Golam Mortuza Hossain
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Associate Professor
Dept: Physical Sciences (DPS)
E-mail: ghossain [at] iiserkol.ac.in
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Research Interest:
The effects of general relativity and quantum field theory for compact astrophysical objects such as black holes, neutron stars and white dwarfs.Quantum cosmology, early universe, inflation Polymer (loop) quantization of matter fields. Primordial origin of structures and late time classical cosmology. Issues in canonical quantum gravity, constraint algebra
Academic Background:
- Doctor of Philosophy (Theoretical Physics), IMSc, Chennai (Madras University), 2006
- Master of Science by Reseach (Theoretical Physics), IMSc, Chennai (Anna University), 2002
- Bachelor of Science (Physics), Jadavpur University, 2000
Positions:
- Associate Professor, IISER Kolkata (current)
- Assistant Professor, IISER Kolkata (2010 - 2017)
- Post Doctoral Fellow, UNB Canada (2008 - 2010)
- Post Doctoral Fellow, Penn State University (2006 - 2008)
- Junior Research Fellow, IMSc, Chennai (2000 - 2006)
Awards and Honors:
- Post Doctoral Fellowship from University of New Brunswick, Canada (2008)
- Post Doctoral Scholarship from Pennsylvania State University, USA (2006)
- INSA Young Scientist Medal from Indian National Science Academy (2006)
- Junior Research Fellowship from IMSc, Chennai (2000)
Selected Publications:
- Hossain, Golam Mortuza and Mandal, Susobhan. 2021."Equation of states in the curved spacetime of spherical degenerate stars." Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 02, 026
- Barman, Subhajit; Hossain, Golam Mortuza and Singha, Chiranjeeb. 2018."An exact derivation of the Hawking effect in canonical formulation." Phys. Rev., D97, 025016
- Hossain, Golam Mortuza; Husain, Viqar and Seahra, Sanjeev S.. 2010."The Propagator in polymer quantum field theory." Physical Review D, 82, 124032
- Bojowald, Martin and Hossain, Golam Mortuza. 2008."Loop quantum gravity corrections to gravitational wave dispersion." Physical Review D, 77, 023508
- Date, Ghanashyam and Hossain, Golam Mortuza. 2005."Genericness of a Big Bounce in Isotropic Loop Quantum Cosmology." Physical Review Letters, 94, 011302
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