• Gravitational Waves

We are an upcoming group in the Physics department of IIT Madras with primary emphasis on Optical Tweezers based study of statistical mechanics and biological systems. We are essentially going to divide our time for two topics, namely, High Resolution Imaging based systems and Optical Tweezers based systems. We would like to couple high resolution imaging systems to optical tweezers to study biological systems. Optical Tweezers are a tightly focused beam of light which generates a three dimensional potential well for trapping microparticles. These can not only be used to apply and detect controlled forces but also controlled torques upon using birefringent microparticles. We would like to couple single cells to the optical tweezers, to probe both inside the cell and on the membrane. We would also like to enhance optical tweezers intrumentation to sense forces on cells passively without actually applying a force directly.

• PH19D018 - KAUSHIK PAUL
• PH19D057 - DIVYAJYOTI
• PH20D008 - M LAXMAN

• Testing the binary black hole nature of a compact binary coalescence. N. V. Krishnendu, K. G. Arun, Chandra Kant Mishra. Physical Review Letters. 119 . 091101. 2017.
• Testing general relativity using gravitational wave signals from the inspiral, merger and ringdown of binary black holes. Abhirup Ghosh, Nathan K. Johnson-McDaniel, Archisman Ghosh, Chandra Kant Mishra, Parameswaran Ajith, Walter Del Pozzo, Christopher P. L. Berry, Alex B. Nielsen, Lionel London. arXiv:1704.06784. 2017.
• Accurate inspiral-merger-ringdown gravitational waveforms for non-spinning black-hole binaries including the effect of subdominant modes. Ajit Kumar Mehta, Chandra Kant Mishra, Vijay Varma, Parameswaran Ajith. arXiv:1708.03501. 2017.
• Gravitational-wave phasing for low-eccentricity inspiralling compact binaries to 3PN order. Blake Moore, Marc Favata, K. G. Arun, Chandra Kant Mishra. Physical Review D. 93. 124061. 2016.
• Testing general relativity using golden black-hole binaries. Abhirup Ghosh, Archisman Ghosh, Nathan K. Johnson-McDaniel, Chandra Kant Mishra, Parameswaran Ajith, Walter Del Pozzo, David A. Nichols, Yanbei Chen, Alex B. Nielsen, Christopher P. L. Berry, Lionel London. Physical Review D. 94 . 021101. 2016.
• Ready-to-use post-Newtonian gravitational waveforms for binary black holes with non-precessing spins: An update. Chandra Kant Mishra, Aditya Kela, K. G. Arun, Guillaume Faye. Physical Review D. 93 . 084054. 2016.
• Third post-Newtonian gravitational waveforms for compact binary systems in general orbits: Instantaneous terms. Chandra Kant Mishra, K. G. Arun, Bala R. Iyer. Physical Review D. 91. 084040. 2015.
• Synergy of short gamma ray burst and gravitational wave observations: Constraining the inclination angle of the binary and possible implications for off-axis gamma ray bursts. K. G. Arun, Hideyuki Tagoshi, Archana Pai, Chandra Kant Mishra. Physical Review D. 90. 024060. 2014.
• Parameter estimation of neutron star-black hole binaries using an advanced gravitational-wave detector network: Effects of the full post-Newtonian waveform. Hideyuki Tagoshi, Chandra Kant Mishra, Archana Pai, K. G. Arun. Physical Review D. 90. 024053. 2014.

• 2017: (Jul - Nov) - EP2100-Introduction to Engineering Optics
• 2018: (Jan-May) - PH1020 Physics II; (Jul - Nov) - PH1010 Physics I
• 2019: (Jan-May) - PH2070 Introduction to Biological Physics; (Jul - Nov) - EP2100 Introduction to Engineering Optics/ PH5060 Physics Lab I (PG)
• 2020: (Jan-May) - EP3291 Engineering Physics Lab IV/ PH2070 Introduction to Biological Physics; (Jul - Nov) - EP2100 Introduction to Engineering Optics/ PH5060 Physics Lab I (PG)
• 2021: (Jan-May) - PH1020 Physics II; (Jul - Nov) - PH1010 Physics I
• 2022: (Jan-May) - PH1030 Physics Laboratory I / PH2070 Introduction to Biological Physics ; (Jul - Nov) - PH1010 Physics I
• 2023: (Jan-May) - PH1030 Physics Laboratory I / PH2080 Physics Lab IV ; (Jul - Nov) - PH6022 Introduction to Nanoscience
• 2024: (Jan-May) - PH1020 Physics II ; (Jul - Nov) - PH3110 Electromagnetics and Applications
• 2025: (Jan-May) - PH2070 Introduction to Biological physics