Dr Surajit Paul
Associate Professor
Physics
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
| Degree | Specialisation | Institute | Year of passing |
|---|---|---|---|
| PhD | Astronomy and Astrophysics | Julius-Maximilians University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany | 2010 |
| M.Sc. | Physics | University of Pune, Pune, India | 2004 |
| B.Sc. | Physics (Honours) | Ramakrishna Mission Residential College (Narendrapur), University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India | 2002 |
Experience
| Institution / Organisation | Designation | Role | Tenure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences (MCNS, Manipal) | Associate Professor | Research and teaching | Regular since 30 June 2023 |
| Raman Research Institute (RRI, Bangalore) | Visiting Scientist | Research | October 2022 - June 2023 |
| Department of Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune | Assistant Professor | Teaching and research | December 2019 - October 2022 |
| Department of Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune | DST INSPIRE Faculty (Assistant Professor) | Teaching and research | September 2013 - September 2019 |
| Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA, Pune) | Post Doctoral Fellow and SERB Young Scientist Fellow | Research | August 2009 - September 2013 |
AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH
Area of Interest
Astronomy and Astrophysics, Cosmology
Area of Expertise
Computational Astrophysics, Radio Astronomy
Area of Research
Formation and evolution of large-scale structures (LSS; galaxy groups, clusters and filaments) of the Universe, Modelling astrophysical turbulence, particle acceleration, cosmic magnetic fields of LSS, Modelling and detection of radio synchrotron emission from LSS, Radio astronomy of galaxies, groups and clusters of galaxies, Modelling and detection of Cosmic-gamma rays from Galaxy clusters etc.
Professional Affiliations & Contributions
- Regular individual member of International Astronomical Union (IAU, Paris).
- Expert member of National Supercomputing Mission subgroup of Astrophysics and computational physics (ACP).
- Associate member of international science working groups (SWG for Continuum, Cosmology and Magnetism).
- Life member of Astronomical Society of India (ASI).
- Life member of Indian Association for General Relativity and Gravitation (IAGRG).
- Visiting faculty Associate of Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA, Pune).
Exploring diffuse radio emission in galaxy clusters and groups with uGMRT and SKA
27/02/2023 Surajit Paul, Ruta Kale, Abhirup Datta, Aritra Basu, Sharanya Sur, Viral Parekh, Prateek Gupta, Swarna Chatterjee, Sameer Salunkhe, Asif Iqbal, Mamta Pandey-Pommier, Ramij Raja, Majidul Rahaman, Somak Raychaudhury, Biman B. Nath & Subhabrata Majumdar
Plans for building a prototype SKA regional centre in India.
2022 Dr Surajit Paul
Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy.
The radio source in Abell 980: A Detached-Double-Double Radio Galaxy?
Gopal-Krishna, Surajit Paul, Sameer Salunkhe, Satish Sonkamble
Journal article.
The radio source in Abell 980: A Detached-Double-Double Radio Galaxy?
2022 Gopal-Krishna, Surajit Paul, Sameer Salunkhe, Satish Sonkamble.
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia.
Exploring diffuse radio emission in galaxy clusters and groups with the uGMRT and the SKA.
02/11/2022 Surajit Paul, Ruta Kale, Abhirup Datta, Aritra Basu, Sharanya Sur, Viral Parekh, Prateek Gupta, Swarna Chatterjee, Sameer Salunkhe, Asif Iqbal, Mamta Pandey-Pommier, Ramij Raja, Majidul Rahaman, Somak Raychaudhury, Biman B. Nath, Subhabrata Majumdar.
Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy.
Deciphering the ultra-steep spectrum diffuse radio sources discovered in the cool-core cluster Abell~980
30/08/2022 Sameer Salunkhe1, Surajit Paul, Gopal Krishna, Satish Sonkamble and Shubham Bhagat
Astronomy & Astrophysics.
Extremely inverted peaked spectrum radio sources.
2021 Mukul Mhaskey, Surajit Paul, Gopal Krishna
Astronomische Nachrichten.
uGMRT detection of cluster radio emission in low-mass Planck Sunyaev–Zel’dovich clusters.
11/08/2021 Surajit Paul, Prateek Gupta, Sameer Salunkhe, Shubham Bhagat, Satish Sonkamble, Manish Hiray, Pratik Dabhade, Somak Raychaudhury
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society,. Volume 506, Issue 4, Pages 5389–5397
uGMRT HI 21-cm absorption observations of two extremely inverted spectrum sources.
Mukul Mhaskey, Surajit Paul, Neeraj Gupta, Dipanjan Mukherjee3 and Gopal-Krishna.
Astronomy & Astrophysics. Volume 643.
A low-frequency radio halo survey of the South Pole Telescope SZ-selected clusters with the GMRT.
24/11/2020 Ramij Raja, Majidul Rahaman, Abhirup Datta, Reinout J van Weeren, Huib T Intema, Surajit Paul
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 500, Issue 2, Pages 2236–2249
Diffuse radio emission in the galaxy cluster SPT-CL J2031−4037: a steep-spectrum intermediate radio halo?
21/01/2020 Ramij Raja, Majidul Rahaman, Abhirup Datta, Jack O Burns, H T Intema, R J van Weeren, Eric J Hallman, David Rapetti, Surajit Paul
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, Volume 493, Issue 1, Pages L28–L32
Radio relic and the diffuse emission trail discovered in low-mass galaxy cluster Abell 1697.
2020
Astronomy & Astrophysics. Volume 633
Probing the Origin of Diffuse Radio Emission in the Cool Core of the Phoenix Galaxy Cluster.
30/01/2020 Ramij Raja, Majidul Rahaman1, Abhirup Datta1, Jack O. Burns, Brian Alden, H. T. Intema, R. J. van Weeren, Eric J. Hallman, David Rapetti, and Surajit Paul
The Astrophysical Journal.
Manufacturing cosmic rays in the evolving dynamical states of galaxy clusters.
01/07/2019 Reju Sam John, Surajit Paul, Luigi Iapichino, Karl Mannheim, Harish Kumar
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 488, Issue 1, Pages 1301–1319.
GMRT observations of a first sample of ‘Extremely Inverted Spectrum Extragalactic Radio Sources (EISERS)’ candidates in the Northern sky.
29/08/2019 Mukul Mhaskey, Gopal-Krishna, Surajit Paul, Pratik Dabhade, Sameer Salunkhe, Shubham Bhagat, Abhijit Bendre
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 489, Issue 3, Pages 3506–3518.
Low-frequency radio study of MACS clusters at 610 and 235 MHz using the GMRT.
22/08/2019 Surajit Paul, Sameer Salunkhe, Abhirup Datta, Huib T Intema
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 489, Issue 1, Pages 446–458.
GMRT observations of extragalactic radio sources with steeply inverted spectra
01/02/2019 Mukul Mhaskey, Gopal-Krishna, Pratik Dabhade, Surajit Paul, Sameer Salunkhe, S K Sirothia
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 485, Issue 2, Pages 2447–2456
On the prospect of discovering `galaxy groups' through radio observations
2018 Surajit Paul, Prateek Gupta, Reju Sam John, Venkat Pubjabi
Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics.
Understanding 'galaxy groups' as a unique structure in the universe.
2017 S. Paul, R. S. John, P. Gupta, H. Kumar
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 471, Issue 1, Pages 2–11.
Clusters of Galaxies and the Cosmic Web with Square Kilometre Array.
2016 Ruta Kale, K. S. Dwarakanath, Dharam Vir Lal, Joydeep Bagchi, Surajit Paul, Siddharth Malu, Abhirup Datta, Viral Parekh, Prateek Sharma & Mamta Pandey-Pommier.
Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy.
Uniqueness of galaxy groups in the structural hierarchy from its radio signature.
2016 Paul, S. Gupta, P. John, R.S. Punjabi, V.
Proceedings of Science.
Spectral and polarization study of the double relics in Abell 3376 using the Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope and the Very Large Array.
2012 Kale, R. Dwarakanath, K.S. Bagchi, J. Paul, S.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Cluster merger blast wave and the mystery of ringlike radio-relic formation around some galaxy clusters
2012 Surajit Paul
Journal of Physics: Conference Series.
Discovery of the first giant double radio relic in a galaxy cluster found in the Planck Sunyaev-Zel'dovich cluster survey: PLCK G287.0+32.9.
2011 Bagchi, J. Sirothia, S.K. Werner, N. Pandge, M.B. Kantharia, N.G. Ishwara-Chandra, C.H. Gopal-Krishna Paul, S. Joshi, S.
Astrophysical Journal Letters.
Double Relics in the Outskirts of A3376: Accretion Flows Meet Merger Shocks?
2011 Kale, R. Dwarakanath, K.S. Bagchi, J. Paul, S.
Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy.
Evolution of shocks and turbulence in major cluster mergers.
2011 Paul, S. Iapichino, L. Miniati, F. Bagchi, J. Mannheim, K.
Astrophysical Journal.
Modeling of turbulent flows applied to numerical simulations of galaxy clusters
2008 Iapichino, L. Niemeyer, J.C. Adamek, J. Paul, S. Scuderi, M.
High-Performance Computing in Science and Engineering, Garching/Munich 2007 - Transactions of the 3rd Joint HLRB and KONWIHR Status and Result Workshop.
Giant ringlike radio structures around galaxy cluster Abell 3376.
2006 Bagchi, J. Durret, F. Lima Neto, G.B. Paul, S.
Science.
High & ultra-high energy cosmic ray acceleration in structure-formation shocks in Abell 3376 galaxy cluster
2005 Bagchi, J. Durret, F. Neto, G.B.L. Paul, S. Chavan, S.
National Supercomputing Mission, India: Pune, IN
2016 to present | Expert member (Application development subgroup on Astrophysics and Computational Physics) Invited position
Universität Hamburg: Hamburg, DE
2015-11 | SFB Fellowship (Hamburger Sternwarte) Distinction
International Astronomical Union: Paris, Île-de-France, FR
2020-06 to present | Individual Member (Division J Galaxies and Cosmology) Membership
Square Kilometer Array India Consortium: Pune, Maharashtra, IN
2018-02 to present | Regular; Coordinator of SP Pune University Membership
Square Kilometre Array Organisation: Macclesfield, GB
2016 to present | Associate member: Science Working Groups Membership
Astronomical Soceity of India: Bangalore, IN
2012 to present | Life Member 2101 Membership
What happens when galaxy-cluster periphery meets cosmic filaments and voids?
2013-09 to 2019-09 | Award Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology (Delhi, IN) GRANT_NUMBER: IFA12/PH44
A study on the effect of emergence and evolution of galaxy-clusters on ICM energy distribution
2012-08 to 2015-07 | Award Science and Engineering Research Board (Delhi, IN) GRANT_NUMBER: SR/FTP/PS-118/2011