Mainak Mukhopadhyay
Education:
Arizona State University (Ph.D. Physics), 2018-2022
St. Stephen’s College, University of Delhi (B.Sc. Physics (Honors)), 2015-2018
Research:
My research interests in astro-particle physics include: multi-messenger astronomy, neutrino physics, phenomenology of astrophysical neutrinos, and gravitational waves (GWs). In particular, I have worked on core collapse supernova, supernova neutrinos, pre-supernova neutrinos, gravitational wave memory effect.
I am also interested in high energy physics, cosmology, field theory: quantum fields in time-dependent backgrounds and backreaction - particle production; early universe cosmology, topological defects - kinks, vortices, monopoles, solitons; kink antikink collisions.
Selected Publications:
- Mainak Mukhopadhyay, Zidu Lin and Cecilia Lunardini. Memory-triggered supernova neutrino detection. Phys. Rev. D, 106(4):043020, 2022.
- Mainak Mukhopadhyay, Carlos Cardona, and Cecilia Lunardini. The neutrino gravitational memory from a core collapse supernova: phenomenology and physics potential. JCAP 07 (2021) 055.
- Mainak Mukhopadhyay, Cecilia Lunardini, F. X. Timmes, and Kai Zuber. Presupernova neutrinos: directional sensitivity and prospects for progenitor identification. Astrophys. J., 899(2):153, 2020.
- Mainak Mukhopadhyay, Evangelos I. Sfakianakis, Tanmay Vachaspati and George Zahariade. Kink antikink scattering in a quantum vacuum. JHEP 04 (2022) 118.
- Mainak Mukhopadhyay, Tanmay Vachaspati, and George Zahariade. Quantum Formation of Topological Defects. Phys. Rev. D, 102(11):116002, 2020.
- Mainak Mukhopadhyay, Tanmay Vachaspati, and George Zahariade. Emergence of classical structures from the quantum vacuum. Phys. Rev. D, 102(5):056021, 2020.
- Mainak Mukhopadhyay and Tanmay Vachaspati. Rolling classical scalar field in a linear potential coupled to a quantum field. Phys. Rev. D, 100(9):096018, 2019.