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Wednesday, September 27, 2023

Experimental Nuclear Physics

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Tilak Kumar Ghosh
Official Address	Physics Group, Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata -700 064, INDIA e-mail: tilak[at]vecc.gov.in Phone:+91-33-23182309 (O) Fax: +91-33-23346871 Personal website: https://sites.google.com/site/tilakghosh/
Present position	> Scientific Officer (G) > Dean (Students' Affairs) : VECC-Homi Bhabha National Institute
Earlier positions held	> Research Fellow, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, INDIA, 1999-2005 > K.S. Krishnan Research Associate, Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, INDIA, 2006-2007 > Visiting Scientist, National Superconducting Cyclotron Lab, Michigan State University, USA, 2009-2010
Education	> PhD (2006) : University of Jadavpur, INDIA (Thesis title: Study of heavy ion induced fission fragment angular and mass distribution at near and sub-coulomb barrier energies) (download) > Post M.Sc. (1999) : Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, INDIA > M.Sc. (1997): Burdwan University, West Bengal, India
Research Interests	> Instrumentation and detector development > Nuclear reaction and dynamics studies with intermediate energy beam > Heavy ion induced fission studies at near barrier energies > Fusion fission and Quasi-fission for heavy and super heavy elements > Neutron spectroscopic factors from transfer reactions with radioactive ion beam
Selected Publications	1. Evidence of microscopic effects in fragment mass distribution in heavy ion induced fusion-fission reactions T. K. Ghosh, S. Pal, K.S. Golda and P. Bhattacharya Phys. Lett. B. 627, 26 (2005) 2. Sharp change over from compound nuclear fission to quasi fission T. K. Ghosh, K. Banerjee, C. Bhattacharya, S. Bhattacharya, S. Kundu, P. Mali, J. K. Meena, G. Mukherjee, S. Mukhopadhyay, T. K. Rana, P. Bhattacharya and K.S. Golda Phys. Rev. C 79, 054607 (2009) 3. No influence of a N = 126 neutron-shell closure in fission-fragment mass distributions A. Chaudhuri, T. K. Ghosh, K. Banerjee, S. Bhattacharya, Jhilam Sadhukhan, S. Kundu, C. Bhattacharya, J. K. Meena, G. Mukherjee, A. K. Saha, Md. A. Asgar, A. Dey, S. Manna, R. Pandey, T. K. Rana, P. Roy, T. Roy, V. Srivastava et al Phys. Rev. C 92, 041601 (2015) *(Rapid Communications)* 4. Fission dynamics study in ²⁴³Am and ²⁵⁴Fm K. Banerjee, T. K. Ghosh, P. Roy, S. Bhattacharya, A. Chaudhuri, C. Bhattacharya, R. Pandey, S. Kundu, G. Mukherjee, T.K. Rana, J. K. Meena, G. Mahanto, R. Dubey, N. Saneesh, P. Sugathan, R. Guin, S. Das and P. Bhattacharya Phys. Rev. C 93, 064602 (2016) 5. Fission fragment mass distributions from ²¹⁰Po and ²¹³At A. Sen, T. K. Ghosh, S. Bhattacharya, K Banerjee, C. Bhattacharya, S. Kundu, G. Mukherjee, A. Asgar, A. Dey, A. Dhal, Md. Moin Shaikh, J.K. Meena, S. Manna, R. Panday, T.K. Rana, P.Roy, T. Roy, V. Srivastava and P. Bhattacharya Phys. Rev. C 96, 064609 (2017)
Awards & Fellowships	1998: Qualified National Eligibility Test (CSIR-NET) 2005: Best thesis award by the Indian Physics Association 2006: K.S. Krishnan Research Associateship Award by the Dept. of Atomic Energy, Govt of India 2008: Young Scientist Award by the Dept. of Atomic Energy, Govt of India 2009: Indo-US Science and Technology Forum Research Fellowship Award 2014: Member, DAE Group Achievement Award (for the development of gas based detector) 2017: Scientific and Technical Excellence Award 2016
Talks Delivered (Selected)	1. Title: Fission Gamma Rays Discussion meeting for an underground facility in India August 6, 2022, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India Invited talk 2. Title: Opportunities of Research & Experimental Facilities at VECC: What do we have ? What do we do ? 30th May, 2022 UGC-DAE CSR, Kolkata Centre. Invited talk 3. Title: Search for High Energy Gamma Rays in Fission: Challenges and joy of doing an experiment at the Jaduguda Underground Lab Nuclear Physics Workshop, April 13, 2022, SV National Institute of Technology, Surat, INDIA Invited talk (online) 4. Title: A general review and prospects on nuclear fission research Nuclear Physics Workshop, April 12, 2022, SV National Institute of Technology, Surat, INDIA Invited talk (online) 5. Title: Hunt for high energy gamma rays from fission at the Jadugoda Underground Laboratory (JUSL) National Conference on Low Energy Nuclear Reaction Dynamics March 9, 2022, Aligarh Muslim University, INDIA Invited talk (online) 6. Title: Search for energetic light quanta from fission in a dark matter laboratory October 29, 2021, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, INDIA ASET Colloquium (online) 7. Title: Detectors for Nuclear Physics Research Workshop on Advanced Radiation Detector and Instrumentation in Nuclear and Particle Physics (RAPID2021) October 26, 2021, University of Jammu, INDIA Invited talk (online) 8. Title: Gas detectors and their relevance in fission studies "Quest abound with radiation around": Faculty Development Program, Central University of Jharkhand December 8, 2020, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, INDIA Invited talk (online) 9. Title: Study of shell effects and quasi-fission of heavy and super heavy elements Centenary celebration conference on nuclear structure and nuclear reaction March 3, 2020, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, INDIA Invited talk 10. Title: Exploring fission dynamics of heavy and super heavy elements International Conference on New Frontiers in Nuclear Physics October 15, 2019, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, INDIA Invited talk 11. Title: Detector activities in Nuclear Physics at VECC Asian Forum for Accelerators and Detectors (AFAD-2019) February 15, 2019, Inter University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi, INDIA Invited talk 12. Title: In the fission valleys of HE and SHE The fourth International Conference on Application of RadiotraCers and Energetic Beams in Sciences (ARCEBS-2018) November 13, 2018, Ffort Raichak, INDIA Invited talk 13. Title: Shell effects and fission dynamics of HE and SHE International Conference on Nuclear, Particle and Accelerator Physics (ICNPAP 2018) October 24, 2018, Central University of Jharkhand, Ranchi, INDIA Invited talk 14. Title: Day one physics experiment at FRENA One day meeting on “Physics With FRENA” August 3, 2018, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, INDIA Presented talk 15. Title: Exploring fission valleys Theme meeting on “New Horizons in Heavy-ion induced Fission and Nuclear Data Applications” June 22, 2018, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, INDIA Invited talk 16. Title: Search for high energy gamma rays in nuclear fission (First National Level Collaboration Meeting on Dark Matter search Experiment at Jaduguda Underground Science Laboratory) April 12, 2018, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, INDIA Invited talk 17. Title: Fusion fission and quasi-fission of HE and SHE (Dynamics of nuclear fusion and fission process: A discussion meeting) February 21, 2018, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, INDIA Invited talk 18. Title: Detectors for Nuclear Physics (Bose Institute Centenary Celebration, National conference on advanced detectors on nuclear, high energy and astro-particle physics) February 15, 2017, Bose Institute, Kolkata, INDIA Invited talk 19. Title: Trekking through the fusion meadows and fission valleys (DAE symposium on nuclear physics) December 06, 2016, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, INDIA Invited talk 20. Title: Quasi-fission and fusion fission process (Workshop on recent trends in nuclear physics) September 15, 2015, Inter University Acclerator Centre, New Delhi, INDIA Invited talk 21. Title: Fusion fission dynamics study using mass distribution as a probe (International conference on 75 Years of Nuclear Fission: Present Status and future perspectives ) May 8, 2014, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai, INDIA Invited talk 22. Title: Opportunities and facilities to study nuclear reaction dynamics at VECC (Awareness workshop on research opportunities using VECC facilities) June 28, 2013, Sri Satya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prashanti Nilayam, INDIA Invited talk 23. Title: Probing magicity in nuclei (First Indo-US Research Fellowship conclave) March 13, 2013, J.W. Marriott Hotel, Pune, INDIA Invited talk 24. Title: Fusion-Fission Studies in Kolkata (International Workshop on Future Plan with Radioactive Ion Beam 2012 ) April 16, 2012, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, INDIA Invited talk 25. Title: Quasi-fission near the Coulomb barrier energy (DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics 2011 ) December 26, 2011, Andhra University, Viskhapatnam, INDIA Invited talk 26. Title: Quasi-fission and status of super heavy element (Theme Meeting on Nucleus Nucleus Collision Around Fermi Energy [NNCAFE 2010] ) December 16, 2010, VECC, Kolkata, INDIA Invited talk 27. Title: Study of fusion fission and quasi-fission near Coulomb barrier September 23, 2009, NSCL, Michigan State University, USA Seminar 28. Title: Change over from compound nuclear fission to quasi-fission May 19, 2009, GANIL, Caen, FRANCE Seminar 29. Title: Sharp change over from compound nuclear fission to quasi-fission (4th International Workshop on Nuclear Fission and Fission Product Spectroscopy) May 14, 2009, Cadarache, FRANCE Presented talk 30. Title: Study of fission dynamics in heavy ion-induced reactions (6^th Summer School on exotic beam physics) August 9, 2007, NSCL, Michigan State University, USA Presented talk 31.Title: Study of fusion fission dynamics near the coulomb barrier energies March 13, 2007, VECC, Kolkata, INDIA Seminar 32. Title: Fission fragment angular and mass distribution studies at near and sub-coulomb barrier energies January 17, 2006, GSI, Darmstadt, GERMANY Invited talk 33. Title: Study of heavy ion induced fission fragment angular and mass distribution at near and sub-coulomb barrier energies December 15, 2005, BARC, Mumbai, INDIA Best Thesis Presentation Award at DAE symposium on Nuclear Physics 34. Title: Microscopic effects in fragment mass distributions in heavy ion induced fission reactions July 23, 2005, NSCL, Michigan State University, USA Seminar 35. Title: Evidence of microscopic effects in fragment mass distributions in heavy ion induced fission reactions July 21, 2005, Argonne National Laboratory, USA Seminar 36. Title: First observation of quasi-fission in reaction ²⁰Ne + ²³²Th March 22, 2005, Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata, INDIA Seminar 37. Title: Study of mass distributions for the systems ¹⁶O, ¹²C + ²³²Th (Accelerator User Presentation) April 12, 2004, Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi, INDIA Presented talk 38. Title: Mass distribution study of ¹⁶O + ²⁰⁹Bi (DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics) December, 2002, Tirunelvelli, INDIA Presented talk 39. Title: Mass and angular distribution study for the systems ¹⁹F + ²⁰⁹Bi, ²³²Th (Accelerator User Presentation) September 17, 2002, Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi, INDIA Presented talk 40. Title: Study of mass and angular distribution in heavy ion induced reaction (Thesis proposal presentation; Accelerator User Committee Workshop) July 6-7, 2001, Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi, INDIA Presented talk 41. Title: Research and development work at SINP for ALICE (Third SERC School on Experimental High Energy Physics) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, February 12, 2000, Mumbai, INDIA Presented talk