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
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:
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Uddipan Mukherjee (PhD 2007), TIFR, Mumbai Stellar winds in X-ray binaries
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Harsha Raichur (PhD 2009), JAP-IISc Orbital evolution of X-ray binaries
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Ramanpreet Kaur (PhD 2009), ARIES, Nainital (PhD student collaborator) Multi-wavelength studies of X-ray binaries
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Chetna Jain (PhD 2010), Delhi University, Delhi (PhD student collaborator) X-ray Pulsar Timing
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Marykutty James (PhD 2013), MG University, Kottayam (jointly supervised with Dr. Indulekha) Power Density Spectra of Accreting X-ray Pulsars
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Chandreyee maitra (PhD 2014), JAP-IISc High magnetic field neutron stars: cyclotron lines and polarization
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Jincy Devasia (PhD 2014), MG University, Kottayam (jointly supervised with Dr. Indulekha) Pulse Profiles of Accreting X-ray Pulsars
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Aru Beri (PhD 2016), IIT-Ropar (jointly supervised), Timing and Spectral Studies of Neutron Star X-ray Binaries
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Nazma Islam (PhD 2016), JAP-IISc The many facets of variabilities in X-ray binaries
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Pragati Pradhan (PhD 2016 submitted), North Bengal University (jointly supervised with Dr. B. C. Paul) Pulse profile studies and hard X-ray properteis of Neutron Stars
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Gayathri Raman (2011-**), RRI, X-ray Reprocessing
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Nafisa Aftab (2012-**), RRI, X-ray Pulsars
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Varun (2013-**), RRI, X-ray Instrumentation
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:
Yahoo
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Google
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Newspapers:
Samachar
TOI
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HT
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Link to LAXPC data reduction guide