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IIITDM

Indian Institute of Information Technology, Design & Manufacturing
(IIITD&M) Kancheepuram, Chennai - 600 127
(An Institute of National Importance Fully Funded by Govt of India)
Faculty Profile

Dr. Tapas Sil

Assistant Professor of Physics

                           
U. G  :  B.Sc. in Physics, University of Calcutta.
P. G  :  M.Sc. in Physics, Visva Bharati, Shantiniketan.
PhD  :  Ph.D. in Physics, Visva Bharati, Shantiniketan.
 
Email   : tapassil@iiitdm.ac.in       Phone   : +91-44-27476347

Specialization

  • Theoretical Nuclear Physics
  • Quantum Mechanics

Research Interests

  • Giant Resonances of Nuclei
  • Relativistic Mean Field Theory in Nuclear Structure
  • Properties of Hot Nuclei
  • Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics

Teaching

       PHY109P - Materials and Mechanics Practice (MANUAL)

Memberships in Professional Societies

  • American Physical Society

Awards

  • Fellowship from the Ministry of Education of Spain, University of Barcelona, 2003
  • SRF of CSIR, at Visva-Bharati, India, 1995

Other Details

  • Book: Field theory Lagrangian approach to nuclear structure, Tapas Sil, S. K. Patra, B. K.Sharma,M. Centelles and X. Vinas[Chapter 2, “Quantum field theory: new research”, edited by O. Kovras, Nova Science Publishers, Inc., New York (2005)]

Employment

    Research
  • Nov 02, 2004 to Jan 31, 2007 : Post Doctoral Fellow – Texas A&M University, USA
  • Feb 03, 2003 to Oct. 30, 2004 : Post Doctoral Fellow – University of Barcelona, Spain
  • Feb 01, 2001 to Jan 31, 2003 : Post Doctoral Fellow – SINP, Kolkata, India
    • Teaching
  • May 21, 2009 onwards : Assistant Professor –IIITD&M Kancheepuram , India
  • Jan 01, 2009 to May 15, 2009 : Associate Professor – VIT University, Vellore, India
  • Feb 07, 2007 to Dec 31, 2008 : Assistant Professor -- VIT University, Vellore, India

Journals

  • P. K. Bera, and Tapas Sil "Exact solutions of Feinberg–Horodecki equation for time-dependent anharmonic oscillator", in Pramana, 80, 2013, 31
  • MR Anders, S Shlomo, Tapas Sil, DH Youngblood, YW Lui "Giant resonances in^{40} Ca and^{48} Ca", in Phys. Rev., C87, 2013, 024303
  • P. K. Bera, and Tapas Sil "Homotopy perturbation method in quantum mechanical problems", in Appl. Math. Comput., 219, 2012, 3272
  • Tapas Sil and Shalom Shlomo "Zero-point oscillations and nuclear charge radii", in Phys. Scr, 78, 2008, 065202
  • P. K. Bera, J. Datta, M. M. Panja and Tapas Sil "Generalization of quasi-exactly solvable and isospectral potentials", in Pramana, 69, 2007, 337
  • Tapas Sil, S. Shlomo, B. K. Agrawal and P.-G. Reinhard "Effects of self-consistency violation in Hartree-Fock RPA calculations for nuclear giant resonances revisited", in Phys. Rev. , C73, 2006, 034316
  • S. Shlomo, Tapas Sil, V. Kim Au and O. Pochivalov "Current status of equation of state of nuclear matter", in Phys. At. Nucl, 69, 2006, 1132
  • M. Centelles, X. Vinas, S. K. Patra, J. N. De and Tapas Sil "Sum rule approach to isoscalar giant monopole resonances in drip-line nuclei", in Phys. Rev., C72, 2005, 014304
  • Tapas Sil, M. Centelles, X. Vinas and J. Piekarewicz, "Atomic parity non-conservation, neutron radii and effective field theories of nuclei, ", in Phys. Rev., C71, 2005, 045502
  • Tapas Sil, J. N. De, S. K. Samaddar, and S. Shlomo "Liquid-gas phase transition in infinite and finite nuclear systems", in Phys. Rev., C69, 2004, 014602
  • Tapas Sil, S. K. Patra, B. K. Sharma,M. Centelles and X. Vinas, Phys. Rev. C69, 044315 (2004). "Superheavy nuclei in relativistic effective Lagrangian ", in Phys. Rev., C69, 2004, 044315
  • P. Arumugam, B. K. Sharma, P. K. Sahu, S. K. Patra, Tapas Sil, M. Centelles and X. Vinas "Versatility of field theory motivated effective Lagrangian approach: towards a completerelativistic nuclear model ", in Phys. Letts, B601, 2004, 51
  • Tapas Sil, J. N. De, S. K. Samaddar, X. Vinas, M. Centelles, and B. K. Agrawal "Isospin-rich nuclei in neutron star matter", in Phys. Rev., C66, 2002, 045803
  • Tapas Sil, B. K. Agrawal, S. K. Samaddar and J. N. De, Phys. Rev. C63, 054604 (2001). "Liquid-gas phase transition in nuclei in the relativistic Thomas-Fermi theory, ", in Phys. Rev., C63, 2001, 054604
  • B. K. Agrawal, Tapas Sil, S. K. Samaddar, and J. N. De, Phys. Rev. C64, 017304 (2001). "Temperature induced shell effects in deformed nuclei", in Phys. Rev. , C64, 2001, 017304
  • B. K. Agrawal, Tapas Sil, S. K. Samaddar and J. N. De, "Shape transition in some rare-earth nuclei in a relativistic mean field theory", in Phys. Rev., C63, 2001, 024001
  • Tapas Sil, B. K. Agrawal, J. N. De and S. K. Samaddar, "Anatomy of nuclear shape transition in the relativistic mean field theory ,", in Phys. Rev., C63, 2001, 064302
  • B. K. Agrawal, Tapas Sil, S. K. Samaddar,J. N. De and S. Shlomo, "Coulomb energy difference in mirror nuclei revisited", in Phys. Rev. , C64, 2001, 024305
  • B. K. Agrawal, Tapas Sil, J. N. De and S. K. Samaddar, "Nuclear shape transition at finite temperature in a relativistic mean field approach,", in Phys. Rev., C62, 2000, 44307
  • S. K. Samaddar, S. Das Gupta, J. N. De, B. K. Agrawal and Tapas Sil, "The one body density in a finite size lattice gas model, ", in Phys. Letts, B459, 1999, 8
  • B. K. Agrawal, S. K. Samaddar, Tapas Sil, and J. N. De, "Isotope thermometry in nuclear multifragmentation, ", in Phys. Rev. , C59, 1999, 832
  • R. Dutt, T. Sil and Y. P. Varshni, "Nonlocal effects in a semiclassical WKB approach to sub-barrier nuclear fusion processes, ", in Phys. Rev. , C54, 1996, 319
  • T. Sil, R. Dutt and Y. P. Varshni, Phys. Rev. C50, 2458 (1994). "Role of supersymmetric semiclassical approach in barrier penetration and heavy-ion fusion,", in Phys. Rev., C50, 1994, 2458
  • T. Sil, A. Mukherjee, R. Dutt and Y. P. Varshni, "Supersymmetric WKB approach to tunneling through one-dimensional barrier,", in Phys. Letts., A184, 1994, 209

Conferences

  • Tapas Sil , Shalom Shlomo and V. K. Au "Fully self-consistent HF based RPA calculations of long range correlation effects on nuclear charge radii", in the proceedings of International Nuclear Physics Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 2007
  • Shalom Shlomo, Tapas Sil, and V. K. Au "The nuclear matter equation of state and properties of finite nuclei", in the proceedings of International Nuclear Physic Conference, Tokyo, Japan, 2007
  • Tapas Sil "Self-consistency violation in HF-RPA calculations: nuclear giant resonances and charge radii", in the proceedings of DAE Nucl. Phys. Symp, Sambalpur, India, 2007
  • Tapas Sil and Shalom Shlomo " Fully self-consistent Hatree-Fock RPA calculations for nuclear giant resonances", in the proceedings of Bulletin of APS meeting, Dallas, 2006
  • Shalom Shlomo and Tapas Sil " Equation of state of symmetric and asymmetric nuclear matter", in the proceedings of AIP Conf. Proc , Argentina, 2005
  • Tapas Sil, B. K. Agrawal, S. K. Samaddar and J. N. De, "Drip line nuclei around N=20 in the RMF theory, ", in the proceedings of DAE symposium on Nuclear Physics 44B, 254, Kolkata, India, 2001
  • B. K. Agrawal , Tapas Sil, S. K. Samaddar, J. N. De and S. Shlomo, "Coulomb displacement energy of mirror nuclei revisited, ", in the proceedings of International Nuclear Physics Conference , Berkley, California, USA,, 2001
  • Tapas Sil, B. K. Agrawal, J. N. De, and S. K. Samaddar, "The order of liquid-gas phase transition in relativistic Thomas-Fermi theory, ", in the proceedings of International DAE Symposium of Nuclear Physics, 43B, 458 , Mumbai, India, 2000
  • B. K. Agrawal, Tapas Sil, J. N. De and S. K. Samaddar, "Relativistic approach to shape transition in hot nuclei, ", in the proceedings of DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, 332, India, 1999
  • B. K. Agrawal, S. K. Samaddar, Tapas Sil, and J. N. De, "Nuclear temperature anomaly in multifragmentation, ", in the proceedings of DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, 366 (1998, India, 1998
  • R. Dutt, T. Sil and Y. P. Varshni, "Nonlocal effect in semiclassical approach to heavy-ion fusion, ", in the proceedings of International DAE Symposium of Nuclear Physics, 16B, , Mumbai, India, 1995