1. Home
    2. Journals
    3. Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy
    4. Volume 37
    5. Issue 4

    • Fulltext

       

        Click here to view fulltext PDF


      Permanent link:
      https://www.ias.ac.in/article/fulltext/joaa/037/04/0036

    • Keywords

       

      Neutron stars: generation, population, EoS, magnetic fields; radio pulsar: emission; radio pulsars: gravitational waves.

    • Abstract

       

      It is an exceptionally opportune time for astrophysics when a number of next-generation mega-instruments are poised to observe the Universe across the entire electromagnetic spectrum with unprecedented data quality. The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is undoubtedly one of the major components of this scenario. In particular, the SKA is expected to discover tens of thousands of new neutron stars giving a major fillip to a wide range of scientific investigations. India has a sizeable community of scientists working on different aspects of neutron star physics with immediate access to both the uGMRT (an SKA pathfinder) and the recently launched X-ray observatory Astrosat. The current interests of the community largely centre around studies of (a) the generation of neutron stars and the SNe connection, (b) the neutron star population and evolutionary pathways, (c) the evolution of neutron stars in binaries and the magnetic fields, (d) the neutron star equation of state, (e) the radio pulsar emission mechanism, and (f) the radio pulsars as probes of gravitational physics. Most of these studies are the main goals of the SKA first phase, which is likely to be operational in the next four years. This article summarizes the science goals of the Indian neutron star community in the SKA era, with significant focus on coordinated efforts among the SKA and other existing/upcoming instruments.

    • Author Affiliations

       

      Sushan Konar1 Manjari Bagchi2 Debades Bandyopadhyay3 Sarmistha Banik4 Dipankar Bhattacharya5 Sudip Bhattacharyya6 R. T. Gangadhara7 A. Gopakumar6 Yashwant Gupta1 B. C. Joshi1 Yogesh Maan8 Chandreyee Maitra9 Dipanjan Mukherjee10 Archana Pai11 Biswajit Paul12 Alak K. Ray6 Firoza K. Sutaria7

      1. National Centre for Radio Astrophysics – TIFR, Post Bag 3, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, India.
      2. The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Tamarani, Chennai 600 113, India.
      3. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Bidhan Nagar, Kolkata 700 064, India.
      4. Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani - Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500 078, India.
      5. Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune 411 007, India.
      6. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Colaba, Mumbai 400 005, India.
      7. Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore 560 034, India.
      8. ASTRON, Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands.
      9. French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission, Saclay, France.
      10. Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics–Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
      11. Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram, Thiruvananthapuram 695 016, India.
      12. Raman Research Institute, Sadashivanagar, Bangalore 560 080, India.

    • Dates

       
      Published
      1 December 2016
      Manuscript received
      11 May 2016
      Accepted
      4 July 2016

  • Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy | News

    • Continuous Article Publication

      Posted on January 27, 2016

      Since January 2016, the Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy has moved to Continuous Article Publishing (CAP) mode. This means that each accepted article is being published immediately online with DOI and article citation ID with starting page number 1. Articles are also visible in Web of Science immediately. All these have helped shorten the publication time and have improved the visibility of the articles.

    • Editorial Note on Continuous Article Publication

      Posted on July 25, 2019

      Click here for Editorial Note on CAP Mode

© 2023-2024 Indian Academy of Sciences, Bengaluru.

Contact | Site index