NUCLEAR REACTION DYNAMICS GROUP
Group Head: Dr. E PRASAD
Dr. E. Prasad is an experimental physicist presently holding the position of Associate
Professor at the department of Physics, CU Kerala, and heading the research team in
nuclear reactions in CUK. The primary focus of his research encompasses
phenomena related to heavy ion collisions, such as heavy ion fusion, fusion-fission,
quasi-fission, synthesis of super heavy elements, transfer reactions, studies on
radioactivity, and quantum systems. He obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree in
the field of experimental Nuclear Physics by using the accelerator facilities at IUAC,
New Delhi and TIFR Mumbai. Dr. Prasad has authored over 65 research publications,
with a significant proportion of them being published in esteemed scientific journals such as Physical Review,
Physical Review Letters, and Physical Letters B, among other. Prior to joining CuKerala, Dr. Prasad held the
position of Assistant Professor at Govt. College Kasaragod for a duration of one year. He has successfully
supervised 4 Ph. Ds and 3 Ph. D students are working under his supervision at present. Dr. Prasad
held the position of a postdoctoral fellow at the Australian National University in Canberra for a
duration of three years.
Group members: Vishak A C, Ashna B, Anjali Merin, Varsha K
A comprehensive understanding of the features of nucleons, nuclei, and their interactions holds utmost importance in fundamental physics as well as nuclear technology. Nuclear interactions exhibit pronounced manifestations of quantum phenomena. The phenomenon of quantum tunneling at energies below the barrier exhibits a significant interplay among different internal degrees of freedom, which is not observed in other domains of physics where tunneling plays a crucial role. Our research focuses on the study of high-energy heavy ion collisions using state-of-art accelerator facilities across the country and abroad.
RECENT PAPERS
[1] M. Shareef, E. Prasad, A. Jhingan, N. Saneesh, Santanu Pal, A. M. Vinodkumar, K. S. Golda, Mohit Kumar, A. Shamlath, P. V. Laveen, A. C. Visakh, M. M. Hosamani, S. K. Duggi, P. Sandya Devi, G. N. Jyothi, A. Tejaswi, A. Chatterjee, and P. Sugathan. “Neutron multiplicity measurement and investigation of nuclear dissipation and shell effects in 30Si+182,184,186W reactions”. Phys. Rev. C 107, 054619 – 2023.
[2] D.Y. Jeung, D.J. Hinde, M. Dasgupta, C. Simenel, E.C. Simpson, K.J. Cook, H.M. Albers, J. Buete, I.P. Carter, Ch.E. Düllmann, J. Khuyagbaatar, B. Kindler, N. Lobanov, B. Lommel, C. Mokry, E. Prasad, J. Runke, C. Sengupta, J.F. Smith, P. Thörle-Pospiech, N. Trautmann, K. Vo-Phuoc, J. Walshe, E. Williams, A. Yakushev. “Sequential fission and the influence of 208Pb closed shells on the dynamics of superheavy element synthesis reactions”. Physics Letters B,Volume 837, 2023,137641,ISSN 0370-2693.
[3] S. Sanila, A. M. Vinodkumar, B. R. S. Babu, N. Madhavan, S. Nath, J. Gehlot, Rohan Biswas, Chandra Kumar, Gonika, Anjali Rani, A. Parihari, Dinesh Viswakarma, Shoaib Noor, and E. Prasad. “Fusion studies in 12C+182,184,186W reactions at energies below and near the Coulomb barrier”. Phys. Rev. C 106, 024614 -2022