THEORETICAL ASTROPHYSICS

Major research interests:


  • Solar Physics, Helioseismology

  • Spin Evolution of Neutron Stars, Accretion-powered Pulsars

  • Relativistic Astrophysics around Black Holes

  • Nucleosynthesis, Extinction of dinosaurs

  • Supernovae, Nuclear Astrophysics

  • Gravitational Lensing, Large scale structure and Cosmology

  • General Relativity, Quantum gravity, Gravitational collapse



Associated Members

Regular Members:
Telephone Office E-mail address (@tifr.res.in) Research Interest
H. M. ANTIA 2514 A260 antia Helioseismology
P. GHOSH 2537 A267 pranab Accretion, Neutron Stars, Black Holes, Star Clusters
A. GOPAKUMAR 2537 A267 gopu Gravitational wave
P. S. JOSHI 2486 A255 psj General Relativity and Cosmology
D. NARASIMHA 2351 A266 dna Cosmology, Gravitational Lensing
A. K. RAY 2485 A257 akr Supernovae, Nuclear Astrophysics and Pulsars
T. P. Singh 2600 A264 tpsingh General Relativity, Quantum Gravity, Cosmology

Visiting Fellows:
Daniele Malafarina (August 2009-) 2289 A253 malafarina General Relativity
Lekshmi Resmi (January 2010-) 2289 A253 resmi Gamma Ray Bursts

Research Scholars:
H. H. Bhadkamkar (2005-) 2624 A270 harshalhb High Energy Astrophysics, Neutron Stars
S. Bhattacharya (2005-) 2380 A272 swastik General Relativity
Sayan Chakraborti 2677 A272 sayan Supernovae
Anya Chaudhuri (2007-) anya Cosmology
S. S. Khedekar (2005-) 2380 A272 satejk Cosmology
Pankaj Kushwaha (2008-) 2380 A272 pankaj
Kinjalk Lochan (2007-) 2380 A272 kinjalk General Relativity
Pradeep Mandar Patil 2677 A261 mandarp General Relativity
Satyabrata Sahu 2677 A261 satyabrata General Relativity