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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 Kolkata, India to Pulak Mukhopadhyay, a biologist, and Tapati Mukhopadhyay, an academic. Mukhopadhyay's mother tongue is Bengali.
Research interests[edit | edit source]
Mukhopadhyay's research interests include black holes, white dwarfs and neutron stars (called as compact astrophysical objects),[1][2][3][4][5][6] 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.Template:Verification needed
Awards and recognition[edit | edit source]
In recognition of his work, Mukhopadhyay has received the following awards:
- B. M. Birla Science Prize in Physics, 2012,[7]
- Vainu Bappu Gold Medal, 2006,[8]Template:Verification needed
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "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.