Rahul Basu Memorial Award (2018-2020)

It is our great pleasure to declare the winners of the Rahul Basu Memorial award for the best theses in High Energy Physics in the period 2018-2020. 

Winners: 

Dr P.K. Resmi, IIT Madras,  

Thesis Title: Measurement of the CKM angle 𝜑3 from 𝐵± → 𝐷(𝐾s0𝜋+𝜋-𝜋0)𝐾± decays and future prospects. 

Dr. Manibrata Sen, TIFR, Mumbai 

Thesis title: New aspects of supernova neutrino flavour conversions: In the standard model and beyond. 

Honorable Mention: 

Dr. Chandrodoy Chattopadhyay, TIFR, Mumbai 

Thesis title: Entropy production and thermal fluctuations in higher- order dissipative hydrodynamics.

 Dr. Rafiqul Rahaman, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata 

Thesis title: Study of anomalous gauge boson self-couplings and the role of spin-1 polarizations.

 Dr. Suman Chatterjee, TIFR, Mumbai 

Thesis title: Jets as probes for precision measurements and candles for physics beyond standard model.

Congratulations to all. 

 

The award ceremony will be held as a part of the DAE symposium on High Energy Physics, 14th - 18th December, 2020 in online mode at National Institute of Science Education and Research.

 

Sincere thanks to the committee. (Bedanga Mohanty (Chair), Sunanda Bannerjee, Debashis Ghoshal, Sourendu Gupta, Rohini Godbole, Jim Libby, Sunil Mukhi, Seema Sharma)

 

This blog post is by Neelima Gupte and Sumathi Rao.

Update: The award ceremony was held online at the DAE symposium held on line and hosted at NISER, Bhubaneswar on 18th December. The awardees and the honourable mentions summarized their work. A detailed account of the talks will come up soon.

Cyclone Nivar/ A.k.a a Cyclone in the time of Covid

Here we are in cyclone season again. Cyclone Nivar coming up, right now 410 km off the coast of Chennai. As if Covid wasn't bad enough! This one is likely to hit coastal Pondicherry rather than Chennai, although all bets are off when it comes to cyclone predictions. Here is the satellite picture right now.

By now we know how to manage during cyclones. Tamil Nadu is on red alert, although there is some possibility that it may hit Andhra instead. However, no neighbouring region will escape the heavy rainfall, consequent waterlogging, and the concomitant spreading of disease. While these happen every cyclone season, the coronavirus, and its unpredictable consequences, for a phenomenon which is in the first place unpredictable, is anybody's guess. Optimists among us hope that we will escape the worst case scenarios. Wish us luck. Post script: Our luck did hold, and we escaped the worst. We can now regard this with scientific detachment and carry out a network analysis of surface temperatures.Watch this space! This blog post is by Neelima Gupte and Sumathi Rao.