Name: Abhijit Bandyopadhyay
Area of Research: High Energy Physics (Phenomenology), Cosmology
Contact address:
91-33-2654-9999,
Link to personal webpage:
Education and Employment:
Faculty (2008-Present): RKMVERI
Postdoctoral Scholar (2007-2008): Harishchandra Research Institute, Allahabad, India
Postdoctoral Scholar (2005-2007): Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
Ph. D. (2005): Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, India
M.Sc. (Physics, First Class)(1999): University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
B.Sc. (Physics Hons., First Class)(1997): Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Centenary College, Kolkata, India
Some significant Publications
- Diffusive dark matter and dark energy scenario and k−essence in the context of Supernova Ia observations, Abhijit Bandyopadhyay and Anirban Chatterjee, The European Physical Journal Plus , 134:174
- Realising Interactions Between Dark Matter and Dark Energy Using k-essence Cosmology, Abhijit Bandyopadhyay and Anirban Chatterjee, Modern Physics Letters A Vol. 34 (2019) 1950219
-
Semiclassical treatment of k-essence effect on cosmic temperature, Abhijit Bandyopadhyay, Debashis Gangopadhyay and Arka Moulik, Gravitation and Cosmology 23, 184 (2017)
- Detecting supernova neutrinos with iron and lead detectors, Phys. Rev. D 95, 065022 (2017)
-
Observing supernova neutrino light curve in future dark matter detectors, Abhijit Bandyopadhyay, Sovan Chakraborty, Pijushpani Bhattacharjee and Kamales Kar, Phys. Rev. D 89, 013011 (2014)
-
The k-essence scalar field in the context of Supernova Ia Observations, Abhijit Bandyopadhyay, Debashis Gangopadhyay and Arka Moulik, Eur. Phys. J. C 72, 1943, (2012)
-
On Diurnal and Annual Variations of Directional Detection Rates of Dark Matter, Abhijit Bandyopadhyay and Debasish Majumdar, The Astrophysical Journal 746, 107 (2012)
-
Constraining scalar singlet dark matter with CDMS, XENON and DAMA and prediction for direct detection rates, Abhijit Bandyopadhyay, Sovan Chakraborty, Ambar Ghosal, Debasish Majumdar, Journal of High Energy Physics, , 2010:65
- Constraints on flavor-dependent long range forces from solar neutrinos and KamLAND, Abhijit Bandyopadhyay, Amol Dighe, Anjan S. Joshipura, Phys.Rev.D75:093005,2007
- Impact of the first SNO results on Neutrino Mass and Mixing, Abhijit Bandyopadhyay, Sandhya Choubey, Srubabati Goswami, Kamales Kar, Phys.Lett. B519 (2001) 83-92
Research Interests
I work in the general area of high-energy physics and cosmology. Over the years, I have worked on a range of topics including phenomenology of neutrino oscillations, solar neutrinos, reactor neutrinos. More recently, I have worked in dark matter and dark energy.
Current PhD students:
Arka Moulik, Anirban Chatterjee