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Priya Shah

Country of origin: India Currently in: India, Hyderabad General field of specialization: Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences
Academic Background

Degrees

2004 Doctorate Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences
Research and Profession

Current Research Activities

Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences

I study star formation in star clusters ranging from embedded clusters in very early stages to older clusters using observational data from telescopes as well as archives like Spitzer, Chandra, 2MASS, UKIDSS, etc. We have studied various aspects of clusters like the progress of star formation, distribution of YSOs, mass function (MF) in different regions of the cluster and the overall cluster We test if the observed mass segregation is primordial or dynamic in origin. Star clusters are dynamic nbody systems, made of evolving stars which undergo mass loss, escaping stars, binaries forming and breaking-up, dynamically relaxing and many more processes. We have also used simulations like the Aarseth nbody code to study them. I also have had a brief period when I studied Active Galactic Nuclei and Galaxy Morphologies using Chandra and HST data and GALFIT and that is also of interest to me.

Research Keywords: 
Star Formation
Infrared
Xray
star clusters
Premain sequence stars
Galaxy Morphology

Publications resulting from Research: 


1) V G Surdin, Shah, P, Chemical Enrichment of halo stars due to accretion of interstellar dust, Transactions of the Soviet Astronomical Society, 1994, 8, 97­102, ISSN (print): 1055-6796 / ISSN (online): 1476-3540
2) Hasan, Priya, Kilambi, G C, Near Infrared Photometry of NGC 2453, BASI, 2001, 29, 329­333, Print ISSN: 0304-9523 , Online ISSN: 2249-9601 
3) Hasan, Priya, Kilambi, G C, Near Infrared Photometry of NGC 1960, BASI, 2002, 30, 653­655, Print ISSN: 0304-9523 , Online ISSN: 2249-9601 
4) Hasan, Priya, Kilambi, G C, Near Infrared Photometry of NGC 2384, BASI, 2003, 31, 383­386, Print ISSN: 0304-9523 , Online ISSN: 2249-9601 
5) Hasan, Priya, Near Infrared Photometry of the young star clusters NGC 1960, NGC 2453 and NGC 2384, BASI, 2005, 33, 151, Print ISSN: 0304-9523 , Online ISSN: 2249-9601 
6) Hasan, Priya, Near Infrared Photometry of the young star clusters NGC 1960, NGC 2453 and NGC 2384. BASI, 2005, 33, 311, Print ISSN: 0304-9523 , Online ISSN: 2249-9601 
7) Hasan, Priya, Morphologies of AGN host galaxies using HST/ACS in the CDFS­GOODS field, Astrophysics and Space Science , 2007 , Vol 312, No1­2, 63-77, ISSN: 0004-640X (Print) 1572-946X (Online)
8) Hasan, Priya, Kilambi, G C & Hasan S N, Evolutionary Studies of Young Star Clusters: NGC 1960, NGC 2453 and NGC 2384, Astrophysics and Space Science, 2008, Vol 313, No 4., 363-371, ISSN: 0004-640X (Print) 1572-946X (Online)
9) Priya Hasan, S N Hasan & Urmi Shah, The structure and formation of young star clusters: King 16, NGC 1931, NGC 637 and NGC 189, Astrophysics and Space Science, 2008, Vol 318, 25­33., ISSN: 0004-640X (Print) 1572-946X (Online)
10) Hasan, Priya, & Hasan, S N , Dynamical Evolution of a young stellar aggregate in the presence of a massive shell of gas using N­body simulations , 61, Proceedings of the 25 th meeting of the Astronomical Society of India, Special Issue, BASI, 2008.
11) Hasan, Priya, & Kembhavi, Ajit, Morphologies of AGN host galaxies using HST/ACS in the CDFS­GOODS field, 37, invited talk, proceedings of the 25 th meeting of the Astronomical Society of India, Special Issue, BASI, 2008, Print ISSN: 0304-9523 , Online ISSN: 2249-9601 
12) Hasan, Priya, & Hasan, S N , Multicolor observations of the young clusters NGC 1931, NGC 189 and NGC 637(poster at NSSS­2008, submitted to BASI, 2008)
13) Hasan, Priya, Hasan S N & Shah, Urmi, Is mass segregation in star clusters primordial?, (poster at ASI­2009, submitted to BASI)
14) Hasan, Priya, & Hasan, S N, Multivariate Analysis of Star Clusters, (poster at ASI­2009, submitted to BASI)
15) Hasan, Priya, & Hasan, S N, The dynamics of mass segregation in star clusters, Interstellar Matter and Star Formation: A Multi­wavelength Perspective, ASI Conference Series, 2010, Vol. 1, pp 229–231 , Edited by D. K. Ojha, ISBN: 978-81-8465-441-7 .
16)Hasan, Priya, The Structure and Dynamics of Star Clusters: Observations and Simulations, 2010, From Stars to Galaxies, J. Tan & S. Van Loo (eds.), e­proceedings: http://conference.astro.ufl.edu/STARSTOGALAXIES
17)Hasan, Priya, & Hasan, S N, Mass segregation in diverse environments, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2011, Volume 413, Issue 4, pp. 2345­2357, ISSN 1365-2966 - Print ISSN 0035-8711
18) Hasan, Priya, Flamingos near­infrared study of the Serpens cloud, Recent advances in Star Formation, Astronomical Society of India Conference Series, Vol. 4, p. 29, 2012, ISBN 978-81-922926-0-1
19) Shah, Priya, Catch them young: Embedded clusters in Serpens, From Stars to Life, J. Tan (eds.), e­proceedings: http://conference.astro.ufl.edu/STARSTOLIFE
20)Dynamics of Star Clusters: Observations and simulations, S. N. Hasan and Priya Hasan, New Advances in Physics, Vol. 8, No. 1, January-June 2014, pp. 63-71, ISSN : 0974-3553 
22)Hasan, Priya, Hasan, S N, The Initial Mass Function of Open Star Clusters, New Advances in Physics, Vol. 8, No. 1, January-June 2014, pp. 73-80, ISSN : 0974-3553 
23)Hasan Priya, Hasan, Eeshan, Lada, Elizabeth, New embedded clusters in Serpens using the FLAMINGOS NIR Survey, Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of India, IISER, Mohali, India
24) A.L. Tadross, R. Bendary, P. Hasan , A. Essam , A. Osman,CCD BVRI and 2MASS Photometry of the Poorly Studied Open Cluster NGC 6631, 2014, NRIAG Journal of Astronomy and Geophysics, Volume 3, Issue 2, p. 205-209.
25) NGC 6724: Cluster or Asterism? NRIAG Journal of Astronomy and Geophysics, in print
26)Photometric Studies of NGC 6631 and Mayer 2, ASI conference series (submitted), 2015
27) P Nagamani, Hasan, Priya, S N Hasan, Luminosity decomposition profiles of pairs of spiral galaxies, ASI conference series (submitted), 2015
28) Hasan, Priya, Photomteric Studies of NGC 6631 and Mayer2, ASI conference series (submitted), 2015
29) Hasan, Priya, The Thirty Meter Telescope, New Advances in Physics, Vol. 9, No. 1, March 2015, pp. 81-87, ISSN : 0974-3553 
30) Hasan, S N, Hasan, Priya, Nbody simulations of Clusters and Galactic Dynamics, New Advances in Physics, Vol. 9, No. 1, March 2015, pp. 7-13, ISSN : 0974-3553 
31)Skidmore, et al, Thirty Meter Telescope Detailed Science Case: 2015, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, 15,12, 1945-2140, ISSN: 1674-4527
32) M. Safonova, D. Mkrtichian, Hasan P, Sutaria F, Brosch N, Gorbikov G, Joseph P, Search for low-mass objects in the globular cluster M4. i. detection of variable stars, 2016, Astronomical Journal,  151, 27, ISSN‎: ‎0004-6256 
33)Hasan, P, Embedded Clusters: The sites for star formation, New Advances in Physics, Vol. 10, No. 1, June 2016, pp. 41-52, ISSN : 0974-3553
34) Hasan, Priya, Starlight in Darkness, Resonance, Vol 22, Issue 3, March 2017. ISSN: 0971-8044(print), eISSN: 0973-712X (online)
35)Hasan, Priya, Spectroscopic Study of NGC 281 West, Proceedings of 1st BINA workshop, Nainital, Bulletin of Liège Royal Society of Sciences (accepted)



Current profession

Current professional activities type: 
Research
Teaching
Teaching at the University and Research. Student Projects. Also involved with the Outrreach and Education activities of the Astronomical Society of India.

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Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, India

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