We report the discovery of warm dust in the surroundings of the compact high energy sources SS433 and Cygnus X-1. In the jets of SS433 we have observed the infrared counterpart of the brighter X-ray knot at a distance of 50 pc from the compact source. The observation reported here suggests that dust formation takes place in the ejecta, and that their infrared luminosity exceeds their X-ray lumi...

zns  nanoparticles  were  synthesized  via  a  simple  surfactant  free microwave  route.  in  this  synthesis, thioacetamide  was  used  as sulfur  source.  the effects  of different  parameters  such  as  type of zinc precursor,  time  and  power  of  irradiation  on  the  morphology and  particle  size  of  the  products  have been  investigated.  the nanostructures  were  characterized  by ...

We present a comprehensive analysis for the determination of the confusion levels for the current and the next generation of far-infrared surveys assuming three different cosmological evolutionary scenarios. We include an extensive model for diffuse emission from infrared cirrus in order to derive absolute sensitivity levels taking into account the source confusion noise due to point sources, t...

The number of infrared beamlines at synchrotron facilities is expending worldwide. Due to the long wavelength of the radiation in the infrared region, the optimum collection of the emitted photons requires large opening angles, both vertically and horizontally (order of few tens of mrad). Most of the infrared beamlines use toroid shaped mirrors, or elliptical mirror to conjointly focus both the...

We present high spatial resolution (0.3) polarimetric images in the H and K bands and direct images in the L and M ′ bands of the NGC 6334 V infrared nebulae. The images show complex structures including the multi-shells and various knots in the nebulae. The appearances and colors of the eastern and western nebulae differ considerably. Our polarization images also show differences between the i...