74 <strong>Biennial</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2005</strong>-07<strong>of</strong> nanomaterials (Invited)R3B International collaboration meeting, University <strong>of</strong> Milano, Italy, October, 2006•U Datta Pramanik, High energy neutron detector using RPC (Invited)•U Datta Pramanik, Chairperson, the R3B <strong>Physics</strong> sessionInternational Workshop on Science for Cultural Heritage (Abdus Salam InternationalCentre for Theoretical <strong>Physics</strong>), Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical<strong>Physics</strong>, Trieste, Italy, October 23-28, 2006•Debasis Mitra•International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnologies (ICMNT06) (UMMTO,ICTP, INP, UNESCO, IAEA, IEEE), University Mouloud Mammeri Tizi Ouzou, Tizi-Ouzou, Algeria, November 19-23, 2006•S Mukhopadhyay, N Majumdar, Use <strong>of</strong> the neBEM solver to compute the 3D electrostatic properties<strong>of</strong> comb drives [Proc International Conference on Micro and Nanotechnologies (ICMNT06),(UMMTO, Tizi-Ouzou, 2006) p45]•N Majumdar, S Mukhopadhyay, Factors affecting the precision <strong>of</strong> electrostatic computation <strong>of</strong> 3DMEMS structures [ibid p234]DAE BRNS 51st Symposium on <strong>Nuclear</strong> <strong>Physics</strong> (DAE BRNS), The Maharaja SayajiraoUniversity <strong>of</strong> Baroda, Vadodara, Gujarat, India, December 11-15, 2006•Mandira Sinha, M Biswas, A Mukherjee, Subinit Roy, P Basu, H Majumdar, R Bhattacharya†,BR Behera†, KS Golda†, SK Datta†, S Kailas†, S Santra†, VV Parkar†, MK Pradhan, Measurement<strong>of</strong> fusion cross-section from evaporaion α spectra for the system 7 Li + 28 Si (Poster) [Proc51st DAE-BRNS Symposium on <strong>Nuclear</strong> <strong>Physics</strong>, Ed(s) S Kailas, Suresh Kumar, S Santra (BRNS,Vadodara, 2006, p433)]•DN Basu†, P Roy Chowdhury, C Samanta Isospin asymmetric nuclear matter [ibid p567]•Tumpa Bhattacharjee†, S Chanda†, S Bhattacharya, SK Basu†, A Mukherjee, RK Bhowmik†, SMuralithar†, RP Singh†, SS Ghugre†, U Datta Pramanik, Spectroscopy <strong>of</strong> N=81 139 Ce [ibid p226]•Chinmay Basu, S Adhikari, SK Ghosh, S Roy, S Ray†, BR Behera†, SK Datta†, Study <strong>of</strong> alphaparticle spectra from 16 O+ 40 Ca reaction at E( 16 O)=86 MeV (Poster) [ibid p443]•Mili Biswas, M Sinha, MK Pradhan, A Mukherjee, P Basu, H Majumdar, Subinit Roy, A Shrivastava†,K Ramachandran†, Threshold behaviour <strong>of</strong> interaction potential for 6 Li+ 64 Ni around theCoulomb barrier (Poster) [ibid p397]•M <strong>Saha</strong> Sarkar, Sukhendusekhar Sarkar†, Interesting aspects <strong>of</strong> nuclear structure in neutron-rich132 Sn region (Invited) [ibid p79]•Ritesh Kshetri, I Ray, G Dey†, M Ray Basu†, S Ganguly, MK Pradhan, R Raut, Krishichayan†,A Chakraborty†, M Ray†, S Sarkar†, A Goswami, P Banerjee, A Mukherjee, U Datta Pramanik,SS Ghugre†, S Bhattacharya, B Dasmahapatra, M <strong>Saha</strong> Sarkar Spectroscopy <strong>of</strong> 169 Ta [ibid p224]•G Dey†, A Chakraborty†, Krishichayan†, Ritesh Kshetri, I Ray, S Ganguly, MK Pradhan, R Raut,M Ray Basu†, M Ray†, G Ganguly†, SS Ghugre†, AK Sinha†, SK Basu†, A Goswami, P Banerjee,A Mukherjee, S Bhattacharya, M <strong>Saha</strong> Sarkar, S Sarkar†, Shape Coexistence in 153 Ho (Poster)[ibid p284]•I Ray, M Ray Basu†, Ritesh Kshetri, S Sarkar†, M <strong>Saha</strong> Sarkar, Evolution <strong>of</strong> shell gaps withneutron richness (Poster) [ibid p308]•S Ganguly, P Banerjee, I Ray, R Kshetri, S Bhattacharya, M <strong>Saha</strong> Sarkar, A Goswami, SMukhopadhyay, A Mukherjee, G Mukherjee, SK Basu, Study <strong>of</strong> rotational band in 111 Sn [ibid
<strong>Nuclear</strong> Sciences 75p286]•Debasmita Kanjilal, Mala Das, C Marick, S <strong>Saha</strong>, A segmented annular avalanche counter forevaporation residue detection and measurements (Poster) [ibid p622]•Mala Das, R Sarkar, PK Mondal, D Kanjilal, BK Chatterjee, S <strong>Saha</strong>, SC Roy, Investigation onR134a as a sensitive liquid for superheated drop emulsion detector (Poster) [ibid p628]•P Roy Chowdhury, C Samanta, Role <strong>of</strong> symmetry energy and hyperons in the stellar core (Poster)[ibid p573]•C Samanta, P Roy Chowdhury, DN Basu†, Lambda hypernuclei beyond normal driplines [ibidp503]•S Adhikari, A study <strong>of</strong> some static and dynamic properties <strong>of</strong> stable and unstable nuclei [ibidp679]XVII DAE-BRNS High Energy <strong>Physics</strong> Symposium (DAE-BRNS & DPM, Indian<strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> Technology, Kharagpur), IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India,December 11-15, 2006•N Majumdar, S Mukhopadhyayy, Computation <strong>of</strong> electrostatic and gravitational sag in multiwirechambers [Proc XVII DAE-BRNS High Energy <strong>Physics</strong> Symposium, Dept <strong>of</strong> <strong>Physics</strong> & Meteorology(IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, 2006) p85]•Saikat Biswas†, S Bhattacharya, S Chattopadhyay†, S <strong>Saha</strong>, MK Sharan, YP Viyogi, Study <strong>of</strong>bakelite-based RPC detector performance with cosmic ray muons•Nayana Majumdar, Supratik Mukhopadhyay, Sudeb Bhattacharya, Simulation <strong>of</strong> pickup signal ina Resistive Plate Chamber (RPC) [ibid p73]•Supratik Mukhopadhyay, Nayana Majumdar, 3D simulation <strong>of</strong> new generation gas detectors [ibidp77]•S Mukhopadhyay, N Majumdar, R Veenh<strong>of</strong>††, Estimation <strong>of</strong> weighting potential for a TPC [ibidp78]XVI National Conference on Atomic and Molecular <strong>Physics</strong> (Indian Society <strong>of</strong> Atomicand Molecular <strong>Physics</strong>, Board <strong>of</strong> Research in <strong>Nuclear</strong> Sciences, Department <strong>of</strong> AtomicEnergy, Department <strong>of</strong> Science & Technology), TIFR, Mumbai, India, January 8-11,<strong>2007</strong>•M Sarkar, Inner shell ionization with photons (Invited)•S Santra, D Mitra, M Sarkar, D Bhattacharya, Angular distribution <strong>of</strong> Au and U L X-rays inducedby 22.6 keV photons (Poster)21st International Workshop on Weak Interaction and Neutrinos, SINP, Kolkata, India,January 15-20, <strong>2007</strong>•Sudeb Bhattacharya, Ushasi Datta Pramanik, Suvendu Nath Bose, Ambar Ghosal, Debasish Majumdar,Nayana Majumdar, Supratik Mukhopadhyay, Satyajit <strong>Saha</strong>, Abhijit SamantaNational Seminar and Meeting on Positron Annihilation, <strong>Saha</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nuclear</strong><strong>Physics</strong>, Kolkata, India, February 9-10, <strong>2007</strong>•Bichitra Ganguly (Convenor), Positronium studies in Chemical aspects•PMG Nambissan, Current areas <strong>of</strong> research using positrons in materials at <strong>Saha</strong> <strong>Institute</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nuclear</strong><strong>Physics</strong> (Invited)<strong>Nuclear</strong> and Radio Chemistry Symposium (NUCAR07), Vadodara, February 12-14,<strong>2007</strong>
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