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1 Indian J. Phys. 84 (5), (2010) of CONTENTS Vol. 84 l No. 5 l May 2010 Front Title Advisory Board and Editors Announcement Front Contents Review Structural stability, phase transformations and band-tuning of actinide and rare earth based intermetallics under high pressure : A perspective N V CHANDRA SHEKAR, V KATHIRVEL AND P CH SAHU Astrophysics, Atmospheric & Space Physics Daytime hiss-triggered chorus emissions observed at low latitude ground station Srinagar, India S A SHEIKH, K K SINGH, B L KOUL AND LALMANI An alternative search strategy for interstellar communication A B BHATTACHARYA, S SARKAR AND R BHATTACHARYA Percentage contribution of ozone depleting substances on Antarctic ozone decline P K JANA, D SARKAR AND I SAHA Condensed Matter & Materials Physics On the temperature dependent frequency factor in thermoluminescence MAHUA KARMAKAR, BIKASH SARKAR, SK AZHARUDDIN, P S MAZUMDAR, S DORENDRAJIT SINGH, W SAMBHUNATH SINGH AND MANABESH BHATTACHARYA [ Cont'd. on next page ]

2 484 Contents The effect of Ag intermediate layer on crystalline, optical and electrical properties of nano-structured thin film D KALHOR, R ZAHIRI, S A KETABI AND A EBRAHIMZAD General & Interdisciplinary Physics Pentacene thin film transistors using La 2 O 3 as gate insulator R SARMA, D SAIKIA, K KONWAR AND B BAISHYA Nuclear Physics The systematics of (n, a) reaction cross-sections at 14.5 MeV neutron energy SNEH LATA GOYAL AND NAWAL KISHORE Optics & Spectroscopy Infrared and Raman spectra of Histidine : an ab initio DFT calculations of Histidine molecule and its different protonated forms SANTOSH KUMAR, AMARESHWAR KUMAR RAI, S B RAI AND D K RAI Statistical Physics Shear viscosity for inelastic hard spheres Note RAJAT SRIVASTAVA, DHEERENDRA GUPTA AND K N KHANNA Plasmon energy, bulk modulus, electronic polarisability of A I B III C 2 VI and A II B IV C 2 V ternary chalcopyrite semiconductors S K GORAI AND PARMANAND MAHTO Forthcoming Publications Notes for Contributors and Subscribers

3 The effect of Ag intermediate layer on crystalline, optical and electrical properties of nano-structured thin film D KALHOR, R ZAHIRI, S A KETABI AND A EBRAHIMZAD General & Interdisciplinary Physics Pentacene thin film transistors using La 2 O 3 as gate insulator R SARMA, D SAIKIA, K KONWAR AND B BAISHYA Nuclear Physics The systematics of (n, a) reaction cross-sections at 14.5 MeV neutron energy SNEH LATA GOYAL AND NAWAL KISHORE Optics & Spectroscopy Infrared and Raman spectra of Histidine : an ab initio DFT calculations of Histidine molecule and its different protonated forms SANTOSH KUMAR, AMARESHWAR KUMAR RAI, S B RAI AND D K RAI Statistical Physics Shear viscosity for inelastic hard spheres Note RAJAT SRIVASTAVA, DHEERENDRA GUPTA AND K N KHANNA Plasmon energy, bulk modulus, electronic polarisability of A I B III C 2 VI and A II B IV C 2 V ternary chalcopyrite semiconductors S K GORAI AND PARMANAND MAHTO Forthcoming Publications Notes for Contributors and Subscribers Published and Printed by the Registrar, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B, Raja Subodh Chandra Mallik Road, Kolkata , India at M/s. Print Home, 73A, Amherst Row, Kolkata , India. dipankarchowdhury6@gmail.com

4 Indian J. Phys. 84 (5), (2010) FORTHCOMING PUBLICATIONS Volume 84 (2010) Proceedings of the VI National Conference of the Physics Academy of the North-East (PANE) on Physics Research in North-East organized by Department of Physics, Tripura University (A Central University), P. O. Suryamaninagar , Tripura, India during April 2-4, 2009 Foreword SYED ARSHAD HUSSAIN AND A GUHA Astrophysics, Atmospheric & Space Physics Warm tachyonic inflation in strong dissipative regime : A study with exp[-t 2 ] potential PRANITA DAS AND ATRI DESHAMUKHYA Polarisation properties of comet NEAT C/2001 Q4 D PAUL, S R DAS, H S DAS AND A K SEN Late time cosmic acceleration of a flat matter dominated universe with constant vacuum energy SANJEEV KALITA, H L DUORAH AND K DUORAH Variation of total columnar ozone characteristics over Dibrugarh, India and comparison with satellite observations over the Indian subcontinent GAYATRY KALITA, P K BHUYAN AND K BHUYAN A correlation study of solar activity index and amplitude of VLF trans-equatorial propagation P PAL, A BHOWMIK, R ROY, R ALI, A CHOUDHURY, A GUHA AND B K DE Atomic & Molecular Physics Vibrational spectroscopy of bio-molecules : An algebraic approach SRINIVASA RAO KARUMURI, JOYDEEP CHOUDHURY, NIRMAL KUMAR SARKAR, BANDANA GOGOI AND RAMENDU BHATTACHARJEE [ Cont'd. on next page ]

5 594 Forthcoming Publications Photophysical studies of xanthene dye in alkanols and in inorganic ions B GANGULY, R K NATH, S A HUSSAIN AND A K PANDA Vibrational spectra of H 2 O and CF 4 molecules using Lie algebraic approach JOYDEEP CHOUDHURY, SRINIVASA RAO KARUMURI, RUPALI SINHA, NIRMAL KUMAR SARKAR AND RAMENDU BHATTACHARJEE Luminescence studies of fresh water diatom frustules NIRMAL MAZUMDER, ANKUR GOGOI, RANJAN DUTTA KALITA, GAZI A AHMED, ALAK K BURAGOHAIN AND AMARJYOTI CHOUDHURY Condensed Matter & Material Physics Studies on energy band structure of NbC and NbN using DFT B INDRAJIT SHARMA, JAMESON MAIBAM, R S PAUL, R K THAPA AND R K BROJEN SINGH Lattice thermal conductivity of skutterudite compounds BANASHREE SAIKIA AND PRIYANSHU R BORTHAKUR Intentionally incorporated defect and its consequences in oxide thin film through Radio Frequency Magnetron Sputtering Technique B SAHA, R THAPA, N S DAS AND K K CHATTOPADHYAY On the optical properties of SnO 2 thin films prepared by Sol-Gel method TH DIANA, K NOMITA DEVI AND H NANDAKUMAR SARMA Field effect transistor fabricated from polyaniline-polyvinyl alcohol nanocomposite J BHADRA AND D SARKAR Effect of Sn-doping at Mo-site on the conductivity of La 2 Mo 2 O 9 series of compounds LAKHI NATH BORAH, SANJAY AND A PANDEY Size quantification of sub-micron ZnSe semiconductor particles by laboratory scattering methods S ROY, M BORO, D MOHANTA, A CHOUDHURY AND G A AHMED Simulation of electron solid interactions in NbC and NbN using Monte Carlo method PRAKASH BARMAN, M SHUBHAKANTA SINGH, JAMESON MAIBAM, R K BROJEN AND B INDRAJIT SHARMA Study of Co 2 MnAl Heusler alloys as half metallic ferromagnet DIBYA PRAKASH RAI, JAVAD HASHEMIFAR, MORTEEZA JAMAL, LALMUANPUIA, M P GHIMIRE, SANDEEP, D T KHATHING, P K PATRA, B INDRAJIT SHARMA, ROSANGLIANA AND R K THAPA [ Cont'd. on next page ]

6 Forthcoming Publications 595 Study of photofield emission in tungsten by using free electron model ROSANGLIANA, M P GHIMIRE, LALMUANPUIA, SANDEEP AND R K THAPA Investigations of RhB18 Langmuir monolayer by fluorescence imaging microscopy S A HUSSAIN, S CHAKRABORTY AND D BHATTACHARJEE Magnetic properties of Co-doped SnO 2 diluted magnetic semiconductors SUNITA MOHANTY AND S RAVI General & Interdisciplinary Physics Generation of new classes of exactly solvable potential from the trigonometric Rosen-Morse potential S A S AHMED AND L BURAGOHAIN A DSP based channel selection algorithm for adaptive transmission in indoor power line B TIRU, P K BORUAH AND H MEDHI Nuclear Physics Discrimination of neutrino mass models N NIMAI SINGH, H ZEEN DEVI, AMAL KR SHARMA AND MAHADEV PATGIRI Variation of multiplicities of the secondary charged particles on the geometry of collision R TALUKDAR, S SENGUPTA, B DEBNATH AND B BHATTACHARJEE

7 Indian J. Phys. 84 (5), (2010) of EDITOR-IN-CHIEF & HONORARY SECRETARY D S Ray & A Ghosh Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata , India pcdsr@iacs.res.in sspag@iacs.res.in INTERNATIONAL ADVISORY BOARD G S Agarwal OSA, USA A K Barua IACS, India K Bhattacharyya IACS, India D Chakravorty IACS, India K L Chopra IIT, (New Delhi), India R J H Clark, FRS Univ. College of London, UK Gurudas Ganguly NRL, USA S K Joshi NPL, India P K Kaw IPR, India K Lal NPL, India Haim Levanon Hebrew Univ. Jerusalem, Israel R A Mashelkar, FRS NCL, India D Mukherjee IACS, India J V Narlikar IUCAA, India T V Ramakrishnan, FRS BHU, India V S Ramamurthy NIAS, India E S Rajagopal IISc, India P Rama Rao IARCPM, India C N R Rao, FRS JNCASR, India Ashok Sen, FRS HRI, India

8 480 Board of Editors BOARD OF EDITORS Narayan Banerjee IISER, Kolkata J K Bhattacharjee SNBNCBS, Kolkata S P Bhattacharyya IACS, Kolkata S M Bhattacharjee IOP, Bhubaneswar Indrani Bose BI, Kolkata Bikas K Chakrabarti SINP, Kolkata Sandip K Chakrabarti SNBNCBS, Kolkata Sankar Chakravorty IACS, Kolkata G P Das IACS, Kolkata Dipankar Das Sarma IISc, Bangalore B N Dev IACS, Kolkata B G Ghosh SINP, Kolkata S Kailas BARC, Mumbai Sayan Kar IIT, Kharagpur N V Madhusudana RRI, Bangalore Alak Majumdar SNBNCBS, Kolkata Parthasarathi Majumder SINP, Kolkata Alok K Mukherjee JU, Kolkata P K Mukherjee RKMVU, Howrah Avijit Sen IPR, Gandhinagar T P Singh AIIMS, New Delhi HONORARY ASSOCIATE EDITORS P Chatterjee U Chattopadhyay T Chakraborty C Sinha I Das Gupta S K De K Roy OFFICE CORRESPONDENCE S Sahoo (Assistant Registar- I) (Please visit website for details)

9 Indian J. Phys. 84 (5), (2010) N OTES FOR CONTRIBUTORS AND SUBSCRIBERS of 1. Publications Scheme Indian Journal of Physics is published monthly, containing 12 regular issues in a year, from January to December. Starting from January 2009, Indian Journal of Physics is being co-published with Springer. Along with hyperlinks with other relevant sites, Springer provides acces to the journals' content worldwide in an on-line full-text database on SpringerLinks ( Springer also distributes print version of the journal outside India. 2. Scope Astrophysics, Atmospheric & Space Physics / Atomic & Molecular Physics / Biophysics / Condensed Matter & Material Physics / General & Interdisciplinary Physics / Nonlinear Dynamics & Complex Systems / Nuclear Physics / Optics & Spectroscopy / Particle Physics / Plasma Physics / Relativity & Cosmology / Statistical Physics 3. Refereeing All contributions submitted are refereed. The Board of Editors reserve the right to reject manuscript and to edit a contribution whenever / wherever necessary. 4. Publication Speed Normally the contributions are published within six months of the acceptance. In order to keep delays to a minimum, it is of utter importance for the authors to follow Preparation of Manuscripts (see below) strictly, before submission of the manuscript. Also the revised version (in the light of referee s comments) of the paper should be returned within a fortnight of the date of receipt. Rapid communications are published within 3 months of the date of acceptance. 5. Preparation and Submission of Manuscripts The followings are the requirements which should be met before submission of the manuscripts to Indian Journal of Physics. (i) Manuscript The original typescript for a full paper should be typed on one side of good quality bond paper, with double spacing and a wide margin (Single Column, print area - 21 cms 15 cms). The title page should contain title, author(s), address(es), abstract, PACS Nos. and Keywords. The main text should start on a new page. All pages should be numbered. The paper must be divided into sections starting preferably with Introduction and ending with Conclusions. The main sections should be numbered as 1, 2, 3, etc. and the subsections as 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 etc. Rapid communication is devoted to the announcement of timely and important results. Contributions to this and Note sections should not exceed 8 typed pages (double spaced), including figures, equations, tables and references. They should follow the same style and format as the full paper except that they need not be divided into sections. The Review Article in frontier topics must be prepared as per format of the full paper. Such article should have a coverage of printed pages of the journal. Three copies of the extended abstract along with a plan of the article and short bio-data of the reviewers, must be sent prior to the communication of the review article.

10 598 Notes for Contributors and Subscribers (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vi) (vii) (viii) (ix) Manuscripts of the Proceeding may be submitted (after being refereed and properly edited by the Convener/Guest Editor) in a Camera-ready format in a CD. A prior approval from the Board of Editors is, however, required for its publication. Net amount charged for publication of Proceeding of 100 pages (or part thereof) is Rs. 40, only which includes free copies to the participants (not exceeding 100). Manuscript should be submitted only through our on-line submission system ( mentioning the field / area of research and a list of three possible reviewers. A list of Keywords and PACS numbers may be provided during submission. Title The title should be brief and yet convey to the informed reader, the particular nature of the contents of the paper. Address The Name(s) of the author(s) and address(es) of the institute where the research work was done, should be indicated. The name of the author to whom correspondence is to be addressed, should be underlined. The present address(es) of the author(s), if it is different, may be given as a foot note. address of the corresponding author must be provided. Abstract An abstract of less than 200 words is required. It should contain the essence of the result achieved. Keywords and PACS numbers Appropriate Keywords and PACS Nos. (Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme of American Institute of Physics) (not more than six) must be provided for indexing and information retrieval services. PACS is available online ( Text In the preparation of text, the authors should pay attention to the language (usage of words, grammar and construction of sentences), logical presentation, enumeration of assumptions made, justifications of approximations made etc. and all the limitations must be stated whenever and wherever necessary. Moreover, a paper must be self-contained, its presentation being clear, concise and satisfactory. Figures The number of figures should be kept to the minimum. Each figure must be referred to in the text, be numbered and have a caption. The captions should be typed on a separate sheet. The appropriate place of the figure should be indicated in the margin of the text. Axes of figures must be labelled properly. The letterings as well as the essential details be inserted in all the submitted copies. Waste space at the top and bottom should be avoided. After acceptance, electronic files for the figures (Post Script Files) are to be submitted in a CD. Tables Tables should be typed on separate sheets and each table should have a number and a self-explanatory title. Column headings of tables should be brief. Footnotes to the tables, if any, should be identified by superscript letters and placed at the bottom of the table. When papers include extensive tabular material or appendices, which may be of interest to relatively few readers, the material should be deposited with the Editorial Office. Formulae Displayed formula should be numbered; typed or written by hand clearly and unambiguously. Vectors, special symbols, superscript and subscripts etc. should be identifed with proper signs in the manuscript. Long equations should be avoided as much as possible, by introduction of suitable abbreviations of component expressions. The exp form of complex exponential functions [Exp ( kr) instead of e kr ],

11 Notes for Contributors and Subscribers 599 fractional exponents instead of root signs [x ½ instead of Öx] and solidus (/) for fractions [a/b instead of a b ] are preferable. International conventions in the choice of symbols, units and notations should be followed. (x) References All references referred to text, tables and figures of a manuscript must be combined in a single list, numbered consecutively in their order of first appearance and arranged in the same order at the end of the text material. They should be cited in text by Arabic numerals in square bracketes at appropriate places of a sentence, for example [1-5] etc. The references cited should be limited to the absolute minimum and the list to be submitted in a separate sheet containing names of all authors ( et al is not allowed). They should be as complete as possible and be presented as follows : [e] U Fano and A R P Rao Atomic Collisions and Spactra (New York : Academic) Vol 1, Ch 2, Sec 4, p 25 (1986) [7] T Atsumi, T Isihara, M Koyama and M Matsuzawa Phys. Rev. A (1990) [11] T Le-Brun, M Lavolleé and P Morin X-ray and Inner Shell Processes (AIP Conf. Proc. 215) (eds) T A Carison, M O Krause and S Manson (New York : AIP) p 846 (1990) [14] S B Hansen, K B MacAdam and L G Gray 12th Int. Conf. on Atomic Physics (Ann. Arbor) Abstracts px- 12 (1990) [15] H Pauly Atomic and Molecular Beams Methods (eds) G Scoles, D Bassi, U Buck and D Laine (London : Oxford University Press) p 83 (1988) [19] W Fritsch (private communication) (1988) [21] K B MacAdam (to be published) (1991) [23] T Roy PhD Thesis (University of Calcutta, India) (1992) (xi) Footnotes As far as possible, footnotes should be avoided. (xii) Appendices All appendices should be numbered consecutively and typed on separate sheets. Manuscripts which do not conform to these conventions are returned to the authors immediately. 6. Reprints A reprint order form sent to the corresponding author must be returned to Indian Journal of Physics, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata , India within two days from the date of receipt. There is no page charge. A Complimentary copy of the Journal and 10 (ten) copies of the reprints will be sent to the Corresponding Author, free of charge. However, extra copies of reprints (with/without cover) may be ordered with remittance in advance (along with reprint order and signed copyright Form) at the following revised rates (from January 2000 onwards) : Page : Foreign : US $ per page per 50 copies or part thereof. Inland : Rs per page per 50 copies or part thereof. Cover : Foreign : US $ per cover of 50 copies or part thereof. Inland : Rs per cover of 50 copies or part thereof. Art Plate : Foreign : US $ per page/colour of 50 copies or part thereof. Inland : Rs per page/colour or 50 copies or part thereof. If the reprint order is not received in time, later request for any more reprints cannot be complied with. 7. Corrections and Modifications Authors are requested to exercise utmost care in preparation of manuscripts so that there is little need to incorporate alterations at the Final stage. Extensive modifications at this stage are not allowed.

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13 Indian J. Phys. 84 (5), 481 (2010) of ANNOUNCEMENT As we already announced, Indian Journal of Physics is being copublished with Springer since January, 2009 with a view to enhancing its global visibility. In order to attain international standard in all its facets, IJP now endeavors to transform itself into a completely online mode for submission, reviewing etc from January, As a prelude to this, we have decided to host a trial version of the facility that would make it temporarily online as far as practicable from July, We encourage our learned contributors to submit their manuscripts online by entering the site and creating a login for themselves. Till the submission and processing get fully online, we request our learned contributors to submit their manuscripts to the site with a copy to the id : ijp@iacs.in. We regret inconvenience, if any, during the transition from the manual to the online mode. We solicit your co-operation in helping IJP attain truly international standard and appeal to the scientists all over the world to submit some of their best work in IJP. Editor-in-Chief

14 of GENERAL INFORMATION SCOPE Indian Journal of Physics, a pioneering journal founded by C V Raman as early as in 1926, is devoted to the publication of significant, original and current scientific research results in the fields of Astrophysics, Atmospheric & Space Physics, Atomic & Molecular Physics, Biophysics, Condensed Matter & Materials Physics, General & Interdisciplinary Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics & Complex Systems, Nuclear Physics, Optics & Spectroscopy, Particle Physics, Plasma Physics, Relativity & Cosmology, Statistical Physics in the form of Full Papers, Short Notes, Rapid Communications and Review Articles. Proceedings of National and International Symposia, Seminars and conferences are also published. SUBMISSION Manuscripts and related matters should be addressed to the Editor-in-Chief, Indian Journal of Physics, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata , India. The submission of a paper in Indian Journal of Physics should imply that the paper has not been published previously nor has been sent for publication elsewhere. For manuscript preparation, the authors must adhere to Notes for Contributors, printed in each issue and given at the website : COPY RIGHT 2010 Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS). All rights reserved by the Publisher. No part of publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval system, or transmitted in any form, or by any means electronic, mechanical, photo-graphic, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publisher. Copyright-safe document delivery is available through the Genuine-Article Service of Institute for Scientific Information (ISI), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. ABSTRACT/INDEX SERVICE This journal is Abstracted / Indexed in : Ceramic Abstracts, Chemical Abstracts, Physics Abstracts, Physics Briefs (FIZ), Metal Abstracts, Science Abstracts, Current Papers in Physics, INSPEC, INIS / IAEA and in Current Contents. Web : http :// Online submission : ISSN