Hi there!
Now that you have landed on my personal page, be ready for something exciting...
Mei sirf dikhne mei khatarnaak hu...lekin aadmi bohot hi accha hu (Dialogue from the bollywood movie: "Welcome")
A LITTLE ABOUT ME...
My name is Abhijeet Patil, and I am popularly known as PATIL in the institute. I am doing my PhD in experimental Cosmology at the Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bengaluru, India. My supervisor is Dr. Saurabh Singh. I am a part of the CMB DISTORTION lab (Detection of Spectral signaTures of cOsmic baRyon evoluTION) at RRI. It is an experimental astronomy group that works on experiments like APSERa, SARAS and PRATUSH to build precise spectral radiometers to detect weak spectral distortions in the Cosmic Radio and Microwave Backgrounds arising from the Epochs of Recombination (first atoms), all the way to Reionization and Cosmic Dawn (first stars).
Along with this, I am also interested in the upcoming projects - LCRT and BURSTT.
I did my Bachelor's and Master's in Physics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, India. My Master's thesis was from Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, India. Then I joined the Indian Institute of Astrophysics(IIA), Bengaluru, India as Visiting Student. Further, I joined the Raman Research Institute(RRI) as a Visiting Student. Finally, after clearing Joint CSIR-UGC NET June 2022, I got in RRI as a PhD student 2023 batch.
A quick glimpse of my academic journey...
St. Xavier's College, Mumbai
This is a 2018 photo. I don't look like this now...
RESEARCH PROJECTS
The Course of My Career
Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
OPEN STAR CLUSTER and MACHINE LEARNING
My master's thesis was on the study of the dynamical evolution of an open cluster. To detect the cluster members, we implemented a Machine Learning algorithm for detecting the cluster stars. Then we did a rigorous analysis of the cluster properties and finally studied its dynamical status.
Open Cluster NGC 2516 (Image credit: Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg / SIMBAD / DSS2)
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru
AstroSat and Cygnus-Loop
I got interested in the study of Supernova remnants. We studied the southern segments of the Cygnus Loop using soft X-Ray data from AstroSat SXT. Considering the ejecta of the SNR as hot plasma, we fitted different emission models and studied the variation of the physical and chemical properties of the SNR across different regions.
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Ultraviolet image of the Cygnus Loop nebula (Image credit: NASA's Galaxy Evolution Explorer)
I also did a small project on radio-recombination lines at RRI as a visiting student...
Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru
...and then finally I am here in RRI as a PhD
We are trying to see the "Darkness" in the 'Dark ages'.
CONTACT ME (at your own risk)
Astro floor, Raman Research Institute, C. V. Raman Avenue, 5th Cross Road, Sadashivanagar, Near Mekhri Circle, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560080
...RRI is Love, Love is RRI
If you are interested in knowing about doing research, clearing Indian entrance exams, PhDs in India and Abroad, future after research and so on, do get in touch with me through mail. Its not that I have all the solutions, its just I have some perspective which I would really like to share with you...and at the same time also learn something from you...