Note: This session features brief, insightful talks of 15 mins each from early-stage BS-MS students, showcasing their summer projects. It’s an opportunity to gain entry level understanding of various sub-fields of physics from your peer.
1. Pulsed Laser Deposition and its applications
by Ira Mishra
Condensed Matter Physics
Talk will explain, What is pulsed laser deposition, what are the various parameters to control it, it’s applications, advantages and disadvantages, use in basic science, and plasmonic properties.
ira.mishra_AT_students.iiserpune.ac.in
2. What does Absolute Temperature really mean?
by Angad Singh
Statistical Physics
The concept of Temperature is precisely quantified by using entropy. And it can be negative but the numerical value is deceptive in unusual circumstances. Not much prior knowledge is required for my talk, as a very first principles discussion is expected.
angad.singh_AT_students.iiserpune.ac.in
3. High Temperature Resistivity
by Harini Karthikeyan
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics
In the rapidly advancing field of scientific research, instrumentation forms the backbone for empirical science. I will describe the construction of a low-cost, high-temperature resistivity measurement setup designed to measure the electrical resistivity (ρ) of metals, semiconductors, and thermoelectric materials from room temperature up to 500°C. Additionally, I will discuss the motivation behind this project and its significance in the field of physics.
harini.k_AT_students.iiserpune.ac.in
4. Simulating and fitting HEP phenomena
by Piyush Kolhe
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics (HEP) is of great importance in increasing our knowledge of the small fundamental/non-fundamental particles that make the world around us. There is no need for much background knowledge for this talk. The talk aims to introduce the basics of High Energy Physics (HEP), and to talk about simulating HEP phenomena, and how curve fitting is used to extrapolate and make predictions. The talk also aims to develop an appreciation of how we use computation tools to better our understanding of the universe.
piyush.vinitkolhe_AT_students.iiserpune.ac.in
5. Searching for right-handed neutrinos
by Niveditha Warrier
High Energy Physics
Right handed neutrinos have never been observed. If such particles exist, then we should look for them in the region where they (signal) are in abundance compared to the background. My project was aimed at finding such a region where signal can be improved and background reduced - a region where right handed neutrinos could potentially be discovered.
niveditha.swarrier_AT_students.iiserpune.ac.in
Resources
1. Pulsed Laser Deposition and its applications by Ira Mishra
2. What does Absolute Temperature really mean? by Angad Singh
3. High Temperature Resistivity by Harini Karthikeyan
4. Simulating and fitting HEP phenomena by Piyush Kolhe
5. Searching for right-handed neutrinos by Niveditha Warrier
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