Author: Mahendra IT

Date: 23/07/2024 Time & Venue: 5:30 pm, LH at the UG lab Block, PC Speaker: Dr Aru Beri, Department of Physics, IISER Mohali Title: A Holistic View of Accreting Compact Objects   Abstract: X-ray binaries, the most luminous objects, harbor the universe’s fascinating objects: neutron stars and black holes that accrete from a binary companion star. Fast X-ray… Continue reading A Holistic View of Accreting Compact Objects

Date: 22/07/2024 Time & Venue: 11 am, LH at the UG lab Block, PC Speaker: Dr. Vikram Khaire,  University of California Santa Barbara, USA Title: What is Missing in the Low-redshift Intergalactic Medium? Abstract: Understanding the intergalactic medium is crucial for comprehending galaxy evolution and structure formation. While our theoretical understanding of the high-redshift intergalactic medium (z>2) aligns… Continue reading What is Missing in the Low-redshift Intergalactic Medium?

Date & Time: 30th April 2024 (Tuesday), 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Venue:  UG lab Lecture Hall at Permanent Campus Speaker:  Dr. Kavita Babu                  Associate Professor,                  Centre of Neuroscience, IISc, Bangalore Title: “ Cool behaviours that can be studied using the little worm”. Abstract: Foraging is important for sustenance of animals. In Caenorhabditis elegans, it is an amalgam of… Continue reading Cool behaviours that can be studied using the little worm

Date: 26.04.2024 (Today).  Time and Venue: 16:30–17:30 in LH3. Speaker: Dr. Sreekar Vadlamani, TIFR CAM, Bangalore. Title: Geometry of random fields: an integral geometric view   Abstract: Given a (smooth) random function $f:\mathbb{R}^d \to \mathbb{R}$, studying its excursion sets $f^{-1}[u,\infty)$ has a long history with motivations coming from statistical hypothesis testing, cosmology, stereology, and integral geometry, to name a few.… Continue reading Geometry of random fields: an integral geometric view

Date: 25/04/2024 Time & Venue: 5:30 PM, LH at UG Lab Block, PC Speaker: Prof. Amit Ghosal, Department of Physics, IISER Kolkata Title: Enigma of two-dimensional melting in a disordered environment Abstract: We will present the results from our study of melting in a two-dimensional system of classical particles with Gaussian-core interactions in disordered environments. The clean system validates the… Continue reading Enigma of two-dimensional melting in a disordered environment

Date: 19.04.2024 (today).  Time and Venue: 17:30 in LH3 at PC. Speaker: Prof. Gadadhar Misra, Honorary Visiting Professor, ISI Bangalore and IIT Gandhinagar. Title: Can you see the puncture in a piece of plane paper with eyes closed?  Abstract: The fundamental theorem of calculus says that any real valued continuous function defined on the interval [a,b] admits a primitive. How about multivariable functions?… Continue reading Can you see the puncture in a piece of plane paper with eyes closed? 

Date: Thursday, 18th April 2024 Time & Venue: 5:30 PM, LH, UG Lab Complex, Permanent Campus  Speaker: Prof. Maheswar Gopinathan, Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bangalore Title: Distance and Dynamics of Molecular Clouds Abstract: The Galaxy is a dynamic environment. Dense molecular clouds residing in it are regions of interstellar medium of gas and dust where a new… Continue reading Distance and Dynamics of Molecular Clouds