Publications (9)
GROWTH on S190426c II: GROWTH-India Telescope search for an optical counterpart with a custom image reduction and candidate vetting pipeline
Harsh Kumar, Varun Bhalerao, G. C. Anupama +17
S190426c / GW190426_152155 was the first probable neutron star - black hole merger candidate detected by the LIGO-Virgo Collaboration. We undertook a tiled search for optical count…
India's first robotic eye for time domain astrophysics: the GROWTH-India telescope
Harsh Kumar, Varun Bhalerao, G. C. Anupama +35
We present the design and performance of the GROWTH-India telescope, a 0.7 m robotic telescope dedicated to time-domain astronomy. The telescope is equipped with a 4k back-illumina…
SN 2020sck: deflagration in a carbon-oxygen white dwarf
Anirban Dutta, D. K. Sahu, G. C. Anupama +7
We present optical UBVRI photometry and low-to-medium resolution spectroscopic observations of type Iax SN 2020sck spanning -5.5 d to +67 d from maximum light in the B-band. From t…
Using VLTI/GRAVITY+ to determine the identity of a third planet candidate in the PDS 70 system
David Trevascus, Wolfgang Brandner, Olga Balsalobre-Ruza +75
Detections of protoplanets are rare and protoplanetary disk features mischaracterized as planets are common. PDS 70 is one of only two stars known to host multiple confirmed protop…
Impact of a granular mass distribution on the orbit of S2 in the Galactic center
Matteo Sadun Bordoni, Roberto Capuzzo Dolcetta, Aleksey Generozov +10
The orbit of the S2 star around Sagittarius A* provides a unique opportunity to test general relativity and study dynamical processes near a supermassive black hole. Observations h…
Kinematic and extinction analysis of a potential spiral arm beyond the Galactic bar
Simran Joharle, Francisco Nogueras-Lara, Karl Fiteni
Determining the structure of the Milky Way is essential for understanding its morphology, dynamics, and evolution. However, studying its innermost regions is challenging due to hig…
Astreaks: Astrometry of NEOs with trailed background stars
Kritti Sharma, Harsh Kumar, Harsh Choudhary +7
The detection and accurate astrometry of fast-moving near-Earth objects (NEOs) has been a challenge for the follow-up community. Their fast apparent motion results in streaks in si…
Superdiffusion at the Galactic Centre
Pau Amaro Seoane, Kostas Tzanavaris, Reinhard Genzel +14
The paper models the orbital evolution of the S‑star cluster around the Milky Way’s central black hole using a superdiffusive, fractional transport framework that accounts for long…
Stellar rotation of S301 as a macroscopic gyroscope to test general relativity
Pau Amaro Seoane, Xian Chen, Alejandro Torres-Orjuela +16
The paper studies how the rotation of the S301 star near the Galactic Center can act as a macroscopic gyroscope, using its relativistic precession to test general relativity with i…