Dr Arun Varma Thampan

Assistant Professor,Physics

arunvarma@sju.edu.in

Specialisation : Physics

Employee Code : 20130601115

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ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

Academic Degree	Subject	University	Address of the University
Doctor of Philosophy	Physics	Bangalore University	Mysore Rd, Jnana Bharathi, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560056
Master of Science	Physics	University of Mumbai	University of Mumbai,Vidya Nagari, Kalina, Santacruz East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400098
Bachelor of Science	Physics	University of Mumbai	University of Mumbai,Vidya Nagari, Kalina, Santacruz East, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400098

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Title of Thesis	University / Institution	University Address	Date of Registration	Date of Completion	Details of papers published (Enter the total number of papers published / under process as part of Phd)	Current Status
Luminosities of Disk Accreting Non Magnetic Neutron Stars	Indian Institute of Astrophysics (Degree awarded by Bangalore University)	Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Koramangala, Bangalore 560 034, India	02-08-1994	19-12-2000	Attached	Awarded

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Institution Name	Institution Address	Start Date	End Date	Subject	Outcome
Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati	via Bonomea, 265 - 34136 Trieste ITALY	11-10-2001	10-10-2003	Neutron Stars	Papers
Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics	IUCAA, Post Bag 4, Pune University Campus, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007,India	28-10-1999	31-07-2001	Neutron Stars	Papers.

Title	Journal Name	Year	DOI/URL	Your authorial position	How many authors	Clarivate IF
Two Coexisting Families of Compact Stars: Observational Implications for Millisecond Pulsars	The Astrophysical Journal	2017	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa8b67	Other	4
Millisecond radio pulsars with known masses: Parameter values and equation of state models	New Astronomy	2017	http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.newast.2017.01.008	Other	5
Fast spinning strange stars: possible ways to constrain interacting quark matter parameters	Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society	2016	https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stw206	Other	4
Luminosities of Disk-Accreting Non-Magnetic Neutron Stars	Proceedings of the MGIX MM Meeting 2269	2002	https://doi.org/10.1142/9789812777386_0548	1st	1
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Holonomy invariance, orbital resonances and kilohertz QPOs	Classical and Quantum Gravity	2002	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/2002CQGra..19L..57A/doi:10.1088/0264-9381/19/8/103	Other	5
General relativistic spectra from accretion disks around rapidly rotating neutron stars	Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific-ASP Conference Series	2002	10.1086/342494	Other	4	No impact factor - but a prestigious proceeding series.
Structure of rapidly rotating strange stars: salient differences from neutron stars	Proceedings of the Conference on Compact Stars in the QCD Phase Diagram (CSQCD I)	2001	https://www.slac.stanford.edu/econf/C010815/proceedings.html	1st	1
General relativistic spectra of accretion discs around rapidly rotating neutron stars: effect of lig	Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society	2001	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/2001MNRAS.325..989B/doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04426.x	Other	3
GENERAL RELATIVISTIC SPECTRA OF ACCRETION DISKS AROUND ROTATING NEUTRON STARS	THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL	2001	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/2001MNRAS.325..989B/doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04426.x	Other	3
Temperature profiles of accretion discs around rapidly rotating strange stars in general relativity:	Astronomy & Astrophysics	2001	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/2001A&A...372..925B/doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20010575	2nd	3
TEMPERATURE PROFILES OF ACCRETION DISKS AROUND RAPIDLY ROTATING NEUTRON STARS IN GENERAL RELATIVITY	THE ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL	2000	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/2000ApJ...542..473B/doi:10.1086/309502	2nd	4
Possible signatures for strange stars in stellar Xâ€“ray binaries	Astronomy & Astrophysics	2000	http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/pdf/2000A%26A...355L..19D	2nd	3
RAPIDLY ROTATING STRANGE STARS FOR A NEW EQUATION OF STATE OF STRANGE QUARK MATTER	The Astrophysical Journal	2000	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/2000ApJ...541L..71B/doi:10.1086/312897	2nd	3
Implications of kHz quasi-periodic brightness oscillations in X-ray binaries for neutron star struct	Monthly Notices of Royal Astronomical Society	1999	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/1999MNRAS.302L..69T/doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.1999.02348.x	1st	3
Equilibrium sequences of rotating neutron stars for new realistic Equations of State	Astronomy & Astrophysics	1998	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/1998A&A...334..943D/ADS_PDF	2nd	3
A general relativistic calculation of boundary layer and disc luminosity for accreting non-magnetic	Monthly Notices Royal Astronomical Society	1998	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/1998MNRAS.297..570T/doi:10.1046/j.1365-8711.1998.01569.x	1st	2
Disk Luminosity and Angular Momentum for Accreting, Weak Field Neutron Stars in the 'Slow' Rotation	Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy	1995	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/1995JApA...16..357D/doi:10.1007/BF02715609	2nd	3
A Numerical Survey of Neutron Star Crustal Density Profiles	Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy	1995	https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/link_gateway/1995JApA...16..375D/doi:10.1007/BF02715610	2nd	3

Title of Project	Category	Level	Department	Current Status	Principal Investigator	Funding Agency	Project Start Date	Project End Date	Amount
Development of Processing Tools for Generation of UV Point source Catalog using AstroSat/UVIT Data	Major	National	PHYSICS	Ongoing	Arun Varma Thampan	ISRO	13-03-2025	13-03-2028	24,95,136
Computation of General Relativistic Rotating Magnetised Neutron Stars: Modeling X-ray Emission and G	Major	National	PHYSICS	Ongoing	Arun Varma Thampan	DST-SERB	20-03-2017	19-03-2020	1971640

Title of Event	Type of Event	Level	Organized by	Start Date	Place	Duration
AI/ML Applications Workshop on Astronomy and Astrophysics	Workshop	National	Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics	06-01-2025	Pune, Maharashtra	5 days
ASI (Astronomical Society of India) Symposium on Astronomy from moon in the era of Indian lunar missions	Symposium	National	Raman Research Institute and Astronomical Society of India	02-12-2024	Bengaluru	3 days

Name of Fellowship/ Award/Achievement	Level	Awarded by	Place	Date	Duration of Fellowship
Associateship	National	IUCAA	Pune	01-08-2023	3 Years
Associateship	National	IUCAA	Pune	01-08-2020	3 years
Adjunct Scientist	National	Indian Institute of Astrophysics	Bangalore	15-09-2017	2 years
Associateship	National	Inter University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics	Pune	01-08-2017	3 years
Associateship	National	Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics	Pune	01-08-2014	3 years

Designation	Institution Name	Start Date	End Date
Manager - Engineering	Frontalrain Technologies	15-11-2012	28-03-2013
Chief Information Officer	Greenchimes Technologies	10-11-2010	15-07-2012
Support Executive	Liquidweb.com	01-11-2006	01-04-2008
Adjunct Instructor	Lansing Community College	11-08-2005	02-07-2007
Post-doc	Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati (SISSA)	11-10-2001	10-10-2003
Post-doc	Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA)	01-10-1999	31-07-2001
Ph.D. Student	Indian Institute of Astrophysics	28-08-1991	29-09-1999
Full Time Teacher	S.I.E.S. College of Arts, Science and Commerce	10-09-1990	27-08-1991

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Title of the Paper	Department	Year of Guidance	Type	Name of the Institution	Name of Students
NUMERICAL ANALYSIS USING PYTHON	PHYSICS	2021	Dissertation	CHRIST (Deemed to be University), Bangalore	Darani Rasumani, Sujitha G
QUANTUM COMPUTATION	PHYSICS	2020	Term Paper	St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bengaluru	Srinidhi Murali
Synchronization of Metronomes	PHYSICS	2020	Term Paper	St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bengaluru	Chaitanya Sampara
Modelling and Analysis of Binary System V1143 Cygni: Estimation of some Stellar Parameters and Equil	PHYSICS	2020	Term Paper	St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bengaluru	Amith S. Gowtham
Friction in accretion disks - a classical mechanical result.	PHYSICS	2019	Term Paper	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal I	Abhijith Bhuvandas
Dynamics of infalling matter in an accretion disk	PHYSICS	2019	Term Paper	Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Bhopal	Asha B Modan
Polytropic Compact Stars	PHYSICS	2018	Dissertation	St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bengaluru	Mahesh Udupa
Pressure Density relationship in the interior of Earth	PHYSICS	2018	Term Paper	Indian Insitute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal	Shazna Ashraf
Analysis of the Lagrangian	PHYSICS	2017	Term Paper	St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bengaluru	Achyuth Murlei
Meethodology for Multi-Wavelength Characterization of Milky Way Satellite Galaxies	PHYSICS	2017	Term Paper	St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bengaluru	Kiran Kumar K.U.
PLANETARY NEBULA AND SUPERNOVA	PHYSICS	2017	Term Paper	St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bengaluru	Madhurima M.
Possibility of Life on Exoplanets	PHYSICS	2017	Term Paper	St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bengaluru	Athul A.
Equilibrium polytropic general relativistic stationary stars	PHYSICS	2017	Dissertation	St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bengaluru	Rishav Neogi
Some studies in plasma effects	PHYSICS	2017	Term Paper	St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bengaluru	Varadha Rajan
Introduction to General Theory of Relativity	PHYSICS	2016	Dissertation	St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bengaluru	Akshay S. H.
STARS AND CONSTELLATIONS THROUGH SOCIOLOGY ORIGINATING FROM THE ANCIENT ARAB/ARABIC LITERATURE	PHYSICS	2016	Term Paper	St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bengaluru	Mariam Zeba Abdullah
The Nature of Pulsars	PHYSICS	2016	Term Paper	St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bengaluru	Karthik K.C.
Stellar Astrophysics	PHYSICS	2016	Term Paper	St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bengaluru	Rahul Kalose
Particles in a Box	PHYSICS	2015	Term Paper	St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bengaluru	Charuhansini Kulkarni
Evolution of Low Mass Stars	PHYSICS	2015	Term Paper	St. Joseph's College (Autonomous), Bengaluru	Thashwin M.L.
Neutron Stars - A Calculative Study	PHYSICS	2015	Term Paper		Chandra Kiran