2. Study of High-multiplicity Proton+Proton Collisions at the LHC Energies using Event Shape Method
[Funding Agency: DAE-BRNS, Govt. of India:
Rs. 25.03 Lakhs (2019-22), PI: Prof. Raghunath Sahoo]
Dr. Golam Sarwar,
Ph.D. VECC, Kolkata, Visiting
Researcher/Postdoctoral Fellow-I
(01 Oct. 2018- March 2020)
Dr. Sushanta Tripathy,
Ph.D. IIT Indore, Visiting Researcher
(October 2019- January 2020)
(Presently at: National Autonomous
University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico -> INFN
Fellow, INFN Bologna, Italy)
Dr. Bhaswar Chatterjee,
Ph.D. PRL, Ahemadabad, Postdoctoral Fellow-III
(14 Sept. 2018- 13 Sept. 2019)
(Presently working as Data
Scientist in Mumbai, India)
Dr. Swatantra Tiwari,
Ph.D. BHU, Varanasi, Postdoctoral Fellow-III
(08 February 2016- 25 October 2018)
(Presently faculty
member, Allahabad University, Allahabad,
[Assistant Professor]
)
Dr. Sudipan De,
Ph.D. VECC, Kolkata, Postdoctoral Fellow-III
(18 August 2016- 25 Sept. 2018)
(Presently at NISER,
Bhubaneswar [DST-INSPIRE Faculty]
)
Dr. M. Younus,
Ph.D. VECC, Kolkata, Postdoctoral Fellow-II
(07 July 2017- 25 May 2018)
(Presently at Nelson
Mandela University,
Johannesburg, South Africa, --> Brazil
)
Dr. Deepika Rathee,
Ph.D. Punjab University, Chandigarh, Visiting Researcher
(14 Sept. 2016- 16 Feb. 2017)
(Presently at Fermi Lab,
USA)
Dr. Aditya Nath Mishra,
Ph.D. IIT Indore, Visiting Researcher
(13 July 2016- 07 April 2017)
(Presently at: National Autonomous
University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico -->
Weigner Institute,
Budapest, Hungary )
Dr. Prakhar Garg,
Ph.D. BHU, Varanasi, Postdoctoral Fellow
(May 2015- 31 May 2016) (Presently at Stony
Brook University, New York, USA)
Dr. Trambak Bhattacharyya,
Ph.D. VECC, Kolkata, Postdoctoral Fellow
(01 December 2014- 18 January 2016)
(Presently at University of Cape
Town, South Africa --> JINR, Dubna, Russia)
Dr. Nirbhay Kumar Behera,
Ph.D. IIT Bombay, Mumbai, Postdoctoral Fellow
(15 December 2014- April 2015)
(Presently
Faculty member at the
Central University of
Tamil Nadu)
Ph.D. Students
(Degree Awarded) (Thesis Advisor: Prof. Raghunath Sahoo):
Dr. Aditya Nath Mishra Thesis Title: Multihadron Production in High-Energy Collisions and
Forward Rapidity Measurement of Inclusive Photons in Pb+Pb collisions
at 2.76 TeV in ALICE Experiment at LHC. (01 July 2016)
(Postdoc at: UNAM, Mexico -->
Weigner Institute,
Budapest, Hungary-->
Assistant Professor, Reva University,
Bangaluru --> Assistant Professor,
Chandigarh University, Mohali
Dr. Ajay Kumar Thesis Title:
Conceptual Design of Lambda Disks Detector
for the PANDA Experiment. (Co-supervisor) [11 August 2016]
(Benaras
Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India
(UGC D.S. Kothari Fellow) --> Presently,
Assistant Professor, Kirori Mal
College, Delhi University)
Dr. Pooja
Pareek Thesis Title: Measurement of Neutral Pion
and Eta Mesons in proton+proton collisions with ALICE at the Large
Hadron Collider. (25 July 2018)
(Postdoc at:
VECC, Kolkata,
[Selected for CCNU, China])
Dr. Arvind Khuntia Thesis Title:
Study of $K^{0*}$ and
$\phi$ meson Production in proton+proton Collisions with ALICE at
the LHC and Application of Non-extensive Statistics in High Energy
Physics. (
18 March 2019)
(Postdoc at Institute of Nuclear Physics,
Polish Academy of Science (PAS), IFJ PAN, Krakow, Poland -> Prague,
CZ -> INFN Fellow,
INFN Bologna, Italy) (OPS Young
Scientist Award-2022)
Dr. Pragati Sahoo Thesis Title: Measurement of $K(892)^{*\pm}$ in Proton+
Proton collisions with ALICE at the LHC and Study of Particle Production
using Color String Percolation Model. (11 April 2019)
(Institute
Postdoc at IIT Bombay
-> Assistant
Professor, Odisha Govt.
Degree Colleges)
Dr. Dhananjay Thakur Thesis Title:
Multiplicity dependence of Forward Rapidity
J/$\psi$ production in
proton+proton
collisions with ALICE
at the LHC
and Study of Particle
Production in
High-Energy
Collisions. (27 August 2019) (Postdoc
at Institute of Modern
Physics, Chinese Academy of
Sciences, Lanzhou) -->
INFN Fellow, Torino, Italy
Dr. Sushanta Tripathy Thesis Title:
Event shape and
Multiplicity
dependence of $\phi$
meson production in
Proton+Proton
collisions with ALICE
at the LHC and
Characterization of
Heavy-Ion Collisions
using Relativistic
Kinetic Theory. (18 October 2019)
(Postdoc at: National Autonomous
University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico -> INFN
Fellow, INFN Bologna, Italy -> CERN
Fellow, Geneva) (OPS Young
Scientist Award-2020)
Dr. Rutuparna Rath (DST-INSPIRE) Thesis Title:
Event Topology and Multiplicity dependence
of $K^{*}(892)^{0}$
production in proton+proton
collisions with ALICE
at the LHC and probing
TeV collisions through
particle production
and transport
properties (10 December 2021).
(Presently INFN
Fellow, INFN Bologna, Italy -> GSI,
Dramstadt, Germany)
Dr. Suman Deb Thesis Title: Event topology and
multiplicity dependence of K*(892)± meson
production in proton+proton collisions with
ALICE at the LHC and exploring the
possibility of a thermalized medium formation
in small systems (19 October 2022)
(Presently Postdoc at
Orsay, Paris, France)
Dushmanta Sahu Thesis Title:
Possible formation of QGP droplets in
high multiplicity events and
measurement of \psi(2S)
polarization in proton+proton
collisions at \sqrt{s} = 13
TeV with ALICE.
(Thesis submitted on
26th March 2024)
Ph.D. Students
(Ongoing)
(Thesis Advisor:
Prof. Raghunath Sahoo):
Neelkamal Mallick
Thesis Title:
Event topology dependence of $J/\psi$ production in proton+proton collisions
at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV with ALICE at the Large Hadron Collider and Study of elliptic flow in heavy-ion
collisions using event shape and Machine Learning Techniques.
Girija Sankar Pradhan (DST-INSPIRE) Thesis Title:
Study of Hadronic Shower Models and
Muon Puzzle in Cosmic Ray events in GRAPES-3 Experiment at Ooty.
Ronald Scaria (CSIR-JRF) Thesis Title:
Study of Hadronic Composition of
Cosmic Showers using GRAPES-3 Experiment.
Suraj Prasad (UGC-JRF) Thesis Title:
Event Topology analysis of particle
production in light flavor sector in ALICE
Debadatta Behera (CSIR-JRF) Thesis Title:
Study of Proton-Oxygen and Oxygen-Oxygen Collisions at the LHC Energies
Kshitish Kumar Pradhan (UGC-JRF) Thesis Title:
Hadron Resonance Gas Model
description of particle production
in heavy-ion collisions and
Polarization Studies in ALICE
Kamaljeet Singh (UGC-JRF) Thesis Title:
Study of transport properties in
heavy-ion collisions
Bhagyarathi Sahoo (CSIR-JRF) Thesis Title:
Vorticity and Polarization studies
in heavy-ion collisions at the Large
Hadron Collider Energies
Kangkan Goswami (PMRF) Thesis Title:
Machine Learning applications in
high energy heavy-ion collisions at
TeV energies
Aswathy Menon K.R. (DST-INSPIRE) Thesis Title:
Study of particle production in
proton-Oxygen, Oxygen-Oxygen
collisions at the TeV energies
Purnima Srivastava (MHRD-TA) Thesis Title:
MSc/BTech Research
Projects and External Internships:
Hirak Jyoti Mudoi, Nowgong
College, Nagaon, Assam (IAS SRFP-2023):
Production of pions, kaons and protons
as a function of R_T in pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV using PYTHIA8..
Udit Chauhan, National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur (IAS SRFP-2023):
Sequential suppression
of quarkonia in a QGP medium.
Sarthak Tripathy, IISER Pune (Intern 2023):
Event shape analysis
Hitesh Arora, IIT Indore (MSc
Project: 2022-2023):
Effect of rope hadronization on strangeness
enhancement in proton+proton collisions at $\sqrt{s} = 13$ TeV using PYTHIA8.
Vikrant Sharma, IIT Indore (MSc
Project: 2022-2023):
A comprehensive insight into small system
at LHC energies.
Preet Bhanjan Pati, BS-MS
(Phys.) IISER, Tirupati (MSc Project) (2022-2023):
Disentangling the prompt and
non-prompt production of J/ψ in
proton+proton collisions at the LHC: A
machine learning approach
Pratyay Pal, BS-MS
(Phys.) IISER, Kolkata
(IASc-INSA-NASI Summer Internship
Program) (2022):
Boltzmann Transport
Equation and high-energy heavy-ion collisions.
Bendangkokba Jamir, MSc(Phys.), IIT Indore (2021-2022):
Investigating the non-flow effects of long-lived stable hadrons in proton+proton collisions at LHC energies using PYTHIA8.
Bhavin Jogi, MSc(Phys.), IIT Indore (2021-2022):
Looking into elliptic flow in heavy-ion collisions at LHC energies using deep neural network.
Kanika, MSc(Phys.), IIT Indore (2021-2022):
Study of Hadronic Shower Models in Cosmic Ray
events in GRAPES-3 Experiment at Ooty.
Vishu Saini, MSc(Phys.), IIT Bombay (2021):
Applications of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in High Energy Physics.
Shubham Singh, BS-MS, IISER
Tirupati (2021 and 2022-23):
Estimating hadron cascade time in
heavy-ion collisions using machine
learning
Yash Arya, BSc (Phys. Hons),
Hansraj College, University of Delhi
(2021):
Anwesha Dan, BTech (CSE), NIT
Durgapur (2021):
Applications of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in High Energy Physics.
Prajata Roy, BTech (CSE), NIT
Durgapur (2021):
Applications of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in High Energy Physics.
Kavyasree A. K., Int-MSc
(Phys.) Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi (IASc-INSA-NASI Summer Internship Program) (2021):
Kangkan Goswami, MSc (Phys.), IIT
Indore (2020-21):
Exploring the diffusion of charm
quarks in a deconfined medium by
Color String Percolation approach.
Jeevan Sahoo, MSc (Phys.), IIT
Indore (2020-21):
Study of transverse energy production in heavy-ion collisions.
Donna Treasa S, Sacred Heart College, Ernakulam, Kerala
(2020, Indian Academy of Sciences Summer
Internship Program):
MIT Bag Model of Hadrons and Nucleosynthesis.
Archita Rani Dash, MSc (Phys.), VIT
University, Vellore (2020, Winter Intern):
Is there a threshold in final state
charged particle multplicity density for
QGP-droplet formation? PhD @ University of
Munster, Germany [arXiv:2002.05054
(Eur. Phys. J A 56, 187 (2020))]
Fazlul Yasin, IISER Kolkata,
(2019, Indian Academy of Sciences Summer
Internship Program):
Van der Waals
interaction in a
thermal model:
Multiplicity dependence of Parameters.
Anaswara Ramachandran, Central
University of
Tamilnadu, Thiruvarur,
(2019, Indian Academy of Sciences Summer
Internship Program):
Insight into charged particle production mechanism using AMPT model for different collision systems at large hadron collider (LHC) energies.
Ishita Ganguly, IISER Berhampur
(2019, KVPY Fellow):
Identified particle production in pp, p-Pb, Xe-Xe and Pb-Pb collisions as a function of Spherocity using AMPT Model.
Aleesha KT, IISER Kolkata
(2019, KVPY Fellow):
Dependence of thermodynamic quantities on size of the system formed in relativistic collisions.
Pritindra Bhowmick, IISER
Bhopal (2019):
Deciphering event shape dependency of identified particle production in proton-proton collisions at $\sqrt {s}$ = 13 TeV using PYTHIA8.
Rishavh Mehta, IIT Roorke
(2019):
Power Spectrum analysis and flow coefficient calculation of heavy-ion collisions.
Subhadip Pal, IISER Kolkata
(2019):
Spherocity dependent study of Rope Hadronization in Proton-Proton
collisions at LHC energies.
Anil Kumar Pradhan, MSc, IIT Indore
(2019-20):
A Study on
Bose-Einstein
Condensation of Pions
produced in
Proton+Proton
Collisions at the
Large Hadron Collider
using Non-Extensive
Statistics. [arXiv:2101.01675 (Eur. Phys. J. A 57, 158 (2021))]
Vaibhav Lohia, MSc, IIT Indore
(2019-20):
Exotic Particle Searches with
ALICE at the LHC.
Vikash Yadav, MSc, IIT Indore
(2019-20):
Effect of Hadronic Phase Lifetime on Identified Particle Production and Elliptic
Flow in Heavy-Ion Collisions.
Keshav Kumar, Int. MSc, SVNIT, Surat
(2019):
Role of Color Reconnection to identify flow-like pattern in charm sector for Proton+Proton collisions at Large Hadron Collider (LHC) energies.
Debasish Sahoo, MSc, IIT Indore
(2018-19):
Study of Event Activities in High-multiplicity pp collisions
using PYTHIA8.
Pavis, S., MSc, IIT Indore
(2018-19):
Glauber-like Models and Multiplicity Analysis of Identified particles
in pp collisions at the LHC
energies, PhD@
University of
Wuppertal, Germany [arXiv:1909.13509 (Phys. Rev. D 101, 014004 (2020))]
Ashish Bisht, MSc, IIT Indore
(2018-19):
Event Shape Engineering and Study of High-multiplicity
pp collisions at $\sqrt{s}$ = 13 TeV
using PYTHIA8.2, PhD@ Uni. of Trento, Italy [arXiv:1905.07418
(Adv. in High Eng.
Phys. 2021,
Art. ID 8822524
(2021)), arXiv:
1811.04213 (Journal of Physics G: Nucl. and Part. Phys. 48, 035102 (2021))]
Himanshu Sharma, MSc (Phys.),
IIT Madras, (Project Assistant, 2018)
[PhD@
Institute of
Nuclear Physics,
Polish Academy of
Science (PAS), IFJ
PAN, Krakow, Poland]
[arXiv:1808.02383 (Eur. Phys. J. A 55, 3 (2019))]
Malavika P. S., MSc (Phys.),
NIT
Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu (2018,
IAS Summer Intern
)
Transverse momentum Spectra and
Nuclear Modification Factor for Charged
Particles in Xe+Xe Collisions at the LHC
Energies. , PhD@ Uni. of Heidelberg, Germany
[Adv. in High
Eng. Phys. 2021, 8822524 (2021)]
Sharath Narayan, BSc,
St. Aloysius College, Mangalore,
Karnataka (2018,
Indian Academy of Sciences Summer Internship Program
)
Study of J/psi Suppression as a Signature of Quark-Gluon Plasma.
Rinkesh Panigrahi, BS-MS-I, IISER
Kolkata (2018, DST-KVPY Fellow
)
Study of Nuclear Modification Factor in PYTHIA8.
Abhishek Nath, BS-MS-III, IISER
Kolkata (2018, DST-INSPIRE Fellow
)
Study of Transport Properties of a
Hadron Gas Using
Boltzmann Transport
Equation in a
Relaxation Time
Approximation. PhD@ Uni. of Heidelberg, Germany
[arXiv:1902.07922 (Eur. Phys. J. A 55, 125 (2019))]
Bhuvanambiga Pari, BS-MS-I, IISER
Kolkata (2018, DST-INSPIRE Fellow
)
Study of Strange and Multi-strange Hadron Production using PYTHIA8 at the LHC Energies.
Pramod Sharma, MSc (Phys.), IIT Indore (2017-18) Isothermal Compressibility of Hadronic
Matter using Hagedorn Mass Spectrum. [arXiv:1809.03780 (Phys. Rev. C 100, 014910 (2019))]
Soumya Dansana, Int. MSc (Phys.), IISER, Kolkata (2017) Multipartonic Interactions and their Observable Effects at the LHC. PhD@ Belgium, [arXiv:1709.06358 (Phys. Rev. D 97, 094002 (2018))]
Purushottam Sahu, MSc (Phys.), NIT, Rourkela (2017) Non-extensivity and $x_T$-scaling in p+p collisions at the LHC.
PhD@ IIT Bhilai
Nilotpal Kakati, MSc (Phys.), IISER, Mohali (2017) Transport
properties of Quark Gluon Plasma. PhD@ Weizmann
University, Israel [arXiv:1709.06352 (Eur. Phys. J C 78, 938 (2018))]
Tribhuban Parida, MSc (Phys.), Utkal University, Bhubaneswar (2017) Color Percolation
and deconfinement transition in
Proton+Proton collisions. PhD@ IISER Berhampur, Odisha
Prateek Kumar (IIT Indore, 2016) Application of
Non-extensive Statistical Mechanics in
High-Energy Collisions. [arXiv:1606.06898
(Eur. Phys. J. A 52,
289 (2016))].
Sunil Jhakar (IIT Indore, 2016) Baryon Stopping
and Equation of State in
Heavy-Ion Collisions. [arXiv:1611.05078
(Phys. Rev. C 95,
044903 (2017))].
Anmol Arora (CSE-IInd yr BTech-IIT Indore) Application of
Softcomputing Technologies in Heavy-Ion
Collisions (2015)
Eshan Yash Sharma (EE-IIIrd yr BTech-IIT Indore) Development and
Characterisation of Gas Electron Multiplier
(GEM) Detector: Application in High Energy
Physics (2014).
Ankit Kumar Verma (ME-IIIrd yr BTech-IIT Indore) Development and
Characterisation of GEM Detector: Biomedical
Applications (2014).
