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Dr. Ashok Kumar

Dr.
  Assistant Professor
     Room No. 189, Multistoried building, Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi – 110007
 
     
27667036
9711387343
     a.kumar@physics.du.ac.in

Educational Qualifications

Ph.D.

Ph. D. (High Energy Physics), Panjab University, Chandigarh

2008

PG

M.Sc. (Honours School, Physics), Panjab University, Chandigarh

2001

UG

B.Sc. (Non-medical), Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla.

1999

Career Profile

2008- till date: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics & Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi.

2006 - 2008: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar.

2001 - 2006: CMS Project Fellow, Panjab University, Chandigarh.

Areas of Specialization / Interest

High Energy Particle Physics, CMS experiment at LHC, CERN, Geneva (Switzerland), Higgs Physics, Detector Physics.

Subjects Taught

Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics, Classical Mechanics, Radiation Technology & its applications.

Publications Profile

Research papers published in Refereed/Peer Reviewed Journals

Abdulin, S, et al. 2009. The CMS Barrel Calorimeter Response to Particle Beams from 2 to 350 GeV/c. CERN-CMS NOTE-2008/034, Eur. Phys. J. C60: 359-373.
Abdulin, S, et al. 2008. Design, Performance and Calibration of the CMS Hadron-Outer Calorimeter. CMS-NOTE-2008-020. Eur. Phys. J. C57: 653-663.
Abdullin, S, et al. 2008. Design, Performance and Calibration of CMS Hadron-Barrel Calorimeter Wedges. CERN-CMS-NOTE-2006-138, FERMILAB-PUB-08-246-CMS. Eur. Phys. J. C55: 159-171.
Bayatian, G, et al. 2008. Design, performance and calibration of the CMS forward calorimeter wedges. CERN-CMS-NOTE-2006-044. Eur. Phys. J. C53: 139-166.
Adolphi, R. et al. 2008. The CMS experiment at the CERN LHC. JINST 0803:S08004.
David G. d’Enterria, ed., et al. 2007. CMS physics technical design report: Addendum on high density QCD with heavy ions. J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 34: 2307-2455.
Bayatian, G L, et al. 2007. CMS technical design report, volume II: Physics performance. CERN-LHCC-2006-021, CMS-TDR-008-2. J. Phys. G 34: 995-1579.

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION/PRESENTATIONS

Ranjan, K and A Kumar. 2009. Projecting exclusion limits on the SM Higgs cross sections by combining HWW and HZZ decay channels. Poster presented at the HCP2009: XXth Hadron Collider Physics Symposium, Nov. 16-20, 2009, Evian, France. Published in Proceedings of Science, PoS (HCP 2009) 094.

Kumar, A, A  Pompili and L Barbone. 2009. Impact Parameter observables for background rejection in HèZZ*è4 leptons. Paper presented at the Workshop on 4 leptons Channels in CMS, LLR Polytechnique (Palaiseau) & PRC, July 1-3, 2009, University of Florida.

Bawa, H S, A Kumar, et al. 2009. Contribution of EHEP Group of Panjab University in CMS Experiment at Large Hadron Collider. Poster presented at the Chandigarh Science Congress, March, 2009, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.

Awards and distinctions

Qualified the Joint National Eligibility Test (NET) in June 2002 and awarded Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) under the DST project entitled “Search for New Particles on the Large Hadron Collider at CERN, Geneva”

Declared Allround Best Organizer, N.S.S. (1999) 

1st position in Intra-college Poetic & Quiz competitions, 2nd position in Essay writing  (1999)

Secretary, Physics Association, Department of Physics, Panjab University – Chandigarh (2000)

Other Activities

National Service Scheme (2 years).

Visiting Faculty, University of Bari & INFN , Bari, Italy.

Visiting Faculty, LLR Polytechnique, Paris, France.

Invited talk on Large hadron collider and its experiments in "Current trends in Physics", March, 2009, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India.