INTERSTELLAR MATTER AND STAR FORMATION: A MULTI-WAVELENGTH PERSPECTIVE
Proceedings of an international workshop held as part
of the Homi Bhabha Birth Centenary Celebrations
TIFR National Balloon Facility,
Hyderabad, India
October 5-7, 2009
Editor: D. K. Ojha
Contents
Cover [PDF]
The cover illustrates the star-forming region N90 (Credit: NASA, ESA and Hubble collaboration)
with insets of Dr Homi Jehangir Bhabha (founder of TIFR), the Initial Mass Function of the W3
star-forming region (Credit: Subaru Telescope, NAOJ) and the TIFR 100-cm balloon-borne telescope.
Preface [PDF]
Foreword[PDF]
Participants[PDF]
Conference Photograph[PDF]
I. INVITED AND CONTRIBUTED TALKS
1. Molecular Clouds, Embedded Clusters, Triggered Star Formation,
Initial Mass Function
1 The structure of molecular clouds
[PDF] D. Froebrich and J. Rowles
11 Star formation influenced by OB stars
[PDF] Wen Ping Chen
19 Triggered star formation associated with HII regions
[PDF] Katsuo Ogura
27 The structures of embedded clusters
[PDF] Stefan Schmeja
37 Star formation and IMF of young clusters associated with HII regions
[PDF] A. K. Pandey
43 Multi-wavelength studies of Galactic HII regions
[PDF] M. R. Samal, A. K. Pandey, D. K.
Ojha, I. Zinchenko, B.C. Bhatt, S. K. Ghosh and B. Pandey
2. Circumstellar Dust, PAH, H2 Formation
49 Dust formation by massive stars studied by infrared
observations with AKARI/IRC and Subaru/COMICS
[PDF] Itsuki Sakon, Takashi Onaka, Kentaro Asano, Ryou Ohsawa, Hidehiro Kaneda, Takao Nakagawa,
57 Infrared emission from the composite grains: Application to circumstellar dust
[PDF] Deepak B. Vaidya and Ranjan Gupta
63 Mapping dust column density in dark clouds using NIR scattered light
[PDF] Yasushi Nakajima
3. Circumstellar Disks, Jets, Outflows
71 On circumstellar disks: Spitzer identifies two possible evolutionary paths
[PDF] Paula S. Teixeira, Charles J. Lada, Massimo Marengo and Elizabeth Lada
79 Feedback through molecular outflows
[PDF] Michael W. Knight
85 Spectroscopy of Be stars in young open clusters
[PDF] Blesson Mathew and Annapurni Subramaniam
4. Star Formation and ISM in Nearby Galaxies, Magellanic Clouds
91 AKARI far-infrared observations of the ISM in nearby
galaxies
[PDF] H. Kaneda, T. Suzuki, M.
Yamagishi, T. Onaka, D. Ishihara, I. Sakon, T. Shimonishi and I.
Takase
99 Observational study of ice around extragalactic Young
Stellar Objects with AKARI
[PDF] Takashi Shimonishi, Takashi
Onaka, Daisuke Kato, Itsuki Sakon, Yoshifusa Ita, Akiko Kawamura and
Hidehiro Kaneda
107 Internal and foreground reddening maps of the Magellanic
Clouds
[PDF] Annapurni Subramaniam and Smitha
Subramanian
111 Radio observations of bulgeless late type galaxies
[PDF] Mousumi Das and C.
Sengupta
5. Magnetic Fields, Polarization Studies of Star Forming Regions, Dense
Cores
117 Tracing magnetic field orientation in starless cores
[PDF] G. Maheswar, A. N. Ramaprakash,
C.W. Lee and S. Dib
123 Broad-band optical polarimetric studies of NGC 1893
[PDF] C. Eswaraiah, A. K. Pandey, G.
Maheswar, B. J. Medhi, J. C. Pandey and D. K. Ojha
6. Young Protostars, ISM, Massive Star Formation
127 Recent results from the infrared satellite AKARI
[PDF] Takashi Onaka, Itsuki Sakon,
Hideaki Fujiwara, Takashi Shimonishi, Ho-Gyu Lee,
Daisuke Ishihara,
Hidehiro Kaneda and Yoko Okada
135 Young stars and protostellar cores near NGC 2023
[PDF] B. Mookerjea, G. Sandell, T. H.
Jarrett and J. McMullin
141 Multi-wavelength investigation of a massive toroidal
candidate G24.78+0.08-A2
[PDF] S. Vig, R. Cesaroni, L. Testi, M.
T. Beltran and C. Codella
147 Massive star formation studies with GLIMPSE
[PDF] M. S. N. Kumar, J. M. C. Grave and
L. K. Dewangan
155 Studies of the ISM using the GMRT
[PDF] Subhashish Roy
161 Distribution of interstellar matter in the direction of LN45
[PDF] U. C. Joshi, S. Ganesh and K. S.
Baliyan
7. Current and Future Infrared Surveys
167 Infrared astronomy in India with balloons
[PDF] S. K. Ghosh
171 Infrared Spectroscopic Imaging Survey (IRSIS) payload for an
Indian satellite.
[PDF] S. K. Ghosh
8. Science with Indian Facilities
177 Space astronomy in India: 43 years and counting
[PDF] R. K. Manchanda
193 Science with Indian Astronomical Observatory, Hanle
[PDF] T. P. Prabhu and G. C.
Anupama
203 New initiatives in optical astronomy at ARIES
[PDF] Ram Sagar, Brijesh Kumar, Amitesh
Omar and A. K. Pandey
211 PRL Mt. Abu Observatory: New initiatives
[PDF] B. G. Anandarao and A.
Chakraborty
II. POSTER PAPERS
217 Isolated infrared nebula (IRAS 16148-5011) and evidence of
triggered star formation
[PDF] S. S. Borgaonkar, D. K. Ojha, T.
Nagayama, M. Tamura, S. K. Ghosh and M. R. Samal
221 Star formation in bright-rimmed clouds and associated
clusters
[PDF] N. Chauhan, A. K. Pandey, K.
Ogura and J. Jose
225 Bright-rimmed clouds and young stellar objects in IC
1396
[PDF] R. Choudhury and H. C.
Bhatt
229 The dynamics of mass segregation in star clusters
[PDF] P. Hasan and S. N. Hasan
233 Multi-wavelength study of the young cluster NGC 1624
[PDF] J. Jose, A. K. Pandey, K. Ogura,
D. K. Ojha, B. C. Bhatt, M. R. Samal and N. Chauhan
237 Second outburst phase of McNeil's nebula (V1647
Orionis)
[PDF] S. S. Kaurav, D. K. Ojha, J. P.
Ninan, B. C. Bhatt, D. K. Sahu, S. K. Ghosh and A. Tej
239 Infrared study of the interstellar medium around IRAS
16164-5046 (RCW 106)
[PDF] K. Lakhchaura, J. Paul K., S. K.
Ghosh and D. K. Ojha
243 Post-outburst phase of LDN 1415 nebula (IRAS
04376+5413)
[PDF] V. S. Pawade, D. K. Ohja, J. P.
Ninan, A. Tej, B. C. Bhatt, D. K. Sahu, S. K. Ghosh, S. S. Kaurav and V.
Mohan
245 Study of Galactic structure using ultra-violet surveys
[PDF] S. S. Todmal, S. K. Ghosh, D. K.
Ojha and A. C. Robin
249 Infrared imaging and spectroscopy of the (proto)cluster
IRAS 18511+0146
[PDF] S. Vig, L. Testi, M. Walmsley
and R. Cesaroni