Manoneeta Chakraborty

Manoneeta Chakraborty Associate Professor Department of Astronomy, Astrophysics and Space Engineering (DAASE) Indian Institute of Technology Indore Khandwa Road, Simrol Indore 453552 Madhya Pradesh India Email: manoneeta [at] iiti [dot] ac [dot] in

Research interests

• Neutron stars
• Black holes
• Pulsars
• Magnetars
• X-ray binaries
• Accretion physics
• ULXs
• Burst physics

Education

• PhD in physics, 2014, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India
• M.Sc. in physics, 2010, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India
• B.Sc. with honours in physics, 2008, Presidency College, University of Calcutta, India

Professional/Research experience

• October 2023 - : Associate Professor at DAASE, IIT Indore, Indore, India
• August 2019 - October 2023 : Assistant Professor at DAASE, IIT Indore, Indore, India
• June 2017 - July 2019: DST-INSPIRE Faculty fellow at DAASE, IIT Indore, Indore, India
• January 2015 - April 2017: Post-doctoral research fellow at Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
• October 2014 - December 2014: Visiting Researcher jointly at Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India and INAF-Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Merate, Italy
• August 2008 - August 2014: Graduate student at TIFR, Mumbai, India

Awards, achievements, and memberships

• Member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU)
• Life member of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI)
• Chair & Member, Neutron Star Science Working Group for the Square Kilometre Array - India Consortium
• Associate member, Pulsar Science Working Group (SWG), Square Kilometre Array (SKA) (2024)
• Associate member, Indian Pulsar Timing Array (InPTA) (2024)
• Grant under “AstroSat Data Utilization project” from ISRO (2020)
• INSPIRE Faculty Award under Department of Science and Technology (DST), India in the July-2016 session
• TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) proposal for postdoctoral research fellowship (2015)
• TUBITAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey) 2216 postdoctoral research fellowship for international researchers (2014)
• Scholarship from the Graduate school at TIFR for pursuing M.Sc. and PhD (2008)
• Scholarship from Integrated PhD program at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) (2008)
• Scholarship for the "Ingenieur Program" at Ecole Polytechnique, France

Teaching

• AA201 - Introduction to Astronomy for second year B.Tech. Students, Autumn 2018
• AA472N/672N - Galactic and Extra-galactic Astronomy for PhD, postgraduate level, Spring 2019
• AA 608 - Astrostatistics for PhD and postgraduate level, Spring 2019
• AA201 - Introduction to Astronomy for second year B.Tech. Students, Autumn 2019
• PH 601 - Electrodynamics, for PhD and postgraduate level, Autumn 2019
• AA 474/674 - Radio Astronomy, PhD and postgraduate level, Spring 2020
• AA 602 - Advanced topics in Astronomy and Astrophysics, PhD and postgraduate level, Spring 2020
• AA 201 - Introduction to Astronomy, B.Tech (2nd year), Autumn 2020
• AA 474/674 - Radio Astronomy, PhD and postgraduate level, Spring 2021
• AA 602 - Advanced topics in Astronomy and Astrophysics, PhD and postgraduate level, Spring 2021
• AA 605 - Detectors and Sensors for Space observations, PhD and postgraduate level, Fall 2021
• AA 471/671 - Relativity and Cosmology, PhD and postgraduate level, Fall 2021
• AA 201 - Introduction to Astronomy, Undergraduate level, Fall 2021
• AA 474/674 - Radio Astronomy, PhD and postgraduate level, Spring 2022
• AA 602 - Advanced topics in Astronomy and Astrophysics, PhD and postgraduate level, Spring 2022
• AA 605 - Detectors and Sensors for Space observations, PhD and postgraduate level, Fall 2022
• AA 471/671 - Relativity and Cosmology, PhD and postgraduate level, Fall 2022
• AA472N/672N - Galactic and Extra-galactic Astronomy, PhD and postgraduate level, Spring 2023
• AA 605 - Detectors and Sensors for Space observations, PhD and postgraduate level, Fall 2023
• AA 611 - Advanced Optics, PhD and postgraduate level, Fall 2023
• AA 602 - Advanced topics in Astronomy and Astrophysics, PhD and postgraduate level, Spring 2024
• AA 651 - Astronomy Laboratory for M.Sc. Astronomy
• AA 652 - Astronomy Laboratory for M.Sc. Astronomy

Research Group

PhD students
• P. Aromal
• Jibin Jose
• Biki Ram
 
PG students
• Annie Chandrika Sattenapalli [ M.Sc. in Astronomy ]
• Vijay Choudhary [ M.Sc. in Astronomy ]
• Shubhi Tiwari [ M.Tech. in Applied Optics and Laser Technology ]

Alumni

PhD students
• Dr. Parul Janagal - Data scientist at Polychord, UK
• Dr. Unnati Kashyap - Postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Tom Maccarone, Texas Tech University
 
PG students
• A. Aditya
• Ansh Chopra - PhD student at Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy
• Amit Poonia - Data scientist at Tata Consultancy Services
• Hemanth Bommireddy - PhD student at the University of Chile, Chile
• Vikrant Londhe
• Biki Ram - PhD student at IIT Indore
 
UG students
• Jai Surya Katla
 
Project students
• Aryan Agrawal
• Antariksha Mitra
• Aniket Prasad
• Vatsala Srivastava
• Rohan Pattnaik
• Bimlesh Kumar Yadav
• Anirban Chakraborty

Publications

• Spectro-temporal investigation of the black hole X-ray transient 4U 1543–475 during the 2021 outburst
  Biki Ram, Manoneeta Chakraborty, and Unnati Kashyap, Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, accepted for publication (2024)
 
• Square Kilometre Array—India Consortium: Education and Public Outreach
  Niruj Mohan Ramanujam, Prasun Dutta, Indulekha Kavila, Manoneeta Chakraborty, Samir Dhurde, Ananda Hota, Chiranjib Konar, Divya Oberoi, Mamta Pandey-Pommier, and Mayuri Sathyanarayana Rao, Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy, 45, 2 (2024)
 
• PSR J0026-1955: A curious case of evolutionary subpulse drifting and nulling
  Parul Janagal, Samuel J. McSweeney, Manoneeta Chakraborty, and N. D. Ramesh Bhat, MNRAS, 524, 2 (2023)
 
• Single-pulse analysis and average emission characteristics of PSR J1820–0427 from observations made with the MWA and uGMRT
  Parul Janagal, Manoneeta Chakraborty, N. D. Ramesh Bhat, Samuel J. McSweeney, and Susmita Sett, MNRAS, 523, 4 (2023)
 
• Broad-band spectro-temporal investigation of neutron star low-mass X-ray binary GX 349+2
  Unnati Kashyap, Manoneeta Chakraborty, Sudip Bhattacharyya, and Biki Ram, MNRAS, 523, 2 (2023)
 
• Simultaneous X-ray/UV observations of ultraluminous X-ray source Holmberg II X-1 with Indian space mission AstroSat
  Vinokurov, A.; Atapin, K.; Bordoloi, O. P.; Sarkisyan, A.; Kashyap, U.; Chakraborty, M.; Rahna, P. T.; Kostenkov, A.; Solovyeva, Y.; Fabrika, S.; Safonova, M.; Gogoi, R.; Sutaria, F.; and Murthy, J., Astrophysical Bulletin, 77, 231–245 (2022)
 
• Burst-Disk Interaction in 4U 1636–536 as observed by NICER
  Tolga Guver, Z. Funda Bostanci, Tugba Boztepe, Ersin Gogus , Peter Bult, Unnati Kashyap, Manoneeta Chakraborty, David R. Ballantyne, R. M. Ludlam, C. Malacaria , Gaurava K. Jaisawal, Tod E. Strohmayer, Sebastien Guillot, and Mason Ng, ApJ, 935, 154 (2022)
 
• Probing spectral and temporal evolution of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary 4U 1724--30 with AstroSat
  Unnati Kashyap, Manoneeta Chakraborty, and Sudip Bhattacharyya, MNRAS, 512, 6180 (2022)
 
• Revisiting the sub-pulse drifting phenomenon in PSR J1822–2256: Drift Modes, Sparks, and Emission Heights
  Parul Janagal, Manoneeta Chakraborty, N. D. Ramesh Bhat, Bhaswati Bhattacharya, and Samuel J. McSweeney, MNRAS, 509, 4573 (2022)
 
• Broadband time-resolved spectroscopy of thermonuclear X-ray bursts from 4U 1636–536 using AstroSat
  Unnati Kashyap, Biki Ram, Tolga Guver, and Manoneeta Chakraborty, MNRAS, 509, 3989 (2022)
 
• Thermonuclear X-ray Bursts with late secondary peaks observed from 4U 1608-52
  Guver, Tolga; Boztepe, Tugba; Gogus, Ersin; Chakraborty, Manoneeta; Strohmayer, Tod E.; Bult, Peter; Altamirano, Diego; Jaisawal, Gaurava K.; Kocabiyik, Tugce; Malacaria, Christian; Kashyap, Unnati; Gendreau, Keith C.; Arzoumanian, Zaven; and Chakrabarty, Deepto, ApJ, 910, 37 (2021)
 
• Magnetar Giant Flare Originated GRB 200415A: Transient GeV emission, Ten-year Fermi-LAT Upper Limits and Implications
  Chand, Vikas; Joshi, Jagdish C.; Gupta, Rahul; Yang, Yu-Han; Dimple; Sharma, Vidushi; Yang, Jun; Chakraborty, Manoneeta; Zou, Jin-Hang; Shao, Lang; Yang, Yi-Si; Zhang, Bin-Bin; Pandey, S. B.; Banerjee, Ankush; and Moneer, Eman, 2021, RAA, 21, 236 (2021)
 
• Search for Intermittent X-ray Pulsations from Neutron Stars in Low Mass X-ray Binaries
  Emre Bahar, Yunus; Chakraborty, Manoneeta; and Gogus, Ersin, PASA, 38, e011 (2021)
 
• A machine-learning approach for classifying low-mass X-ray binaries based on their compact object nature
  Pattnaik, R.; Sharma, K.; Alabarta, K.; Altamirano, D.; Chakraborty, M.; Kembhavi, A.; Méndez, M.; and Orwat-Kapola, J. K., MNRAS, 501, 3457 (2021)
 
• GRB 200415A: A Short Gamma-Ray Burst from a Magnetar Giant Flare?
  Yang, Jun; Chand, Vikas; Zhang, Bin-Bin; Yang, Yu-Han; Zou, Jin-Hang; Yang, Yi-Si; Zhao, Xiao-Hong; Shao, Lang; Xiong, Shao-Lin; Luo, Qi; Li, Xiao-Bo; Xiao, Shuo; Li, Cheng-Kui; Liu, Cong-Zhan; Joshi, Jagdish C.; Sharma, Vidushi; Chakraborty, Manoneeta; Li, Ye; and Zhang, Bing, ApJ, 899, 106 (2020)
 
• Variable Absorption Line in XTE J1810-197
  Eda Vurgun, Manoneeta Chakraborty, Tolga Guver and Ersin Gogus, New Astronomy, 67, 45 (2019)
 
• Accretion disks and coronae in the X-ray flashlight
  N. Degenaar, D.R. Ballantyne, T. Belloni, M. Chakraborty, Y.P. Chen, P. Kretschmar, E. Kuulkers, L. Ji, T.J. Maccarone, J. Malzac, S. Zhang and S.N. Zhang, Space Science Reviews, 214, 15 (2018)
 
• Time and energy dependent characteristics of thermonuclear burst oscillations
  Manoneeta Chakraborty, Yunus Emre Bahar and Ersin Gogus, ApJ, 851, 79 (2017)
 
• Burst and Outburst Characteristics of Magnetar 4U 0142+61
  Ersin Gogus, Lin Lin, Oliver J. Roberts, Manoneeta Chakraborty, Yuki Kaneko, Ramandeep Gill, Jonathan Granot, Alexander J. van der Horst, Anna L. Watts, Matthew Baring, Chryssa Kouveliotou, Daniela Huppenkothen, and George Younes, ApJ, 835, 68 (2017)
 
• Magnetar-like X-Ray Bursts from a Rotation-powered Pulsar, PSR J1119-6127
  Ersin Gogus, Lin Lin, Yuki Kaneko, Chryssa Kouveliotou, Anna L. Watts, Manoneeta Chakraborty, M. Ali Alpar, Daniela Huppenkothen, Oliver J. Roberts, George Younes, and Alexander J. van der Horst, ApJL, 829, 25 (2016)
 
• Variation of spectral and timing properties in the extended burst tails from the magnetar 4U 0142+61
  Manoneeta Chakraborty, Ersin Gogus, Sinem Sasmaz Mus and Yuki Kaneko, ApJ, 819, 153 (2016)
 
• An Extraordinary Outburst of the Magnetar Swift J1822.3-1606
  Manoneeta Chakraborty and Ersin Gogus, ApJ, 809, 152 (2015)
 
• Burst Tails from SGR J1550-5418 Observed with the Rossi X-Ray Timing Explorer
  Sinem Sasmaz Mus, Ersin Gogus, Yuki Kaneko, Manoneeta Chakraborty and Berk Aydin, ApJ, 807, 42 (2015)
 
• Evidence of Thermonuclear Flame Spreading on a Neutron Star from Burst Rise Oscillations
  Manoneeta Chakraborty and Sudip Bhattacharyya, ApJ, 792, 4 (2014)
 
• Thermonuclear X-ray bursts from the 401 Hertz accreting pulsar IGR J17498-2921: indication of burning in confined regions
    Manoneeta Chakraborty and Sudip Bhattacharyya, MNRAS, 422, 2351 (2012)
 
• Terzan 5 transient IGR J17480-2446: variation of burst and spectral properties with spectral states
  Manoneeta Chakraborty, Sudip Bhattacharyya and Arunava Mukherjee, MNRAS, 418, 490 (2011)
 
• X-ray bursts from the Terzan 5 transient IGR J17480-2446: nuclear rather than gravitational
  Manoneeta Chakraborty and Sudip Bhattacharyya, ApJL, 730, L23 (2011)

Highlights/News

• https://phys.org/news/2023-07-astronomers-subpulse-drifting-nulling-pulsar.html
• https://www.transcontinentaltimes.com/radio-observations-pulsars-behaviour/
• https://pfete.com/index.php/2023/07/15/astronomers-discover-interesting-behavior-of-pulsar-psr-j0026-1955/
• https://phys.org/news/2023-05-behavior-x-ray-binary-gx.html
• https://aasnova.org/2022/11/16/a-nicer-view-of-a-bursting-x-ray-binary/
• https://www.deccanherald.com/science-and-environment/nuclear-reactions-across-a-neutron-star-1051631.html

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