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Optical observations of supernova candidates with the ILMT
Monalisa Dubey, Bhavya Ailawadhi, Talat Akhunov +10
The International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) is a 4-m optical ({\em gri} spectral bands) zenithal survey telescope with a field of view of 22.322.3 arcmin, suitable for…
Unveiling photometric transients with the ILMT and their follow-up using DOT
Priyanshi Kumari, Bhavya Ailawadhi, Talat Akhunov +10
The two 4-m class telescopes at the Devasthal site in India are complementary: the 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) is dedicated to the discovery of new transient p…
From Sky to Science: Time Domain Astronomy with the ILMT Survey
Kuntal Misra, Bhavya Ailawadhi, Talat Akhunov +10
The PyLMT transient detection pipeline has been operational since November 2023 and has detected 10,000 transients and variable objects in ILMT images in near real time. The…
Modelling the Point Spread Function of ILMT images
Naveen Dukiya, Bhavya Ailawadhi, Talat Akhunov +11
We have devised an approach to model the empirical Point Spread Function (PSF) of the images taken with the 4-meter International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT). The characteristic…
Search for intranight optical variability in a large sample of intermediate-mass black holes
Himanshu Sharma, Gopal-Krishna, Vibhore Negi +3
Using the extensive archival database of the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF) survey, we have investigated intranight optical variability (INOV) in a large sample of low-mass active…
Demonstrating the Time-Domain Capabilities of the 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope: An Early Census of Transient and Variable Detections
Kumar Pranshu, Kuntal Misra, Bhavya Ailawadhi +11
The PyLMT transient detection pipeline has been operational since November 2023, detecting transient and variable objects in the ILMT images in almost real time. Using the image su…
Detection and identification of asteroids with the 4-m ILMT
Sara Filali, Bhavya Ailawadhi, Talat Akhunov +11
The International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) covers a 22.3' wide strip of sky in declination (δ), centred at δ = +29° 21' 41.4'' and right ascension (α) in the range 0 h <= α <…
Astrometric Calibration of the 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope Observations
Vibhore Negi, Naveen Dukiya, Gokul Singh Mehra +12
The 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) is a dedicated time domain survey telescope that continuously scans the zenithal sky over the Indian Himalayas in the g', r' an…
DESI as sparse Integral Field Spectrograph I: Spatially resolved chemical enrichment in star-forming galaxies at
Vibhore Negi, Ravi Joshi, B. Vishnupriya +8
We present a spatially resolved chemical abundance analysis of 2291 star-forming galaxies at , spanning nearly four orders of magnitude in stellar mass ($8 \le \rm log…
Performance of the 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope tested in two fields at high and low ecliptic and galactic latitudes
Sara Filali, Kumar Pranshu, Jean Surdej +10
The 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) offers a unique opportunity to detect transients in a narrow strip of sky. We explore ILMT's potential to detect astrometric an…
SLSim: a strong lensing population simulation package
Narayan Khadka, Simon Birrer, Henry Best +45
Gravitational lensing offers unique insights into cosmology by bending light around massive objects. Strong gravitational lensing, in particular, produces magnified and often multi…
Origin of the double-peaked narrow emission-lines in the optical spectra of X-shaped Radio Galaxies
Ghosh Prajnadipt, Ravi Joshi, Xiaolong Yang +13
We investigate X-shaped radio galaxies (XRGs) with optical double-peaked narrow emission lines (DPNELs) as potential hosts of dual or binary supermassive black holes (SMBHs). Using…
Gaia GraL: Gaia gravitational lens systems IX. Using XGBoost to explore the Gaia Focused Product Release GravLens catalogue
Quentin Petit, Christine Ducourant, Eric Slezak +21
Aims. Quasar strong gravitational lenses are important tools for putting constraints on the dark matter distribution, dark energy contribution, and the Hubble-Lemaitre parameter. W…
The 4m International Liquid Mirror Telescope: Construction, operation, and science
Jean Surdej, Paul Hickson, Kuntal Misra +26
The International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) project was motivated by the need for an inexpensive 4 metre diameter optical telescope that could be devoted entirely to astronomi…
PyLMT: A transient detection pipeline for the 4-m International Liquid Mirror Telescope
Kumar Pranshu, Kuntal Misra, Bhavya Ailawadhi +7
The International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) is a 4-m aperture, zenith-pointing telescope with a field-of-view of 22', situated in the foothills of the Himalayas. The telescope…
Weak-emission-line quasars: A new clue from their optical variability
Ritish Kumar, Gopal-Krishna, Hum Chand +1
Weak-emission-line QSOs (WLQs) are an enigmatic subclass of the QSO population, as their optical/UV spectra are marked by abnormally weak (or absent) emission lines. To obtain much…
GraL spectroscopic identification of multiply imaged quasars
Priyanka Jalan, Vibhore Negi, Jean Surdej +24
Gravitational lensing is proven to be one of the most efficient tools for studying the Universe. The spectral confirmation of such sources requires extensive calibration. This pape…
Gaia GraL: Gaia DR2 Gravitational Lens Systems. VIII. A radio census of lensed systems
Dougal Dobie, Dominique Sluse, Adam Deller +26
We present radio observations of 24 confirmed and candidate strongly lensed quasars identified by the Gaia Gravitational Lenses (GraL) working group. We detect radio emission from…
The 4m International Liquid Mirror Telescope: a brief history and some preliminary scientific results
Jean Surdej, Bhavya Ailawadhi, Talat Akhunov +12
The present article is based upon an invited talk delivered at the occasion of the inauguration of the 4m International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) which took place in Devasthal…
SunPhot: Preparations for an upcoming quasar variability survey with the International Liquid Mirror Telescope
Ethen Sun, Bhavya Ailawadhi, Talat Akhunov +11
Recent research suggests a correlation between the variability and intrinsic brightness of quasars. If calibrated, this could lead to the use of quasars on the cosmic distance ladd…
Surface Brightness Properties of LSB Galaxies with the International Liquid Mirror Telescope
Jiuyang Fu, Bhavya Ailawadhi, Talat Akhunov +11
Low surface brightness (LSB) galaxies make up a significant fraction of the luminosity density of the local universe. Their low surface brightness suggests a different formation an…
Survey of Variables with the ILMT
Baldeep Grewal, Bhavya Ailawadhi, Talat Akhunov +11
Nestled in the mountains of Northern India, is a 4-metre rotating dish of liquid mercury. Over a 10-year period, the International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) will survey 117 sq…
Observation of mulitply imaged quasars with the 4-m ILMT
Talat Akhunov, Bhavya Ailawadhi, Ermanno Borra +12
Gravitationally lensed quasars (GLQs) are known to potentially provide an independent way of determining the value of the Hubble-Lemaître parameter , to probe the dark matte…
Follow-up strategy of ILMT discovered supernovae
Brajesh Kumar, Bhavya Ailawadhi, Talat Akhunov +11
The 4m International Liquid Mirror Telescope (ILMT) facility continuously scans the same sky strip (22 wide) on each night with a fixed pointing towards the zenith d…