Fall Conference on Solid State Physics, 

Astrophysics & Particle Physics

SIXTH EDITION 

Oct 5-9, 2024 (five-day)

Virtual Zoom

Talks at undergraduate Level on Current Research Topics in Theoretical and Experimental :

• Solid State Physics / Condensed Matter Physics

• Photonics

• Plasma Physics

• Astrophysics

• Cosmology

• Astrochemistry

• Nuclear Physics

• Particle Physics / High Energy Physics

Registration open Last date Sep 30, 2024 at 3.00 PM EDT 

There is no registration fee and no certificate will be given.

Number of Registrations : 54  (as of June 29 by 3.59 pm EDT)

Code of Conduct

5 Day Sessions :

Oct 5-6 : Solid State Physics, Photonics, Plasma Physics & Astrochemistry

Oct 7 : Astrophysics & Cosmology 

Oct 8-9 : Particle Physics & Nuclear Physics 

Time : 5.30 AM -12.00 PM EDT / 3.00 - 9.30 PM IST

Timetable TBA

Abstract Book TBA

List of Invited Speakers  TBA

• Payel Nandi - Indian Institute of Astrophysics

• Lekhika Malhotra - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

• Pratima Singh - University of Lucknow

• Gunjan Tomar - Raman Research Institute

• S . K. Jeena - Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad

• Rashmi Garg - Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala 

• Tanima Mondal - Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

• Purnima Narayan - University of Mississippi 

• Sarbani Chatterjee - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali

• Sujata - Indian Institute of Technology Mandi

• Sudhava Yadav - Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

• Sweta Baradia - Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics

• Sophia Hollick - Yale University

• Indhu Suresh - Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati

• Jasleen Kaur - Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar

• Dr. Swati Thakur - Indian Institute of Technology Ropar

• Neetu Raj Singh Chundawat - Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur

• Maria Bressan - Columbia University in the City of New York

• Diana Sokhashvili - University of Virginia 

• Peter Dyszel - University of Tennessee, Knoxville

• Dr. Kaushalya - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

• Sonia Rani - Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai

• Dr. Deeksha Jachpure - Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

• Dr. Manisha Yadav

• Radhika Vinze - University of Mumbai

• Amee Kakadiya - Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

• Dr. Arunima Bhattacharya -  Instituto de Física Corpuscular, University of Valencia 

• Katie Ream - University of Michigan

• Courtney Johnson - Princeton University

• Dr. Saheli Sarkar - Brookhaven National Laboratory

• Deepasika Dayananda - North Carolina State University

• Fariba Islam - University of Maryland

• Dr. Manisha Lohan  - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

• Siddhi Swarupa Jena - National Institute of Technology Rourkela

• Mariam Ughrelidze - Dartmouth College

• Dr. Gaurav Vishwakarma - National University of Singapore

• Dr. Yamini Malhotra - Annamalai University

• Vatsana Tiwari - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal

• Kanaya Malakar - Brandeis University

• 5.30 - 5.35 AM EDT - Introduction to Day-1

       Ibrahim Mirza

Session -I, Solid State Physics, Chair : TBA

• 5.35 - 6.10 AM EDT - Frustrated Magnetism

       Sujata - Indian Institute of Technology Mandi

• 6.10 - 6.45 AM EDT - Quantum Sterling Heat Engine  

       Sarbani Chatterjee - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali 

• 6.45 - 7.20 AM EDT - Talk-3 - TBA

       TBA

• 7.20 - 7.55 AM EDT - Perovskite Solar Cells

       Sonia Rani - Indian Institute of Technology Bhilai

• 7.55 - 8.15 AM EDT - Break 20 min

Session - II, Photonics, Chair : TBA

• 8.15 - 8.50 AM EDT - Erbium-doped Fiber Laser

       Dr. Deeksha Jachpure - Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

• 8.50 - 9.25 AM EDT - Talk-6 - TBA

       TBA  

• 9.25 - 10.00 AM EDT - Single Photon Emitter

    Fariba Islam - University of Maryland

• 10.00 - 10.20 AM EDT - Break 20 min

Session - III, Solid State Physics, Chair : TBA

• 10.20 - 10.55 AM EDT - Active Solids

       Kanaya Malakar - Brandeis University

• 10.55 - 11.30 AM EDT - Lindblad Master Equation

 Mariam Ughrelidze - Dartmouth College  

• 11.30 - 12.05 PM EDT - Iron Chalcogenide Superconductors

 Dr. Saheli Sarkar - Brookhaven National Laboratory

• 12.05 - 12.10 PM EDT - Conclusion to Day-1

 Ibrahim Mirza 

• 5.30 - 5.35 AM EDT - Introduction to Day-2

       Ibrahim Mirza

Session -I, Astrochemistry, Chair : TBA

• 5.35 - 6.10 AM EDT - Theoretical Astrochemistry

       Dr. Manisha Yadav  

• 6.10 - 6.45 AM EDT - Experimental Astrochemistry

       Dr. Gaurav Vishwakarma - National University of Singapore

Session -II, Solid State Physics, Chair : TBA

• 6.45 - 7.20 AM EDT - Quantum Dissipation

      Jasleen Kaur - Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar

• 7.20 - 7.55 AM EDT - Introduction to Non-Equilibrium Quantum Statistical Mechanics

       Vatsana Tiwari - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal

• 7.55 - 8.15 AM EDT - Break 20 min

Session - III, Plasma Physics, Chair : TBA

• 8.15 - 8.50 AM EDT - Laser Induced Plasma

      Indhu Suresh - Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati

• 8.50 - 9.25 AM EDT - Talk-6 - TBA

       TBA  

• 9.25 - 10.00 AM EDT - Stellarators

    Courtney Johnson - Princeton University 

• 10.00 - 10.20 AM EDT - Break 20 min

Session - IV, Solid State Physics, Chair : TBA

• 10.20 - 10.55 AM EDT - Talk-8 - TBA

       TBA  

• 10.55 - 11.30 AM EDT - Talk-9 - TBA

 TBA  

• 11.30 - 12.05 PM EDT - Semiconductor Quantum Light Sources

Dr. Kaushalya - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

• 12.05 - 12.10 PM EDT - Conclusion to Day-2

 Ibrahim Mirza 

• 5.30 - 5.35 AM EDT - Introduction to Day-3

       Ibrahim Mirza

Session -I, Astrophysics, Chair : TBA

• 5.35 - 6.10 AM EDT - Active Galactic Nuclei

       Payel Nandi - Indian Institute of Astrophysics

• 6.10 - 6.45 AM EDT - Ultra-High Energy Cosmic Rays 

      Gunjan Tomar  - Raman Research Institute

• 6.45 - 7.20 AM EDT - Massive Star Structure and Evolution

 S . K. Jeena - Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad

• 7.20 - 7.55 AM EDT - Gamma Ray Burst

      Tanima Mondal - Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

• 7.55 - 8.15 AM EDT - Break 20 min

Session -II, Cosmology, Chair : TBA

• 8.15 - 8.50 AM EDT - Inflationary Cosmology

Sudhava Yadav - Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur

• 8.50 - 9.25 AM EDT - Cosmic Beginnings & Earthly Clouds

                                                      Dr. Yamini Malhotra - Annamalai University

• 9.25 - 10.00 AM EDT - Talk-7 - TBA

    TBA

• 10.00 - 10.20 AM EDT - Break 20 min      

Session - III, Astrophysics, Chair : TBA   

• 10.20 - 10.55 AM EDT - Talk-7 - TBA

    TBA

• 10.55 - 11.30 AM EDT -Talk - 8 -TBA

TBA  

• 11.30 - 12.05 PM EDT - General Relativity & Gravitational Waves

 Purnima Narayan - University of Mississippi 

• 12.05 - 12.10 AM EDT - Conclusion to Day-3

 Ibrahim Mirza 

• 5.30 - 5.35 AM EDT - Introduction to Day-4

       Ibrahim Mirza

Session -I, Particle Physics, Chair : TBA

• 5.35 - 6.10 AM EDT - Leptogenesis

       Lekhika Malhotra - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay

• 6.10 - 6.45 AM EDT - Pentaquarks

      Rashmi Garg - Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala 

• 6.45 - 7.20 AM EDT - Proton-Proton Collision at the CMS Experiment

      Sweta Baradia - Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics

• 7.20 - 7.55 AM EDT - Search for Physics Beyond Standard Model in B-Meson Decay

       Neetu Raj Singh Chundawat - Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur

• 7.55 - 8.15 AM EDT - Break 20 min

Session -II, Nuclear Physics, Chair : TBA

• 8.15 - 8.50 AM EDT - Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy with Germanium Detectors

       Dr. Swati Thakur - Indian Institute of Technology Ropar

• 8.50 - 9.25 AM EDT - Neutrinoless Double-Beta Decay

      Pratima Singh  - University of Lucknow 

• 9.25 - 10.00 AM EDT - Beta-delayed Neutron Spectroscopy

   Peter Dyszel - University of Tennessee, Knoxville

• 10.00 - 10.20 AM EDT - Break 20 min

Session - III, Particle Physics, Chair : TBA

• 10.20 - 10.55 AM EDT - Talk-8 - TBA

        TBA  

• 10.55 - 11.30 AM EDT - Baryon Number Violation

 Diana Sokhashvili - University of Virginia   

• 11.30 - 12.05 AM EDT - Dark Matter Search with the COSINE-100 Experiment

 Sophia Hollick - Yale University

• 12.05 - 12.10 AM EDT - Conclusion to Day-4

 Ibrahim Mirza 

• 5.30 - 5.35 AM EDT - Introduction to Day-5

       Ibrahim Mirza

Session -I, Particle Physics, Chair : TBA

• 5.35 - 6.10 AM EDT - Higgs Mechanism

       Dr. Arunima Bhattacharya -  Instituto de Física Corpuscular, University of Valencia 

• 6.10 - 6.45 AM EDT - Supersymmetric Quantum Electrodynamics

       Radhika Vinze - University of Mumbai

• 6.45 - 7.20 AM EDT - High Energy Astrophysical Neutrino

       Dr. Manisha Lohan  - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

• 7.20 - 7.55 AM EDT - Holographic Quantum Chromodynamics

       Siddhi Swarupa Jena - National Institute of Technology Rourkela

• 7.55 - 8.15 AM EDT - Break 20 min

Session -II, Particle Physics, Chair : TBA

• 8.15 - 8.50 AM EDT : Baryon Spectroscopy

      Amee Kakadiya - Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

• 8.50 - 9.25 AM EDT - Talk-6 - TBA

       TBA

• 9.25 - 10.00 AM EDT - De Sitter and Anti-de Sitter Spaces

          Deepasika Dayananda - North Carolina State University

• 10.00 - 10.10 AM EDT - Break 10 min

Session - III, Particle Physics, Chair : TBA

• 10.10 - 10.45 AM EDT - ATLAS Experiment at CERN

 Maria Bressan - Columbia University in the City of New York

• 10.45 - 11.20 AM EDT - Atmospheric Neutrinos

 Katie Ream - University of Michigan

• 11.20 - 11.55 AM EDT -Talk-8- TBA

TBA

• 11.55 - 12.00 PM EDT - Closeout

 Ibrahim Mirza