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Abbreviations and Acronyms ALMA: The Atacama Large Millimetre Array ASCA: The Japanese Advanced Satellite for Cosmology and Astrophysics Mission ASTROSAT: The Indian Astronomical Satellite BATSE: Burst and Transient Spectrometer Equipment aboard CGRO CGRO: The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory CMBR: Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation CME: Coronal Mass Ejections COBE: Cosmic Background Explorer CONSTELLATION: A suite of four powerful X-ray Telescopes CREST: Centre for Research and Education in Science and Technology CXB: Cosmic X-ray Background CXO: The Chandra X-ray Observatory CZT: Cd Zn Te Imager on ASTROSAT FIRST: The European Far Infrared Space Telescope GLAST: The Gamma Ray Large Area Space Telescope GMRT: The Giant Meterwave Radio Telescope GONG: Global Oscillation Network Group GRACE: Gamma Ray Astrophysics through Coordinated Experiments GRAPES: Gamma Ray Astronomy at PeV Energies GRB: Gamma Ray Burst GSMT: A 30 m-class Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope HCT: The Himalayan Chandra Telescope HESSI: The High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager HST: The Hubble Space Telescope IRAS: The Infrared Astronomical Satellite ISO: Infrared Space Observatory IXAE: Indian X-ray Astronomy Experiment JCMT: James Clerk Maxwell Telescope LAXPC: Large Area Xenon Proportional Counters LIGO: The Laser Interferometer Gravitational-wave Observatory LISA: The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna LOFAR: Low Frequency Array MAP: The Microwave Anisotropy Probe Mission NGST: The Next Generation Space Telescope (8 m-class infrared telescope) ORT: Ooty Radio Telescope PACT: Pachmarhi Array of Cherenkov Telescopes PLANCK: An ESA-led space mission to image the anisotropies in the CMBR PSLV: Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle ROSAT: The Roentgen Satellite RXTE: The Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer SIM: The Space Interferometry Mission SIRTF: The Space Infrared Telescope Facility SKAI: The Square Kilometre Array Interferometer SOFIA: The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy SOXS: Solar X-ray Spectrometer SSM: The Scanning Sky Monitor on ASTROSAT SXT: The Soft X-ray Telescope on ASTROSAT TACTIC: TeV Atmospheric Cherenkov Telescope TPF: Terrestrial Planet Finder, an infrared interferometer UHECR: Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays UHEGR: Ultra High Energy Gamma Rays USO: Udaipur Solar Observatory UVIT: The Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope on ASTROSAT VBO: The Vainu Bappu Observatory VBT: The Vainu Bappu Telescope VERITAS: The Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System VLBI: Very Long Baseline Interferometry VLT: The Very Large Telescope at the European Southern Observatory WIMPS: Weakly Interacting Massive Particles XMM-Newton: The European X-ray Space Mission launched in 1999 134
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ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS A Decadal
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This publication of the Academy on
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Preface The Indian Academy of Scien
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The Academy Committee for Astronomy
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h e P a n e l s Theoretical Astroph
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C H A P T E R 1 Executive Summary
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The recommendatio
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY feasibility study
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C H A P T E R 2 The Present Revolut
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THE PRESENT REVOLUTION IN ASTRONOMY
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SOLAR PHYSICS • Detailed study of
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SOLAR PHYSICS Nainital Observatory
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SOLAR PHYSICS Some Possible New Ini
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SOLAR PHYSICS Telescope and the Hel
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C H A P T E R 4 Optical, Infrared &
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One of the 30 antennas of the GMRT
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RADIO ASTRONOMY India’s location
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RADIO ASTRONOMY The first telescope
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RADIO ASTRONOMY Central Electronic
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RADIO ASTRONOMY Some recommendation
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C H A P T E R 6 High Energy Astrono
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HIGH ENERGY ASTRONOMY 100 cm 2 area
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HIGH ENERGY ASTRONOMY Areas of Rese
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HIGH ENERGY ASTRONOMY remnant — E
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HIGH ENERGY ASTRONOMY Gamma Ray Ast
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