Exploring the Universe: From Near Space to Extra-Galactic: A Collection of Research Reviews on Contemporary Astrophysics and Space Science

Front Matter ....Pages i-xxi
Front Matter ....Pages 1-1
 Spinning Black Holes, Spinning Flows and Spinors  (Banibrata Mukhopadhyay)....Pages 3-15
 Relativistic Flows in Astrophysics  (Indranil Chattopadhyay)....Pages 17-27
 Evolution of Imaging of Black Hole Accretion-Outflow System over Half a Century  (Arka Chatterjee)....Pages 29-38
 Gravitational Wave Emission from Binary Mergers: Ideal Versus Real Picture  (Prasad Basu)....Pages 39-49
Front Matter ....Pages 51-51
 My Experiences and Experiments with Transonic Flows Around Compact Objects  (Santabrata Das)....Pages 53-66
 Transonic Flow Solutions with Explicit Cooling and Viscosity  (Santanu Mondal)....Pages 67-83
 On the Nature of Outflows from Low Angular Momentum Inflows Around Black Holes  (Chandra Bahadur Singh)....Pages 85-91
 Generalized Flows Around Neutron Stars  (Ayan Bhattacharjee)....Pages 93-107
 Radiation Characteristics of Two-Component Accretion Flow Paradigm Around Black Holes  (Samir Mandal)....Pages 109-120
 How Are the Outbursts Around Black Holes Triggered?  (Shreeram Nagarkoti)....Pages 121-129
 Formation of Two Component Flows by Numerical Simulations Around Black Holes  (Kinsuk Giri)....Pages 131-143
 Outbursts in Stellar Black Hole Candidates: A Time-Dependent Study of Viscous Accretion Flow  (Abhishek Roy)....Pages 145-155
 Monte-Carlo Simulation as a Defining Tool to Diagnose Timing and Spectral Properties of Flows Around Black Holes  (Himadri Ghosh)....Pages 157-169
 Sensitivity of Spectral and Temporal Properties of Accretion and Outflows on Space Time Geometry, Viscosity and Cooling  (Sudip K. Garain)....Pages 171-181
 Dynamics of Magnetic Flux Tubes in an Advective Flow Around Black Hole  (Arnab Deb)....Pages 183-194
 A Pseudo-Newtonian Approach to Study the Accretion Processes Around Kerr Black Holes  (Soumen Mondal)....Pages 195-212
Front Matter ....Pages 213-213
 Observational Aspects of Black Holes: Past Challenges and Future Prospects  (Anuj Nandi)....Pages 215-228
 Evolution of Flow Properties Around Black Holes from Observations: Developments over the Past Decades  (Dipak Debnath)....Pages 229-243
 Do Spectral and Timing Properties Carry Information About Flow Geometry?  (Partha Sarathi Pal)....Pages 245-256
 Variability Properties of Galactic Black Holes  (Broja Gopal Dutta)....Pages 257-270
 Spectral and Timing Analysis of Transient, Persistent and Variable Black Hole X-Ray Binaries: The Present Viewpoint  (Anuvab Banerjee)....Pages 271-281
 Measurement of Masses of Galactic Black Holes from Spectral Analysis  (Debjit Chatterjee)....Pages 283-297
 Disk-Jet Connection in Black Holes  (Arghajit Jana)....Pages 299-309
 A Dynamic Photon Index Probes into TCAF  (Arindam Ghosh)....Pages 311-327
 Study of Broadband Spectra of AGNs Using Two Component Advective Flow Paradigm  (Prantik Nandi)....Pages 329-337
 Spectral Study of Ultraluminous X-ray Sources with XMM-Newton  (Piklu Santra)....Pages 339-345
 Radio Observations of Galactic Compact Objects  (Sabyasachi Pal)....Pages 347-356
 From Black Holes to Earthquakes: Saga of a Long and Lovely Journey  (Asit K. Choudhury)....Pages 357-370
 Detector Development and Optimization for Space Based Astronomy from Satellites and Balloons  (Ritabrata Sarkar)....Pages 371-385
 Science with Small Telescopes  (Shyam Sarkar, Ashim Sarkar, Pabitra Sil)....Pages 387-394
 A Classic Problem in Newtonian Dynamics: How Thick Are Saturn’s Rings?  (Abhijit Bhattacharyya)....Pages 395-408
 From Test and Evaluation Till Onboard Performance of Indian Payloads: RT-2 Onboard CORONAS-PHOTON and LAXPC Onboard AstroSat  (Tilak Katoch)....Pages 409-424
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 Renaissance of Astro-Chemistry in Indian Context  (Ankan Das)....Pages 427-438
 The Interstellar Molecular Complexity  (Liton Majumdar)....Pages 439-452
 One Supervisor and Three Different Topics to Choose from: My Choice and Subsequent Progress  (Kinsuk Acharyya)....Pages 453-465
 Explaining Major Sources of Sulfur-Bearing Molecules in the Interstellar Medium  (Prasanta Gorai)....Pages 467-475
 Role of Interstellar Molecules on Evolution of Cosmic Deuteration: An ALMA Observation as a Case in Point  (Dipen Sahu)....Pages 477-489
 Binding Energy and Isomerism: Two Important Aspects of Astrochemistry  (Milan Sil)....Pages 491-501
 Radiative Transfer Modeling of Some Relevant Interstellar Species  (Bratati Bhat)....Pages 503-510
Front Matter ....Pages 511-511
 Renaissance of VLF Science in Indian Context  (Sudipta Sasmal)....Pages 513-525
 Remote Sensing of the Ignorosphere: Need for a Complete Earth-Ionosphere Radio Wave Propagation Model  (Sujay Pal)....Pages 527-543
 Ground-Based and Space-Based Studies of Lower Ionospheric Irregularities: Observation and Modeling  (Suman Chakraborty)....Pages 545-559
 Quantitative Modeling of Lower Ionospheric Response Due to Solar X-ray Flare: A Propagating Radio Wave Simulation Approach  (Tamal Basak)....Pages 561-570
 Numerical Simulation of Equatorial Ionospheric Response to Extra-Terrestrial High Energy Phenomena Using Ion Chemistry Models  (Sourav Palit)....Pages 571-584
 Earth’s Ionosphere as a Detector for High Energy Extra-Solar Radiation  (Sushanta Kumar Mondal)....Pages 585-596
 Study of Seismo-Ionosphere Coupling Using Perturbation in Very Low Frequency Radio Signal  (Suman Ray)....Pages 597-609
 Pre- and Co-seismic Irregularities in Ionosphere and Troposphere and Precursory Studies with Various Techniques  (Soujan Ghosh)....Pages 611-623
 Observation and Modeling of Ionospheric Response of Annular Solar Eclipse  (Surya K. Maji)....Pages 625-636
 Space Weather: Response of the Atmosphere to Solar Activity and Its Implications for LEO Satellites Aerodynamic Drag  (Victor U. J. Nwankwo)....Pages 637-644
 Estimation of Wait’s Empirical D-Region Model Parameters Based on Standard IRI Model  (Subrata Kundu, Swati Chowdhury)....Pages 645-653