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I work in the Astronomy and Astrophysics Group of the Raman Research Institute (RRI), in Bangalore. I mostly study rotating neutron stars and black holes in our galaxy and its satellites and I have my favourite X-ray stars. I also work as a Co-editor of the COSPAR publication Advances in Space Research and Scientific Editor of the journal Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics.




Ongoing experiments:

X-ray Polarimeter
ASTROSAT


Opportunities in our laboratory

Members of the X-ray laboratory

Paul, B.
Rishin, P. V.
Gopala Krishna, M R
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Personal Information:
Present Position     Post-doctoral work     At TIFR     Visiting positions
Research Interests
List of publications
PhD Thesis: Timing Studies of Some X-ray Binaries, Advisor: Prof. P. C. Agrawal, 1997, TIFR, Mumbai University
Contact address: bpaul@rri.res.in
My family:

Tracing my roots:
Where I was born    Where I grew up    My University   

Experiments participated:
Balloon borne Hard X-ray telescope
Indian X-ray Astronomy Experiment (IXAE) on the satellite IRS-P3, 1996-2000


Graduate students:


Visiting Students at RRI:
Archana M., MG University, Kottayam, February-August 2011, Optical reprocessing of thermonuclear X-ray bursts (jointly supervised with Lakshmi Saripalli)
Kedar Phadke, IIST, July-August 2011, Acrretion torque on X-ray pulsars
Abhimanyu S., IIST, July-August 2011, Broad band X-ray spectrum of compact X-ray sources
Aarthi Ramesh, Academy visiting student, June-July 2011, Energy dependence of the eclipse shape of X-ray binaries
Gandhari Wattal, IIT Guwahati, May-June 2011, Spectral variations of LMXBs in nearby galaxies
Jeena Samuel, MG University, Kottayam, February-April 2011, Orbital optical intensity modulation of X-ray binaries (jointly supervised with Lakshmi Saripalli)
Monika Devi Soraisam, November 2010 - January 2011   Thermonuclear X-ray Bursts
Malay Ganai, June 2010   Broad Band X-ray Spectroscopy
Kshitij Tyagi, May 2009 - July 2009   Semiconductor X-ray Detectors
Pallavi Roychoudhary, December 2008 - January 2009   X-ray Data Analysis Software Development
Pushkar Kopparla, December 2008   X-ray Data Analysis Software Development
Akshata Mohan, March 2009 - April 2009   X-ray Polarimeter Calibration
D. Preethi, December 2008 - May 2009   X-ray Polarimeter Calibration
Shwetha Chandra, August 2008 - February 2009   Electronics and Controls
Marykutty James, August 2007-August 2008   X-ray Polarimeter
Jincy Devasia, August 2007 - August 2008   X-ray Polarimeter
Smritikana Dutta, May-June 2007   Stability of the Crab Pulse Profile
Devaky Kunneriath, October 2006 - January 2007   Monte Carlo simulation of energy response of the LAXPC detectors

Project students at TIFR:
Aseem Paranjape, 2005,       X-ray Timing Study of Neutron Stars (PSR B1509-58 and MSPs)
Samarth Chandra, 2004,       Development of a Proportional Counter Thompson X-ray Polarimeter
Madhusmita Das, 2004,        Characterising the ASTROSAT-LAXPC Signal Processing Electronics
Anupam Das, 2002,               Phase Resolved Spectroscopy of Accretion Powered X-ray Pulsars
Surajit Dasgupta, 2002,         X-ray Polarisation Measurements with a CdZnTe Detector
Punyabrata Pradhan, 2001,   Determination of Orbital Parameters of X-ray Binaries by Pulse Timing

VSRP students at TIFR:
Kaustubh Joshi, 2005,                      Pulse Timing Studies of 4U 1626-67
Darshana Ramachandran, 2003,       Search for Volcanic Sites on Neutron Stars
Soumyadeep Samui, 2001,               X-ray Polarisation Measurements in Laboratory

Proud member of these professional bodies:
International Astronomical Union
Astronomical Society of India
Committee on Space Research (COSPAR associate)

Conferences/Workshops Organised:
"Multi-Colour Universe", TIFR, September 11-14, 2001
1st ASTROSAT workshop on "Pulsar Astrophysics", TIFR, February 11-17, 2002
"Workshop on Supernovae, Gamma Ray Bursts and Pulsars", TIFR, January 19-23, 2004
2nd ASTROSAT workshop on "Black Hole Astrophysics", BARC, Mumbai, May 11-16, 2004
COSPAR Colloquium on "Spectra and Timing of Compact X-ray Binaries", TIFR, Jnuary 17-21, 2005
3rd ASTROSAT workshop on "Active Galactic Nuclei", M. L. S. University, Udaipur, December 21-29, 2005
"Workshop on Study of Emission from Hot Diffuse Gas with ASTROSAT", Christ College, Bangalore, December 27, 2006 - January 3, 2007
"Astrophysical Studies of Neutron Stars from Multiwavelengths Observations", 37th COSPAR Seicntific Assembly, Montreal, Canada , 13-20 July 2008
"11th COSPAR Capacity Building Workshop", RRI, Bangalore, 8-19 February, 2010
Winter School on High Energy Astrophysics: Accretion onto Compact Objects, HRI, Allahabad, February 6-18, 2012

Astrophysics with HMXBs, at the 39th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Mysore, 14-22 July, 2012
Neutron Stars: Inside and Outside, 18-19 October, 2012, SINP, Kolkata
Accreting Neutron Stars, at the 40th COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Moscow, 2-10 August, 2014

Upcoming Conferences/Workshops of Interest:
X-ray Polarimetry: Experiments and Science Prospects, at the 41st COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Istanbul, 30 July - 7 August, 2016

A Broadband Perspective on Massive X-ray Binaries: Towards a Unified Picture, at the 41st COSPAR Scientific Assembly, Istanbul, 30 July - 7 August, 2016


X-ray and Gamma-ray Missions:
MAXI    Fermi    SUZAKU    CHANDRA     XMM     INTEGRAL     XTE    Swift    BeppoSAX    ASCA    CGRO   

Journals:
ApJ    AJ    ApJS    MNRAS    A&A    PASJ    PASP    RAA    AdSpR    JApA   
Nature    Science    Physics-Today    SciAm    Sky&Tel   

Useful astronomy links:
HEASARC    STScI    XTE Archive    XTE-ASM Light Curves    Zombeck Handbook    ADS    IAUC    Astronomy meetings    astro-ph   

Work related useful links:
Getting started with LaTeX    More on LaTeX    Merriam-Webster Dictionary   
Linux astronomy HOWTO    Linux for High Energy Astrophysicist   

Astronomy Groups/Institutes in India :
RRI    ARIES    IIA    IUCAA    TIFR-DAA    TIFR-NCRA    TIFR-DHEP    PRL    ISAC    IISc-JAP    JAP    PRL-USO    SNBNCBS    HRI    IIT-KGP    CSP-Kolkata    Delhi University    Utkal University    Osmania University   

Links within RRI:
Computers    Library    Contact    People    RRI_local_net   

Other useful links:
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Newspapers:
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Link to LAXPC data reduction guide