Research Projects

The BIPASS network aims to optimize the scientific exploitation of celestial object observations obtained with the Indo-Belgian and other telescopes within the consortium. The collaborations will favor long-term stays for young scientists to share expertise. The focus is to improve data quality, prepare data products for second-generation spectrographs, and use newly-processed data to probe the chemical composition of solar system bodies and stars at different evolutionary stages and metallicity regimes. The project focuses on complementary science topics that require state-of-the-art data reduction. Financial support is requested for work visits for Belgian and Indian colleagues to India and Belgium.The BIPASS network covers various spectrographs, including the ARIES-Devasthal Faint Object Spectrograph, camera, and spectrograph, to study the molecular production rates and spatial distribution of comets. These spectrographs are used to study the behavior of comets from different reservoirs, reconstruct the evolutionary history of the solar system, and understand the distribution of molecules in cometary comae. High-resolution spectroscopy is crucial for distinguishing molecular lines blended in low- to intermediate-resolution spectroscopy.