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Tapobrata Sarkar
PhD (IMSc Chennai)
Professor, Department of Physics
Research Interest
High Energy Astrophysical phenomena, Strong Gravity, Tidal Disruption Events, Quantum Information
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Department of Physics
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016
Research Area
High Energy Physics Theory
Education
PhD, IMSc, Chennai 1999.
M.Sc., Research, Anna University (work done at IMSc, Chennai), 1995.
B.Sc., Presidency College (University of Calcutta) 1993
Teaching Area
Classical Mechanics
Quantum Mechanics
Mathematical Physics
Electrodynamics
Special and General Relativity
Quantum Field Theory
Selected Publications
Strong gravitational lensing by wormholes, with R. Shaikh, P. Banerjee, S. Paul
JCAP 07 (2019) 028
A novel gravitational lensing feature by wormholes, with R. Shaikh, P. Banerjee, S. Paul
Phys.Lett.B 789 (2019)
On the thermodynamic geometry of BTZ black holes, with G. Sengupta and B. N. Tiwari
JHEP 11 (2006) 015
Constraining alternatives to the Kerr black hole, with R. Shaikh, K. Pal, K. Pal
Mon.Not.Roy.Astron.Soc. 506 (2021)
On link invariants and topological string amplitudes, with P. Ramadevi
Nucl.Phys.B 600 (2001)
Analytical approach to strong gravitational lensing from ultracompact objects, with R. Shaikh, P. Banerjee, S. Paul
Phys.Rev.D 99 (2019)
Awards & Fellowships
P. K. Kelkar fellowship IIT Kanpur 2009 – 2012.
IRCC Research & Industrial Consultancy Award, IIT Bombay : Best Paper award of 2006 (Paper reviewed by Nobel Laureate).
Editorial Board Member of ISRN High Energy Physics (Hindawi).
Invited Lead Guest Editor for the Special Issue titled ``Information Geometry: from Black Holes to Condensed Matter Systems,'' published by Advances in High Energy Physics (impact factor : 3.5).
USV Chair professor, July 2022 - July 2025