At Institute of Physics (IOP), we are actively pursuing cutting edge research in the following three branches of High Energy Physics (HEP).

String Theory:

String theory is one of the most active area of research worldwide. It shows a lot of promise to find a quantum theory of gravity, introduce new techniques and throw light at a number of other issues. The ...group members are studying various aspects of string theory and strongly coupled field theory via AdS/CFT and more general gauge-gravity duality. Active attempts are being made to better understand the role of asymptotic symmetries in various formulations of holography in asymptotically flat space-time. The group members are involved in the detailed study of infrared structure of gauge and gravity theories and their connections to flat space holography. We are also exploring the role of quantum entanglement in the emergence of space-time in gauge-gravity duality.Read more

High Energy Physics Phenomenology:

The High Energy Physics (HEP) Phenomenology plays an important role at the energy, intensity, and cosmic frontiers to unravel the deep long-standing mysteries of the Universe. We ...are performing an active research in this field with a special emphasis on collider physics, neutrino physics, and dark matter. We are devoting considerable amount of time to explore the physics beyond the Standard Model at the ongoing LHC experiment, and to study the physics reach of the proposed ILC experiment. We are carrying out the theoretical analysis of the relevant processes that can be observed at the experimental facilities such as NA62, SHiP. The India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) is a flagship mega-science project of India to study the fundamental properties of Neutrinos. We are actively involved in the physics and detector simulation studies related to the Iron Calorimeter (ICAL) detector at the INO facility. We are also contributing towards the research activities related to the proposed neutrino experiments named DUNE (in US), and Hyper-Kamiokande (in Japan). The direct and indirect searches of dark matter is also an active field of research these days and the members of the HEP group are quite active in this area of research.

We are also investigating how the state-of-the-art Machine Learning techniques can be beneficial to observe the challenging signatures of several new physics models at various experiments.Read more

Quark Gluon Plasma, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics:

Quark Gluon Plasma is quite an active field with experiment being carried out at LHC and RHIC. We ...are performing extensive simulations related to quark-hadron phase transitions, and magneto-hydrodynamics to understand the flow dynamics using the HPC facility of our Institute. At IOP, we have been carrying out tabletop liquid crystal experiments which can provide tests of theories of cosmic defects. Our research has provided a quantitative basis for this correspondence by focusing on the universal aspects of predictions from cosmological theories. The group members are also spending time to explore the emerging issues in astroparticle physics like dark matter, dark energy, baryogenesis, gravitational waves etc.Read more