vadawale |
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9.00-9.15 |
PS1-19 (David Buckley) |
PS2-19 (Mayukh
Pahari) |
PS3-19 (Shabnam Iyyani) |
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9.15-9.30 |
PS1-20 (Renu
Devi) |
PS2-20 (Jithesh
V) |
PS3-20 (Utkarsh Pathak) |
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9.30-9.45 |
PS1-21 (Rupesh Behera) |
PS2-21 (Akash Garg) |
PS3-21 (Rahul Gupta) |
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9.45-10.00 |
PS1-22
(Sipra
Hota) |
PS2-22
(Suchismito
Chattopadhyay) |
PS3-22 (Sujay Mate) |
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10.00-10.15 |
PS1-23
(Amrutha S) |
PS2-23 (Aromal
P) |
PS3-23 (Sachin
Narang) |
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10.15-10.30 |
PS1-24 (Sruthi K) |
PS2-24 (Sreetama
Das Choudhury) |
PS3-24 (Vishweshwar
Rao Budhiraju) |
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10.30-10.45 |
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PS2-25 (Kewal
Anand) |
PS3-25 (Girish Gouda) |
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10.45-11.00 |
Discussion |
Discussion |
Discussion |
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Tea Break & Poster Session (11.00
AM - 11.45 AM) |
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Scientific Session - 8 (Parallel Sessions: 11.45 AM
- 1.15 PM) |
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Contributory Lectures / Flash
Talks [Contributory
Lecture Duration: 13 min, Discussion: 2 min; Flash
Talk Duration: 5 min] |
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Time |
Parallel Sessions (PS) - PS1 &
PS3 Flash Talks (FT1 & FT3) |
Parallel Session (PS) - PS2 |
Parallel Session (PS) - PS2 Flash Talks (FT2) |
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Venue: Huddle 1&2 (1st
Floor) |
Venue: Centric Ballroom (2nd
Floor) |
Venue: Huddle 3&4 (1st
Floor) |
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Chair:
Sudhanshu
Barway |
Chair:
Sachindra Naik |
Chair:
Vikram
Rana |
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11.45-12.00 |
FT1-01 (Chandan Watts) FT1-02 (Shatakshi
Chamoli) FT1-03 (Geethika
Santhosh) |
PS2-26 (Arunava
Mukherjee) |
FT2-01 (Ruchika Dhaka) FT2-02 (Shyam
Prakash V P) FT2-03 (Arbind
Pradhan) |
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12.00-12.15 |
FT1-04 (Saili
Keshri) FT1-05 (Aratrik
Basu) FT1-06 (Anagha
Raphy) |
PS2-27 (Sree
Bhattacherjee) |
FT2-04 (Aman Kaushik) FT2-05 (Pankaj Sharma) FT2-06 (M. Varun) |
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12.15-12.30 |
FT3-01 (Sreehari
H) FT3-02 (Arijit Sar) FT3-03 (Anuraag
Arya) |
PS2-28 (Biki
Ram) |
FT2-07 (Samyukthaa
A M) FT2-08 (Evet Priya) FT2-09 (Jeyaraman
I) |
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12.30-12.45 |
FT3-04 (Saikat
Sinha) FT3-05 (Rameshan
Thimmappa) FT3-06 (Allen John Darin J) |
PS2-29 (Giridharan L) |
FT2-10 (Geethu
Prabhakar) FT2-11 (Vaibhav Sharma) FT2-12 (Sneha Prakash Mudambi) |
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12.45-1.00 |
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PS2-30 (Aneesha
U) |
FT2-13 (Sandeep Aashish) FT2-14 (Vanzarmawii
Chhangte) FT2-15 (Anandhu
Anilkumar Binu) |
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1.00-1.15 |
Discussion |
Discussion |
Discussion |
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Lunch Break (1.15 PM
- 2.30 PM) |
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Scientific Session - 9 (Plenary
Lectures) (2.30 PM - 3.30 PM) [Lecture
Duration: 20 min, Discussion: 5 min] |
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Session
Chair:
Ajit Kembhavi |
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Time |
Speaker |
Title |
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2.30-2.55 |
Enrico Bozzo |
Supergiant
Fast X-ray Transients: A Review |
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2.55-3.20 |
Santosh
Vadawale |
Development
of Space-based Instruments for X-ray Astronomy in
India - Current Status & Future Prospects |
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3.20-3.30 |
Gajendra
Pandey |
A
preliminary proposal for an Indian EUV (mainly Lyman
UV) astronomy satellite- INFUSE (Indian Far
Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer) |
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Scientific Session - 10 (Panel
Discussion: 3.30 PM - 4.45 PM) |
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Moderator:
Seetha S
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Time |
Speaker |
Title |
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3.30-3.40 |
A R Rao |
Lessons Learnt from AstroSat |
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Panelists |
Theme: Way
Forward after AstroSat |
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3.40-4.15 |
Mudit Srivastava, Sudip Bhattacharyya,
Biswajit Paul, Radhakrishna V, Varun Bhalerao, Sankarasubramanian K. |
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Views
for future UV missions -
Broadband
timing and spectroscopy -
Broadband
polarimetry and future development -
Development
of GEM detector for soft X-ray polarimetry -
Future
of X-ray transient study -
Lesson
learnt from other missions & Importance of
multiwavelength studies |
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4.15-4.30 |
Participants |
Specific
questions to the panelists |
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4.30-4.45 |
Seetha S |
Meeting
Summary & Conclusion ... |
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4.45-5:00 |
Tea & Refreshments |
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Appendix:
Contributory Lectures and Flash Talks
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Parallel
Session-1 (PS1) |
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ST-1:
Stars to Galaxies: Formation, Morphology, and
Evolution *
ST-2:
Nebulae and Diffuse Gas *
ST-3:
Cataclysmic Variables Venue: Huddle 1&2 (1st
Floor) |
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ID |
Speaker |
Title |
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PS1-01 |
Phil
Charles |
V
Sge: Supersoft CV or Exotic Hot
Binary? |
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PS1-02 |
Arvind
Dattatrey |
UVIT/AstroSat
Resolves Hidden Stellar Mysteries in Globular
Clusters |
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PS1-03 |
Kala
G Pradeep |
Multi-wavelength
investigations of magnetic accretion - case
studies of magnetic cataclysmic variables |
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PS1-04 |
Sharmila
Rani |
Lithium
Enrichment and Binary Clues: A UV Perspective |
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PS1-05 |
Samyaday Choudhury |
UVIT
Magellanic BRidge Analysis (UMBRA) -
identification and parametrisation of UV-bright
stars and stellar aggregates |
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PS1-06 |
Akash
Agarwal |
Mapping
magnetic accretion flows in Intermediate Polars
through X-ray observations |
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PS1-07 |
Mousumi Das |
Understanding
star formation in low stellar density
environments: XUV disks and low luminosity
galaxies |
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PS1-08 |
Sudhanshu
Barway |
AstroSat-UVIT
Insights into the Star-Forming Rings of
Collisional Galaxies |
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PS1-09 |
Divya Pandey |
Exploring
filament galaxies using AstroSat/ UVIT |
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PS1-10 |
Pushpak Pandey |
AstroSat
UV Deep Field IV. An Extended UV disk around a
massive spiral galaxy at z=0.67 |
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PS1-11 |
Anshuman
Borgohain |
AstroSat
survey of local Blue Compact Dwarf galaxies: XUV
disks and mass assembly |
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PS1-12 |
Judhajeet Basu |
Disks
Don't Die: AstroSat's
UV-X‑ray Insights into
Extragalactic Novae |
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PS1-13 |
Chayan Mondal |
AstroSat
UV Deep Field - probing interstellar dust of
star-forming galaxies at redshift ~ 0.4 - 0.8 |
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PS1-14 |
Rithu A |
X-ray
and UV observations of the polar AR Uma with
AstroSat and XMM-Newton |
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PS1-15 |
Pranjal Chaturvedi |
Study
of ELAIS-N1 deep field using UVIT |
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PS1-16 |
Jeewan Pandey |
Investigating
Stellar Flares on Solar-Type Stars Using AstroSat |
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PS1-17 |
Suraj
Dhiwar |
Direct
detection of LyC leakers at Cosmic noon using Astrosat/UVIT |
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PS1-18 |
Shashank
Gairola |
Tracing
hierarchical, fractal-like star formation out to
kiloparsec scales in nearby galaxies with UVIT |
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PS1-19 |
David
Buckley |
Magnetic
CV observations with SALT and AstroSat |
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PS1-20 |
Renu Devi |
The
evolutionary imprint of bars on star formation:
UVIT and MUSE perspectives |
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PS1-21 |
Rupesh
Behera |
A
comprehensive study of the Cygnus Loop |
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PS1-22 |
Sipra
Hota |
The
Ultraviolet Tale of Young Stars in the Small Magellanic Cloud: Penned
by UVIT/AstroSat |
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PS1-23 |
Amrutha
S |
Constraining
the High-Mass Stellar IMF in Galaxies: A Pilot
Method Using UVIT and Hα-MUSE Observations Applied
to NGC 628 |
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PS1-24 |
Sruthi
K |
Testing
the Resolved Kennicutt-Schmidt
Relation in Nearby Galaxies Through UVIT and ALMA
Observations |
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PS1-25 |
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Parallel
Session-2 (PS2) |
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*ST-4:
Black Hole X-ray Binaries *ST-5:
Neutron Star X-ray Binaries Venue: Centric Ballroom (2nd
Floor) |
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ID |
Speaker |
Title |
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PS2-01 |
Samir
Mandal |
Probing
Accretion Geometry and Dynamics in Black Hole X-ray
Binaries through Multi-Mission Spectral and Timing
Studies |
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PS2-02 |
Kinjal
Roy |
Energy
dependent pulsed fraction as a tracer of spectral
features in bright HMXB pulsars |
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PS2-03 |
Sandeep
Rout |
A
Hidden Pulse: Uncovering a New Timing Signal in
Cygnus X-1 with AstroSat |
|
PS2-04 |
Rahul
Sharma |
AstroSat
View of Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in X-ray Pulsars |
|
PS2-05 |
Nagendra
Kumar |
Origin
of high energy power-law tail in X-ray binaries by
bulk Comptonization in conical outflowing medium |
|
PS2-06 |
Arghajit
Jana |
Unveiling
the Complex Intermediate Spectral State of BHXB with
AstroSat |
|
PS2-07 |
Aru
Beri |
Pulses,
Bursts, and Beyond: Tracing Neutron Star X-ray
Binaries with AstroSat |
|
PS2-08 |
Broja
G. Dutta |
Time-lag
properties of Galactic BHBs: An Explanation on the
Origin of Hard/Soft Lags |
|
PS2-09 |
Soma
Mandal |
Measurement
of the neutron star mass in the low-mass X-ray
binary 4U 1636-536 using the relativistic precession
model |
|
PS2-10 |
Sayantan
Bhattacharya |
AstroSat
Observations of Exceptionally Brief Thermonuclear
Bursts in Cygnus X-2 |
|
PS2-11 |
Nafisa
Aftab |
Pulsations
in Eclipse: A Reassessment of the Narrow Partial
Eclipse in IGR J16393 − 4643 with AstroSat |
|
PS2-12 |
Ketan
Rikame |
Eclipse
Flares in High Mass X-ray Binaries: Insights from
AstroSat-LAXPC and Other Archival X-ray Observations |
|
PS2-13 |
Sudip
Bhattacharyya |
A
double-photospheric
radius-expansion thermonuclear X-ray burst observed
with AstroSat |
|
PS2-14 |
Ankur
Kushwaha |
Revisiting
the spin and coronal geometry of Cygnus X-1:
Insights from AstroSat spectroscopy and IXPE
polarimetry |
|
PS2-15 |
Prajjwal
Majumder |
Investigating
the Origin of HFQPOs in GRS 1915+105 during
'Canonical' Soft States: A Multi-mission Perspective |
|
PS2-16 |
Santanu
Mondal |
Predicting
black hole binary parameters using AstroSat data |
|
PS2-17 |
Tanuman
Ghosh |
Probing
Super-Eddington Accretion and Thermal-Nonthermal
Emission Processes in ULXs and HLXs |
|
PS2-18 |
Ashwin
Devaraj |
Insights
into the phase-dependent cyclotron line in XTE
J1946+274 |
|
PS2-19 |
Mayukh
Pahari |
Investigating
the Physical Origin of the Extended Flaring Branch
in the Z-type X-ray Binaries with AstroSat |
|
PS2-20 |
Jithesh
V |
Broadband
spectral and temporal properties of MAXI J1348-630
and Swift J1658.2-4242 |
|
PS2-21 |
Akash
Garg |
Probing
Rapid X-ray Variability in X-ray Binaries using 10
years of AstroSat Observations |
|
PS2-22 |
Suchismito
Chattopadhyay |
QPO
signatures of disk Restoration after Type-I X-Ray
bursts from 4U 1636−536 using AstroSat |
|
PS2-23 |
Aromal
P |
The
2024 outburst of the neutron star LMXB EXO 0748-676:
an investigation of bursts and eclipses with
AstroSat |
|
PS2-24 |
Sreetama
Das Choudhury |
Unveiling
Disc-Jet Coupling in BH-XRBs: Multi-band Analysis
& Multi-Mission Perspective |
|
PS2-25 |
Kewal
Anand |
First
AstroSat Detection of QPO Triplets in 4U 1728-34 and
Their Correlation with Spectral Parameters |
|
PS2-26 |
Arunava
Mukherjee |
Hunting
for continuous GW signals in the Era of
Multi-Messenger Astronomy |
|
PS2-27 |
Sree
Bhattacherjee |
Unveiling
the spectral evolution of NS-XRB GX 17+2 using
AstroSat and NICER observations |
|
PS2-28 |
Biki
Ram |
Understanding
State Transitions and Disk-Corona Geometry in Black
Hole X-ray Binaries: a comprehensive study of
variability and QPO characteristics using AstroSat |
|
PS2-29 |
Giridharan
L |
Detection
of millisecond oscillations from 4U 1820-30 using
AstroSat data |
|
PS2-30 |
Aneesha
U |
AstroSat
and NuSTAR View of the
Long-Term Spectro-Temporal Behaviour of the Black
Hole Binaries GX 339-4 and H 1743-322 |
|
Parallel
Session-3 (PS3) |
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*
ST-6:
Active Galactic Nuclei and Blazars *
ST-7:
Gamma-ray Bursts *
ST-8:
Space Instrumentation and Mission Operation Venue: Huddle 3&4 (1st
Floor) |
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|
ID |
Speaker |
Title |
|
PS3-01 |
Kavita
Kumari |
Unraveling
the Disk-Corona Connection in AGNs using AstroSat
observations |
|
PS3-02 |
Fida
Fathima S S |
Long-term
X-ray spectral variability study of the quasar PDS
456 |
|
PS3-03 |
Reshma
M |
UV
and X-ray flux variability of a sample of active
galactic nuclei using simultaneous AstroSat
observations |
|
PS3-04 |
Sanna
Gulati |
Origin
of High-Energy Emission in Radio-Loud AGNs: Insights
from AstroSat and Multiwavelength Observations |
|
PS3-05 |
Savithri
H Ezhikode |
AstroSat
observations of changing-look AGN |
|
PS3-06 |
Piyali
Ganguly |
Probing
the Disk-Corona Interaction in Seyfert
1 Galaxies: A broadband Spectral Study of Mrk 813 and RBS 688 using
AstroSat |
|
PS3-07 |
Alok
C. Gupta |
Variability
and QPOs in Blazars with Various X-ray Missions |
|
PS3-08 |
Soumya
Gupta |
Time-resolved
spectro-polarimetric
analysis of extremely bright GRB 230307A: Possible
evidence of evolution from photospheric
to synchrotron dominated emission |
|
PS3-09 |
Debbijoy
Bhattacharya |
Probing
the AGN impact on the star formation properties of
the host galaxy using AstroSat-UVIT observations |
|
PS3-10 |
Rushikesh
Sonawane |
Spectro-polarimetry
of GRB 180427A: Distinct Emission Sites with Varying
Polarisation |
|
PS3-11 |
Abhijit
Kayal |
Probing
Blazar Emission with AstroSat Using Its Unique
Simultaneous Multi-wavelength
Capability |
|
PS3-12 |
Zahir
Shah |
Time
resolved X-ray spectral study of Blazars with
AstroSat: Probing underlying particle distribution |
|
PS3-13 |
Vadim
Burwitz |
Testing
and Calibrating X-ray Optics at PANTER |
|
PS3-14 |
Ajay
Ratheesh |
Hard
X-ray Polarimetry with AstroSat-CZTI: A Novel
Background Estimation Technique Using the Coded Mask |
|
PS3-15 |
Mithun
N P S |
Refinements
to Hard X-ray Spectroscopy with AstroSat CZTI |
|
PS3-16 |
Prajwel
Joseph |
Ten
years of observations with UVIT and future prospects |
|
PS3-17 |
Amit
Kumar |
Safety
Against Overexposures for UVIT Detectors |
|
PS3-18 |
Aditya
Rallapalli |
Momentum
Bias Command Strategy for Sustained Reaction Wheel
Operation in Near-Equatorial Orbits: Application to
AstroSat |
|
PS3-19 |
Shabnam
Iyyani |
A
Decade of GRB Spectro-Polarimetry: Unlocking
Relativistic Jet Physics with AstroSat |
|
PS3-20 |
Utkarsh
Pathak |
GRB
Polarization Across Missions: AstroSat/CZTI and
POLAR |
|
PS3-21 |
Rahul
Gupta |
Probing
Gamma-Ray Burst Prompt Emission Mechanisms through
Spectro-Polarimetric Observations with Fermi and
AstroSat |
|
PS3-22 |
Sujay
Mate |
Detector
characterisation to enable X/gamma-ray polarimetry |
|
PS3-23 |
Sachin
Narang |
AstroSat
Experience in Proposal and Data Workflow Management:
Enabling the Next Generation of Indian Space
Observatories |
|
PS3-24 |
Vishweshwar
Rao Budhiraju |
Development
and Characterization of AstroSat-Ultraviolet Imaging
Telescope (UVIT) Optics in Visible & Far
ultra-violet wavelengths |
|
PS3-25 |
Girish
Gouda |
Very
Stable High Reflectance Coatings for Far and Near
Ultra Violet Spectral Region of UVIT |
|
Flash
Talk-1 (FT1) & Flash Talk-3 (FT3) |
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|
*
ST-1:
Stars to Galaxies: Formation, Morphology, and
Evolution *
ST-2:
Nebulae and Diffuse Gas *
ST-3:
Cataclysmic Variables *
ST-6:
Active Galactic Nuclei and Blazars *
ST-7:
Gamma-ray Bursts *
ST-8:
Space Instrumentation and Mission Operation Venue: Huddle 1&2 (1st
Floor) |
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|
ID |
Speaker |
Title |
|
FT1-01 |
Chandan
Watts |
UV
Insights into a Tidally Disturbed Disk Galaxy: The
Case of NGC 3718 |
|
FT1-02 |
Shatakshi Chamoli |
To
Be or not to Be: Recurrent Nova M31N 2017-01e a BeWD system? |
|
FT1-03 |
Geethika Santhosh |
UVIT
view of star formation outside galaxies undergoing
gravitational and hydrodynamic interactions |
|
FT1-04 |
Saili Keshri |
Triggered
by Tides, Fuelled by Bars: Star Formation in the
Interacting Galaxy System hosting Stellar Bars
with UVIT |
|
FT1-05 |
Aratrik Basu |
High-resolution
AstroSat, Chandra, and HST observations of NGC
4321 to study the diffuse X-ray emission and star
formation |
|
FT1-06 |
Anagha Raphy |
Identification
and Characterization of Galactic white dwarfs
(WDs) and WD+MS Binaries in the Direction of
External Galaxies using AstroSat/UVIT Observations |
|
FT3-01 |
Sreehari H |
Photon
ring effects in light curve and image correlations |
|
FT3-02 |
Arijit
Sar |
First
observational evidence of correlated X-ray/UV
variability and time lags in the NLS1 galaxy Mrk 1044 |
|
FT3-03 |
Anuraag Arya |
Demonstration
of XNAV Technology Using Millisecond Pulsars |
|
FT3-04 |
Saikat Sinha |
Probing
Jet Emission in the Extreme Blazar TXS 0210+515
through Multi-Epoch AstroSat Observations |
|
FT3-05 |
Rameshan Thimmappa |
Spectral
and Timing Variability Studies of PKS 2155-304
using Chandra and NuSTAR |
|
FT3-06 |
Allen
John Darin J |
Next-Generation
Cryogenic Cooling Concepts for High-Energy
Detectors in Space Missions |
|
Flash Talk-2
(FT2) |
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|
*ST-4:
Black Hole X-ray Binaries *ST-5:
Neutron Star X-ray Binaries Venue: Huddle 3&4 (1st
Floor) |
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|
ID |
Speaker |
Title |
|
FT2-01 |
Ruchika
Dhaka |
Probing
the Role of Disk and Corona in the Timing behaviour
of GRS 1915+105 |
|
FT2-02 |
Shyam
Prakash V P |
AstroSat
view of the neutron star low mass X-ray binary GX
5-1 |
|
FT2-03 |
Arbind
Pradhan |
Probing
the properties of Type-B, Type-C, and Broad Timing
Features in MAXI J1803-298 |
|
FT2-04 |
Aman
Kaushik |
Connecting
spectral variations to accretion geometry in the
highly accreting Z-source GX 340+0 |
|
FT2-05 |
Pankaj
Sharma |
AstroSat
Spectral-Timing of GX 339-4: Low-Frequency QPO
Variability and Inner-Flow Precession |
|
FT2-06 |
M.
Varun |
Probing
Thermonuclear X-ray Bursts and Spectral States of 4U
1702−429 with AstroSat |
|
FT2-07 |
Samyukthaa
A M |
Spectral
and type I X-ray burst studies of 4U 1705−44 with
AstroSat |
|
FT2-08 |
Evet
Priya |
A
comprehensive spectro-temporal
study of the microquasar
Cygnus X-3 as observed by AstroSat |
|
FT2-09 |
Jeyaraman
I |
Multi-wavelength
spectro-temporal
Analysis of Swift J1727.8-1613 |
|
FT2-10 |
Geethu
Prabhakar |
The
first discovery of Relativistic Disc-wind in X-ray
Binaries |
|
FT2-11 |
Vaibhav
Sharma |
Constraining
the Black Hole Spin and Inclination Angle of XTE
J2012+381 Using AstroSat and NICER Observations |
|
FT2-12 |
Sneha
Prakash Mudambi |
Exploring
a few Black hole X-ray binaries through the Eyes of
AstroSat |
|
FT2-13 |
Sandeep
Aashish |
Detecting
wide binaries using machine learning algorithms |
|
FT2-14 |
Vanzarmawii
Chhangte |
Spectral
evolution along the Z-track of Cygnus X-2 |
|
FT2-15 |
Anandhu
Anilkumar Binu |
Constraining
the Black Hole Spin and Inclination Angle of XTE
J2012+381 Using AstroSat and NICER Observations |
