Research Areas: A. Ray
Supernovae:
Multiwaveband studies of supernovae and hypernovae
Stellar collapse, explosion and presupernova evolution
Nuclear and Particle Astrophysics of supernovae
Supernova phenomenology.
Compact stellar remnants: pulsars and white dwarfs in CVs:
Multiwaveband studies of single pulsars
Pulsars and Cataclysmic Variables in binary systems and globular clusters
Neutron star structure, cooling and thermal properties
Magnetic fields in pulsars and white dwarfs (in CVs)
Plasma and hydromagnetic effects in astrophysics:
Hydromagnetic stability, solar corona
Other past research:
Biophysics: Protein folding
Amorphous semiconductors