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astro-ph.GA2026

BRAHMa: Bar Recognition And Hatching using Machine learning -- a framework for oriented bounding box detection of galactic bars

Rajit Shrivastava, Narendra Nath Patra, Keerthi K

Galactic bars are fundamental components in studies of dark matter, galaxy evolution, and secular dynamics. However, current methods for measuring bar properties suffer from signif…

astro-ph.GA2026

The Multi-phase HI of the Milky Way and Nearby Galaxies

Marc-Antoine Miville-Deschênes, J. R. Dawson, Narendra Nath Patra +30

Atomic hydrogen (HI) is the dominant baryonic component of the interstellar medium (ISM) in Milky Way-like galaxies and the reservoir from which molecular clouds and stars ultimate…

astro-ph.GA2026

Searching for a superdisk in radio galaxy J0116-473

Ankur Sinha, Riya Rathore, Narendra Nath Patra +1

Superdisks have emerged as an active area of research in recent years, and J0116-473 represents a promising target for studying this extended structure. Our primary objective was t…

astro-ph.GA2026

HI Observations of Baryon-Dominated Dwarf Galaxy Candidates

Atharva Mirashi, Abhinav Narayan, K. Keerthi +7

We present resolved HI observations of six dwarf galaxies drawn from a sample of baryon-dominated dwarf galaxy (BDDG) candidates previously identified using global HI spectra from…

astro-ph.GA2026

The GMRT archive atomic gas survey -- IV. Consistency of the dark matter halo perturbation parameter from morphological and kinematic lopsidedness of galaxies

Prerana Biswas, Narendra Nath Patra, Veselina Kalinova

The lopsidedness of galaxies is a commonly observed phenomenon, and through different studies, it has been observed that nearly 30% of galaxies show this phenomenon. In this work,…

astro-ph.GA2026

The GMRT archive atomic gas survey -- III. Comparative Study of Dark Matter Halos in Nearby Galaxies

Sougata Sarkar, Prerana Biswas, Veselina Kalinova +3

The distribution of dark matter in the inner regions of galaxies poses a key challenge for small-scale ΛCDM cosmology. While cold dark matter simulations predict cuspy inner densit…

astro-ph.GA2025

The vertical structure of the stellar disk in NGC 551

Harshal Raut, Narendra Nath Patra, Prerana Biswas +6

We self-consistently determine the 3D density distribution of NGC 551's stellar disk and study observational signatures of two-component stellar disks. Assuming baryonic disks are…

astro-ph.GA2024

The Interaction Jigsaw: Investigating star formation in interacting galaxies

Thomas Robin, Sreeja S Kartha, Akhil Krishna R +5

Interaction between galaxies play a pivotal role in their evolution. Ongoing star formation in spiral galaxies can be affected by these processes. We select a sample of interacting…

astro-ph.GA2024

The temperature of the neutral Interstellar Medium in the Galaxy

Narendra Nath Patra, Nirupam Roy

Atomic Hydrogen-21 cm transition (HI) is an excellent tracer to study and understand the properties of the atomic gas in the Galaxy. Using the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope…

astro-ph.GA2023★ 9 cited

The GMRT archive atomic gas survey -- II. Mass modelling and dark matter halo properties across late-type spirals

Prerana Biswas, Veselina Kalinova, Nirupam Roy +2

Studying the kinematics and mass modelling of galaxies from HI 21 cm data provides valuable insights into the properties of both the baryonic components and the dark matter halo in…

astro-ph.IM2023★ 22 cited

SKA Science Data Challenge 2: analysis and results

P. Hartley, A. Bonaldi, R. Braun +105

The Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO) will explore the radio sky to new depths in order to conduct transformational science. SKAO data products made available to astronomer…

astro-ph.IM2022

Detecting galaxies in a large H{\sc i}~spectral cube

Abinash Kumar Shaw, Manoj Jagannath, Aishrila Mazumder +4

The upcoming Square Kilometer Array (SKA) is expected to produce humongous amount of data for undertaking H{\sc i}~science. We have developed an MPI-based {\sc Python} pipeline to…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 9 cited

Probing galaxy evolution through HI 21-cm emission and absorption: current status and prospects with the Square Kilometre Array

Rajeshwari Dutta, Sushma Kurapati, J. N. H. S. Aditya +8

One of the major science goals of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is to understand the role played by atomic hydrogen (HI) gas in the evolution of galaxies throughout cosmic time.…

astro-ph.GA2022★ 8 cited

The GMRT archive atomic gas survey -- I. Survey definition, methodology, and initial results from the pilot sample

Prerana Biswas, Narendra Nath Patra, Nirupam Roy +1

Interferometric observations of HI in galaxies played a pivotal role in studies of nearby galaxies. Compared to single-dish observation, it provides resolved distribution of gas in…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 8 cited

A Comparison of the UV and HI Properties of the Extended UV (XUV) Disk Galaxies NGC 2541, NGC 5832 and ESO406-042

M. Das, Yadav, J. +11

We present a UV study of 3 extended UV (XUV) galaxies that we have observed with the UVIT and the GMRT. XUV galaxies show filamentary or diffuse star formation well beyond their op…

astro-ph.GA2021★ 20 cited

Comparing the Inner and Outer Star Forming Complexes in the Nearby Spiral Galaxies NGC 628, NGC 5457 and NGC 6946 using UVIT Observations

Jyoti Yadav, Mousumi Das, Narendra Nath Patra +5

We present a far-UV (FUV) study of the star-forming complexes (SFCs) in three nearby galaxies using the Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (UVIT). The galaxies are close to face-on and…

astro-ph.GA2020

Thick disc molecular gas fraction in NGC 6946

Narendra Nath Patra

Several recent studies reinforce the existence of a thick molecular disc in galaxies along with the dynamically cold thin disc. Assuming a two-component molecular disc, we model th…

astro-ph.GA2020

HI scale height in spiral galaxies

Narendra Nath Patra

We model the galactic discs of seven nearby large spiral galaxies as three-component systems consist of stars, molecular gas, and atomic gas in vertical hydrostatic equilibrium. We…

astro-ph.CO2020★ 25 cited

The All-Sky SignAl Short-Spacing INterferometer (ASSASSIN) I: Global sky measurements with the Engineering Development Array-2

B. McKinley, C. M. Trott, M. Sokolowski +5

Aiming to fill a crucial gap in our observational knowledge of the early Universe, experiments around the world continue to attempt to verify the claimed detection of the redshifte…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 4 cited

New HI observations of KK 69. Is KK 69 a dwarf galaxy in transition?

J. Saponara, B. S. Koribalski, N. N. Patra +1

We present new HI data of the dwarf galaxy KK 69, obtained with the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) with a signal-to-noise ratio that almost double previous observations. We…

astro-ph.GA2020

HI scale height in dwarf galaxies

Narendra Nath Patra

Assuming a vertical hydrostatic equilibrium in the baryonic discs, joint Poisson's-Boltzmann equation was set up and solved numerically in a sample of 23 nearby dwarf galaxies from…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 11 cited

Theoretical modelling of two-component molecular discs in spiral galaxies

Narendra Nath Patra

As recent observations of the molecular discs in spiral galaxies point to the existence of a diffuse, low-density thick molecular disc along with the prominent thin one, we investi…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 30 cited

Molecular scale height in spiral galaxies

Narendra Nath Patra

Having to have low thermal energy, the molecular gas in galaxies is expected to settle in a thin disc near the midplane. However, contradicting this understanding, recent studies h…

astro-ph.GA2020★ 7 cited

Gas-dust correlations in nearby galaxies: a case study of NGC 3184 and NGC 7793

Gautam Saikia, Narendra Nath Patra, Nirupam Roy +1

The study of gas-dust interactions occurring in the interstellar medium of a galaxy is essential for understanding various physical processes taking place within it. A comparison o…