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Abhijit Bhattacharyya, PhD
OTA ID#: 103000
| Education Experience: |
BSc , Physics (Hons.), Chemistry, Mathematics, University of Calcutta, 1991 MSc, Physics, Computer Appli(Special), Plasma(elective), Jadavpur UNiversity, Calcutta, 1996 Ph D, Science (Planetary ring dynamics), Jadavpur University, 2001 |
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| Focus of Study: | Astrophysics, Numerical simulation in hydrodynamics, Plasma Physics -- theory and experiments, Virtual Observatory. |
| Awards: | Dept. of Science & Technology (DST), Young Scientist Fast Track award - 2003 |
| Publications: | Design, Fabrication and Characterization of a capacitively coupled RF discharge plasma system, Manoranjan
Khan and Abhijit Bhattacharyya, (accepted to) Indian Journal of Physics, Jan 2003. How Thick are the Saturn’s Rings, Chakrabarti S. K. and Bhattacharyya Abhijit, Bulletin of Astronomical Society of India (BASI), 30, 3, 2002. Constraints on the C-ring parameters of Saturn at the Titan -1:0 resonance, Chakrabarti Sandip K. and Bhattacharyya Abhijit, Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS), 326, L23-L26, 2001. Theoretical study of constraints on the C-ring parameters of Saturn at the Titan -1:0 resonance, Bhattacharyya Abhijit and Chakrabarti S. K., 32nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, NASA Johnson Space Center, USA, Mar 12-16,2001, No. 1046 (available from NASA adsabs service INTERNET). Non-linear vortices in planetary ionosphere, Bhattacharyya Abhijit, YATI-99, organized by S. N. Bose National Center for Basic Sciences, Calcutta, published in Indian Journal of Physics B, 73, 6, 1999. Electron-molecule interaction on electron distributions on Argon plasma produced by RF discharges and the Monte Carlo analysis, Bhattacharyya Abhijit, Basu A. M., Vidyasagar University Journal of Physical Sciences, 4,1998. |
| Work Experience: | Research Wing, M. P. Birla Planetarium, Calcutta
1996-1997 Junior Scientist Department of Physics 1998-2001 I designed and fabricated RF discharged plasma system equipped with dusty plasma experiments, gas processing with allied electronics for data grabbing at PC, processing with neural network techniques in LINUX, analysis of Voyager data obtained from NASA JPL for planetary ring dynamics. Also developed MPI based codes for plasma interactions. S. N. Bose National Center for Basic Sciences 2001-2002 I worked as post-doctoral fellow to develop 3-dimensional simulation codes for accretion disk using smoothed particle hydrodynamics in normal and MPI versions. Inter University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics 2002-present Working as post-doctoral fellow to develop Virtual Observatory. I am caring for the scientific side to develop the late ideas of Virtual Observatories. Center for Space Physics 2001-Present I am honorary scientist of this institute for advising computer networks and simulation techniques. Jadavpur University, Calcutta 1998 - 2001 Experience of teaching advanced physics with experiments and theory for engineering depts. |
| Skills & Achievements: | Experience in developing, planning of RF discharged plasma experiments.
Programming known for C, C++, Java, FORTRAN in UNIX, LINUX, windows etc. with parallelization techniques etc. Teaching of physics. |
| Career Interests: | 1. I plan to accept professorship at colleges/universities or scientist-ship at research institutes. |
| Outside Interests: | Traveling, listening to songs, reading stories (Bengali). |
| Message to Students and/or Parents: |
I feel that learning is part of life. I like to answer from different angles so that students can develop their own radical thinking capability. |
| Postings Answered: | 86 |
| Cumulative OTA Rating: | 4.7/5 What is OTA Rating? |
- Compare the stars found in the galactic disk - Compare the stars found in the galactic disk (where the sun is located), also known as Population I stars, with the stars in the halo of our galaxy, known as Population II stars. **** Minimum 100 ...
- Understanding where the Sun's energy comes from. - Why do astronomers infer that the Sun's energy comes from nuclear fusion reactions? How do we know it does not come from chemical burning?
- Describe the nature of the material between the stars, and how is it observed? - Describe the nature of the material between the stars, and how is it observed? **** Minimum 100 words - Cite all sources / urls *******
- The fate of stars after they burn out. - What kind of stars eventually become white dwarfs? What kind eventually become supernovae? What will be the ultimate fate of the sun? Why?
- Files and Streams - Information about computer terminals in a computer network is maintained in a file. The terminals are numbered 1 through 100, and information about the nth terminal is stored in the nth line of the f ...
- How are planets detected around other stars? - How are planets detected around other stars? **** Minimum 100 words - Cite all sources / urls
- An explanation for stars' brightness is listed. - When we look at stars in the sky, we see a wide range of brightness. This job explains the factors that would make one star appear brighter than another.
- Understanding what electromagnetic waves are and comparing the different types of wavelengths. - Light is one form of electromagnetic radiation. What are electromagnetic waves and what other types are there besides light? Compare their wavelengths.
- DOS, Disks, and Files - Construct a randome file of the sines of all angles from 0 degrees to 90 degrees. Make each entry accurate to three places. Write a program that will display the sine of any angle typed on the keybo ...
- What knowledge do comets, meteors, and meteorites solar system? - 10. What knowledge do comets, meteors, and meteorites provide to studies of the origin of the solar system? (Please provide all references and complete Urls)
- Stars - Describe what Black Holes are and how they form. Can stars or other planets orbit a Black Hole? Explain why or why not. Why are O and B stars the brightest in open clusters? Why are red giants th ...
- Operations and Expressions - In a certain region, pesticide can be sprayed from an iairplane only if the temperature is at least 70 degrees, the relative humidity is between 15 and 35%, and the wind speed is at most 10 miles per ...
- What factors determine whether a planet has atmosphere? - 8. What factors determine whether a planet has a thick, thin, or no atmosphere? (Please provide all references and complete Urls)
- C+ programing - Write a program that includes a function PICNIC() that will accept a floating-point number TOTAL and the addresses of the interger variables HOTDOGS, HAMBURGERS,SALAD,PICKLES. The passed floating-poin ...
- Semiconductor Light Detectors - A p-n photodiode acts as a photocell, the circuit is shown in this document. Outline the band profile of the diode for infinitely large RL for different levels of illumination.
- How do I execute my java programming? - How do I execute my java programming?
- Solenoid - A 40.0-mA current is carried by a uniformly wound air-core solenoid with 450 turns, a 15.0-mm diameter, and 12.0-cm length. Compute (a) the magnetic field inside the solenoid, (b) the magnetic flux ...
- Spectroscopic States - List the spectroscopic states (energy levels in the usual notation (2S+1)^L, that can arise from: one particle with S=1/2,L=3 one particle with S=2,L=1 two particles with s1=1/2,s2=1,L= ...
- On the invariance of Lorentz transformations. - Show that E^2-B^2 and vec{E}.vec{B} are invariant under a Lorentz transformation.
- This problem deals with interaction of charged particle bounded by Coulomb interaction accoridng to classical radiation theory. - A particle with mass m and electric charge q is bound by the Coulomb interaction to an infinitely massive particle with electric charge -q. At t=0 its orbit is (approximately) a circle of radius R. At ...
