National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
Areas of Interest
  • Stellar Astrophysics

Abhay Pratap Yadav Assistant Professor Grade-I

Physics and Astronomy

yadavap@nitrkl.ac.in

9

PUBLICATIONS

1

SPONSORED PROJECTS

3

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

1

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Abhay Pratap Yadav

Assistant Professor Grade-I

Physics and Astronomy

Room Number: MC-202

Department of Physics and Astronomy, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

2016

Ph.D.
Astrophysics : Study of Massive Stars
University of Göttingen, Germany

2013

M.Sc
Astrophysics
Jointly by University of Innsbruck (Austria), University of Rome (Italy) and University of Göttingen (Germany)

2010

M.Sc
Physics
Rani Durgavati University Jabalpur, India

Teaching Experience
  • Mathematical Physics, Mechanics and Properties of Matter, Thermodynamics,  Government Model College Shahpura, Dindori,   Sep 2018 - Dec 2019
Post Doctoral Research Experience
  • Pulsations in Stars,  Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital,   Dec 2019 - Mar 2020
  • Instabilities and Mass-loss of Stars,  University of Göttingen, Germany,   Aug 2016 - Sep 2017

Study of instability and outburst in luminous blue variables (LBVs). Science & Engineering Research Board(SERB)
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Running   Sponsored

Total Publications: 9

A. P. Yadav, S. Joshi, and W. Glatzel,"Instabilities and pulsations in models of the B-type supergiant k-Cassiopeiae (HD 2905)", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol.500, pp.5515–5523, Oxford University Press 2020, 10.1093/mnras/staa3611       Article

A. P. Yadav, S H. K. Biavatti, and W. Glatzel,"Strange mode instabilities and mass loss in evolved massive primordial stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol.475, no.4, pp.4881 - 4890, Oxford University Press, February 2018, 10.1093/mnras/sty092       Article

S. B. Saikia, C., S., A. Reiners, R. Cameron, S., P. Petit, J. Warnecke, and A. P. Yadav,"Chromospheric activity catalogue of 4454 cool stars: questioning the active branch of stellar activity cycles", Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol.616, no.a108, EDP Sciences, August 2018, 10.1051/0004-6361/201629518       Article

A. P. Yadav and W. Glatzel,"Instability, finite amplitude pulsation and mass-loss in models of massive OB-type stars", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol.471, no.3, pp.3245-3260, Oxford University Press, July 2017, 10.1093/mnras/stx1808       Article

A. P. Yadav and W. Glatzel,"Stability analysis, non-linear pulsations and mass loss of models for 55 Cygni (HD 198478)", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, vol.457, no.4, pp.4330 - 4339, Oxford University Press, January 2016, 10.1093/mnras/stw236       Article

Multidisciplinary Approach to Understand the Mysteries of our Universe Physics and Astronomy (Workshop)

  • PH1001 : Physics - I {Theory}
  • PH1002 : Physics - II {Theory}
  • PH1003 : Waves and Optics {Theory}
  • PH2007 : Electrostatics and Magnetostatics {Theory}
  • PH4001 : Mathematical Methods in Physics {Theory}
  • PH6117 : Introduction To Astrophysics {Theory}
  • PH1070 : Physics Laboratory {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [3]
STELLAR ASTROPHYSICS
Subharthi Dasgupta
Enrolled: Jul 2022
Continuing
Supervisor
Instability and mass-loss in luminous blue variables
Sugyan Parida
Enrolled: Jul 2022
Continuing
Supervisor
ASTRO PHYSICS
Gobinda Das
Enrolled: Jul 2023
Continuing
Supervisor