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Banibrata Mukhopadhyay is an Indian Scientist/Astrophysicist and a professor of Physics at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, born at Kolkatta, India to Pulak Mukhopadhyay, a biologist, and Tapati Mukhopadhyay, an academician. Mukhopadhyay's mother tongue is Bengali.
Mukhopadhyay's work, first with his students and then with collaborators, has identified a mechanism to allow significantly super-Chandrasekhar white dwarfs to exist without collapsing into neutron stars[verification needed], which could explain the origin of over-luminous type Ia supernovae.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The idea of super-chandrashekar White-Dwarfs and their new mass-limit was proposed by physicists in the later 20th century, however, Mukhopadhyay's work on these stars is yet to be confirmed by direct observation (unlike by indirect over-luminous type Ia supernovae). He has also proposed a solution to the century-old problem of the origin of linear instability and subsequent turbulence and matter transport in Rayleigh-stable pure hydrodynamical shear flows, which could explain turbulence in accretion disks[verification needed]. This idea is to be confirmed by laboratory experiments. His another work is able to predict the spin of black holes.[verification needed].[7][8][9][10]
Research interests edit
Mukhopadhyay's research interests include black holes, white dwarfs and neutron stars (called as compact astrophysical objects),[11][12][13][14][15][16] in general, relativistic, high energy and nuclear astrophysics; astrophysical fluid dynamics and other related/similar fluid flows; Einstein's general relativity and its possible modifications and their applications to understand enigmatic astrophysical observations; and field theory in curved spacetime including baryogenesis.[verification needed]
His work on Fluid Dynamics was featured in the Indian Express newspaper.[17]
Awards and recognition edit
In recognition of his work, Mukhopadhyay has received the following awards:
- B. M. Birla Science Prize in Physics, 2012,[18]
- Vainu Bappu Gold Medal, 2006,[19][verification needed]
References edit
- ^ "Fatter than laureate's limit- Indian astrophysicists revise sacrosanct number". The Telegraph. 19 February 2013. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "Extremely bright supernovae may break the Chandrasekhar limit". Physics World. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "New mass limit for white dwarfs". Nature India. 20 February 2013. doi:10.1038/nindia.2013.27. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "Indian physicists crack puzzle of exploding stars". The Telegraph. 16 April 2015. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "New Mass Limit for White Dwarfs: Explains Super-Chandrasekhar Type Ia Supernovae". 2Physics. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "IISc scientist's paper explains the existence of super luminous supernova". The Times of India. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "Two Indian Institute of Science scientists crack mystery of black holes". The Times of India. 21 September 2013. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
- ^ "And then came gravity waves". The Week. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "If a black hole spins, it is heavier". Nature India. 26 August 2013. doi:10.1038/nindia.2013.113. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "Calcutta scholars shine light on black holes". Nature India. 26 August 2013. Archived from the original on 30 August 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "Fatter than laureate's limit- Indian astrophysicists revise sacrosanct number". The Telegraph. 19 February 2013. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "Extremely bright supernovae may break the Chandrasekhar limit". Physics World. 12 February 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "New mass limit for white dwarfs". Nature India. 20 February 2013. doi:10.1038/nindia.2013.27. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "Indian physicists crack puzzle of exploding stars". The Telegraph. 16 April 2015. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "New Mass Limit for White Dwarfs: Explains Super-Chandrasekhar Type Ia Supernovae". 2Physics. 16 April 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "IISc scientist's paper explains the existence of super luminous supernova". The Times of India. 28 March 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "From the lab: Decoding black holes via fluid dynamics". Nature India. 6 July 2016. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "B.M. Birla Science Prizes announced". The Hindu. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ^ "ASI Awards". Archived from the original on 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2016.