Research Papers Published in December 2013

Full text of the research papers published in December 2013 can be accessed from Indian Institute of Astrophysics Repository. Athiray, P. S., Sudhakar, M., Tiwari, M. K., Narendranath, S., Lodha, G. S., Deb, S. K., Sreekumar, P., Dash, S. K., 2013, Experimental validation of XRF inversion code for Chandrayaan-1, Planetary and Space Science, 89, 183…

Organizational affiliations now part of ORCID record

Dear Colleagues, Latest News from ORCID! Organizational affiliations now part of ORCID record http://orcid.org/blog/2013/12/09/organizational-affiliations-now-part-orcid-record Some publishers will start asking for an ORCID iD (a unique perpetual author identifier) in early 2014. What is ORCID? ORCID(Open Researcher and Contributor ID) is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers…

New Books Display December 2013

                  Indian Institute of Astrophysics Library                                            Koramangala                                                       Bangalore – 560 034                                                          India                                                                                                                List of Books Displayed on 2nd December 2013             1  Aitchison, Ian J.R. and Hey, Anthony J.G. Gauge theories in particle physics, a practical introduction: vol. 1, from relativistic quantum mechanics to QED.–4th ed.– Boca Raton: CRC Press,…

Free Trial Online Access to CUP E-Books

Dear Colleagues, Free trial online access to e-books titles from Cambridge University Press is activated in all the campuses of IIA from 25th Nov. 2013 to 9th Dec. 2013. Kindly send us your valuable recommendations and comments as early as possible. In order to access the e-books of “Astronomy” Subject collections please follow the link…

The Open Journal for Astrophysics is Open for Test Submissions!

Dear Colleagues, The “Open Journal for Astrophysics” is completely free both for submission and for access; there are no Author Processing Charges and no subscription payments. All papers will be fully peer-reviewed. All this is provided free by members of the astrophysics community as a service to the astrophysics community. Read More: http://telescoper.wordpress.com/2013/11/17/the-open-journal-for-astrophysics-is-open-for-test-submissions/ With Regards,…

Comet ISON Photo Contest

Discover is hosting the Comet ISON Photo Contest, together with the National Science Foundation’s Division of Astronomical Sciences, and Astronomy magazine.   The contest is open to amateur and professional photographers worldwide. You can submit images online at www.nsf.gov/comet beginning October 15, 2013, through January 15, 2014. Judges will consider images in three categories; in…