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. Jayanta Dey,
Ph.D. IIT Bhilai, Postdoctoral Fellow-I
(27 June 2022- 26 June 2024)
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)
Dr. 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.
(14 June 2024)
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.
(Thesis submitted on
20th May 2024)-->
Postdoc: INFN
Girija Sankar Pradhan
Thesis Title:
Characterizing hadronic phase in relativistic heavy-ion collisions and study of muon puzzle in cosmic ray events with GRAPES-3 Experiment.
(Open Seminar given on
21st June 2024)
Ph.D. Students
(Ongoing)
(Thesis Advisor:
Prof. Raghunath Sahoo):
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:
Anushka Nandy (BSc), Bethune College, Kolkata (University of Calcutta) (IAS SRFP-2024):
Analytical Study of Quarkonia Dynamics in a
Rotating Thermal Medium.
Yuvraj Singh Jamwal (BS-MS), IISER
Mohali (IAS SRFP-2024):
Studying the properties of X(3872) & its
production cross section via decays
to J/ψ π+ π− in proton-proton collisions.
Surya Prakash Sahoo (BS-MS), IISER
Berhampur (IAS SRFP-2024):
Study of VDWHRG model in finite chemical potential to explore the existence of the liquid gas critical point in the QCD phase diagram.
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 in high-energy
hadronic and heavy-ion collisions.
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).
