Dr. Prasad Basu
Assistant Professor
Ph.D. : Jadavpur UniversityResearch Interests:
Accretion around compact star; Gravitational wave-Hawking RadiationJoined the University in May 30, 2015
Phone: 8116819083
Email: prasad.basu@cottonuniversity.ac.in
About
Academic:
B. Sc in Physics Honours, University of Calcutta, 1999
M. Sc in Physics, University of Calcutta, 2001
Ph. D. in Physics, Jadavpur University, 2008
Career Profile:
Present Position:
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Cotton University, Guwahati,Assam ( 30.05.2015 -
Previous Positions:
A) Assistant Professor, National Institute of Technology Sikkim, Rvangla, South Sikkim, India. Pin:-737139
B) Assistant Professor in the department of Physics, Omdayal Group of Institutions (AICTE accredited), Uluberiah Industrial Growth Centre, Howrah, West Bengal, India. Pin:- 711316
C) Post doctoral fellow In the Department of Theoretical Sciences, S.N.Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences , Saltlake Sector-III, Block-JD, Kolkata-700098, India.
D) Post Doctoral Fellow at the Centre for High energy Physics, Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bangalore-560012, India (Jan. 2009 to Apr. 2010).
E) Post Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Physics Indian Institute of Science (IISc.), Bangalore-560012, India (Apr 2008 to Jan. 2009).
Recent Activities:
Coordinator:
CCSU Astronomy and Astrophysics Summer School, June 22- July 11, 2015
CCSU Astronomy and Astrophysics Summer School, June 21- July 12, 2016
Cotton University Astronomy and Astrophysics Summer School, June 19- July 3, 2017.
Research paper publications till 2021
1. Biplab Sarkar and Prasad Basu, “Solution of Lagrange’s equation of motion from the first principle for volumetric modulated arc therapy delivery”, Health and Technology, 2021, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12553-021-00545-7.
2. Soumen Mondal and Prasad Basu, “On the properties of dissipative shocks in the relativistic accretion flows, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 497, Issue 2, September 2020, Pages 2119–2132, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa2035
3. Sangita Chatterjee, Soumen Mondal and Prasad Basu, “An improved approach to find the height of the accretion disk”, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Volume 1579, Issue 1, article id. 012008 (2020), July, 2020, https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/1579/1/012008
4. Prasad Basu, “Gravitational Wave Emission from Binary Mergers: Ideal Versus Real Picture” Mukhopadhyay B., Sasmal S. (eds) Exploring the Universe: From Near Space to Extra-Galactic. Astrophysics and Space Science Proceedings, vol 53, 2018 Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94607-8_4.
5. Prasad Basu and Soumen Mondal “The relativistic equation of state in accretion and wind flows” (New Astronomy, Volume 26, p. 33-39, 2014)
6. Soumen Mondal and Prasad Basu, “On the possibilities of shocks in accretion and wind flows” (Astronomical Society of India Conference Series, Vol. 8, pp. 127-130)
7. Prasad Basu and Soumen Mondal, “A new model of relativistic equation of state in accretion and wind flows using 4-velocity distribution function” (Astronomical Society of India Conference Series, Vol. 8, pp.123-126, 2013 )
8. Soumen Mondal and Prasad Basu, “Accretion and wind solutions with a variable adiabatic index and the possibilities of shock” (CQGra, 28, 5004, 2011)
9. Prasad Basu, Biswajit Chakraborty, F.G. Scholtz, “A unifying perspective on the Moyal and Voros products and their physical meanings” (JPhA, 44B, 5204B, 2011)
10. Prasad Basu, Rahul Shrivastava and S. Vaidya, , “Thermal Correlation function of the twisted quantum field” (Phys. Rev. D 82, 025005, 2010)
11. Prasad Basu, Biswajit Chakraborty and Sachindeo Vaidya, “Fate of super conducting ground state on the Moyal plane” (Phys. Lett. B 690, 431, 2010)
12. S. Mondal, Prasad Basu and S.K. Chakrabarti, “Studies of accretion flows around rotating black holes III. Shock oscillations and an estimation of the spin parameter from QPO frequencies” ( MNRAS, 396, 1038, 2009)
13. Prasad Basu, Soumen Mondal and S.K.Chakrabarti, “Gravitational wave emission from a stellar companion black hole in presence of an accretion disk around a supermassive Kerr black hole” (MNRAS, 388, 219, 2008)
14. Prasad Basu and S.K. Charabarti, “Gravitational Wave damping from a self gravitating vibrating ring of matter around Black hole” (NewA, 13, 451, 2008)
15. Prasad Basu and Sandip K. Chakrabarti, “Gravitational wave emission from a black hole surrounded by a massive disk” (Bul. Astron. Soc. Ind., v. 33, p. 387, 2005)
Students
Sl.No | Name | Research Topic | Roll No |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Sandeep Bhattacharjee | General Theory of relativity and Blackhole Physics |
Other Informations
Awards and Achievements :
• National Eligibility Test [NET] Scholar: An award Based on country-wide Master of Science standard test (2002)
• Qualified GATE in 2001 (percentile 90.69)
• Joint Entrance Screening Test [JEST] Scholar, Percentile 99.3% . It is a Fellowship and award based on country-wide Master of Science standard test and the selection criteria for the Research fellow in most of the Research Institute in India.
Conferences, Schools and workshops Attended:
1.Attended Astronomical Society of India meeting, February 21st to February 24th 2005, Nainital, India.
2. Attended SINP and IICS, Kolkata, India during ’Amal Kumar Raychaudhuri School on General Relativity’, October 17-29 (2005) .
3.Attended 11th Marcell Grossmann Meeting on General Relativity,Berlin, Germany. from July
23-30, 2006.
4. Participated in the Workshop on Multi-Wavelength Astronomy with ASTROSAT. Organized by ISRO Satellite Centre and Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology, IIST Thiruvanantapuram (Jnauary 9-12, 2012).
5. Participated in the conference “Recent Trends in the Study of Compact Objects: Theory and Observations” in IIT-Guwahati (March 11-13, 2013)
Other academic activities:
1.Attended State Wise Telescope Making Workshop, June 2nd. to June 8th, 2003, Salt Lake, Kolkata, India. organized by Centre for Space Physics, Garia, Kolkata, India.
2.Attended District-wise Space Science Symposium (DSSS), February 2004, Coochbihar, West Bengal, India, organized by Centre for Space Physics, Garia, Kolkata, India.
3.Attended District-wise Space Science Symposium (DSSS), February 2nd. 2005, Bankura, West Bengal, India, organized by Centre for Space Physics, Garia, Kolkata, India.
4.Attended District-wise Space Science Symposium (DSSS), February 3rd. 2005, Purulia, West Bengal, India, organized by Centre for Space Physics, Garia, Kolkata, India.
5. Attended District-wise Space Science Symposium (DSSS), on 21st and 22nd February 2006, at Balurghat and Siliguri, West Bengal, India, organized by Centre for Space Physics, Kolkata.
Publications in popular magazine:
Written an article in Bengali,named as ”MahaKarshya Taranger Samparke Kichhu Katha” (Some words about Gravitational Wave.) in the Bengali Magazine ”Mahabiswa O Ami”(The Universe and I.)
Publications in popular magazine:Written an article in Bengali,named as ”Prokiti Bigyan er Moulik dhrubak guli —- Abiskar o gurutto.” (The fundamental constants of nature ......Their discovery and significance. ) in the Bengali Magazine ”Mahabiswa O Ami”(The Universe and I.)