Bikash Sinha: A Life For Physics

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Bikash Sinha A Life For Physics

• Dinesh Srivastava
• Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre
• Kolkata

February 7, 2005
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Shankaracharya (7th Century AD) Who are you? Who
am I ? Where did we come from? -
Charpatpanjarikastotram.
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Bishnudas
Haribansha
Madhusudan
Harekrishna
Kushal
Parashuram
Ratneshwar
Jagannath
Narayan
Gouranga
Bihari
Radhakanta (Adopted)
Dinadayal
Radhakanta
Radhacharan
(Agent of Warren Hastings, First Governor General
of India, 1773-84)
Gangagobinda
Pranakrishna
(Lala Babus Temple, Vrindavan, 1810)
Krishnachanda
Shrinarayan
Ishwarchandra(Adopted)
The Family Tree of The Kings of Kandi
Paikpara
Indrachandra
Arunchandra (Adopted)
Amarchandra
Kandi School, 1859
Pratapchandra (Adopted)
Girishchandra
Shrishchandra
Raja Manindrachandra
Radha Ballabh Temple, Kandi, with permission
from the Mughal Emperor.
Bimal Chandra
Amaresh Chandra
Minister for Abolition of Zamindari, in
Independent India
Brindaban Chandra
Bikash Chandra
Purnachandra
Amartya
Kantichandra
Source Banger Jatiya Itihaas Nagendra Nath
Basu Chapter The Story of Kayasthas of the
Northern Regions
Tanya
Sharatchandra
Birendra
Jagadish
Jitendra
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Warren Hastings (1732-1818)

• Resident of Murshidabad.
• Governor of Bengal.
• First Governor General of India.
• Ganga Govind Singh acted as his agent, acquired
  an immense fortune, and established the dynasty
  of the Kings (Rajas) of Paikpara and Kandi.

Also known for organizing the most magnificent
Shradh Ceremony ever performed in Bengal to
honour his mother.
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Bishnudas
Haribansha
Madhusudan
Harekrishna
Kushal
Parashuram
Ratneshwar
Jagannath
Narayan
Gouranga
Bihari
Radhakanta (Adopted)
Dinadayal
Radhakanta
Radhacharan
(Agent of Warren Hastings, First Governor General
of India, 1773-84)
Gangagobinda
Pranakrishna
(Lala Babus Temple, Vrindavan, 1810)
Krishnachanda
Shrinarayan
Ishwarchandra(Adopted)
The Family Tree of The Kings of Kandi
Paikpara
Indrachandra
Arunchandra (Adopted)
Amarchandra
Kandi School, 1859
Pratapchandra (Adopted)
Girishchandra
Shrishchandra
Raja Manindrachandra
Radha Ballabh Temple, Kandi, with permission
from the Mughal Emperor.
Bimal Chandra
Amaresh Chandra
Minister for Abolition of Zamindari, in
Independent India
Brindaban Chandra
Bikash Chandra
Purnachandra
Amartya
Kantichandra
Source Banger Jatiya Itihaas Nagendra Nath
Basu Chapter The Story of Kayasthas of the
Northern Regions
Tanya
Sharatchandra
Birendra
Jagadish
Jitendra
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Krishna Chandra Singh (Lala Babu)(1776-14.5.1822
)

• First vesrion
• Washermans daughter Bela je jai. Jol ke
  chal.
• (Time is passing, let us go, get water).
• - as narated by Bikash Sinha.

• Second version
• Washermans daughter Bela je jai.
• Basna kakhon jalaben?
• (Time is passing, when will.
• you set fire to basna (dried.
• banana stem/ desire)?
• -as narated by Ram Krishna Paramhansa.

One of the 10 most important saints of
Vaishnavas, builder of Lala Babus Temple
Housing Vigrahas of Krishna Chandra Jyu, Radhika
Devi and Lalita Sakhi, Vrindavan- 1810. Killed
while meditating , when the horse of the Queen
of Gwalior bolted.
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Bishnudas
Haribansha
Madhusudan
Harekrishna
Kushal
Parashuram
Ratneshwar
Jagannath
Narayan
Gouranga
Bihari
Radhakanta (Adopted)
Dinadayal
Radhakanta
Radhacharan
(Agent of Warren Hastings, First Governor General
of India, 1773-84)
Gangagobinda
Pranakrishna
(Lala Babus Temple, Vrindavan, 1810)
Krishnachanda
Shrinarayan
Ishwarchandra(Adopted)
The Family Tree of The Kings of Kandi
Paikpara
Indrachandra
Arunchandra (Adopted)
Amarchandra
Kandi School, 1859
Pratapchandra (Adopted)
Girishchandra
Shrishchandra
Raja Manindrachandra
Radha Ballabh Temple, Kandi, with permission
from the Mughal Emperor.
Bimal Chandra
Amaresh Chandra
Minister for Abolition of Zamindari, in
Independent India
Brindaban Chandra
Bikash Chandra
Purnachandra
Amartya
Kantichandra
Source Banger Jatiya Itihaas Nagendra Nath
Basu Chapter The Story of Kayasthas of the
Northern Regions
Tanya
Sharatchandra
Birendra
Jagadish
Jitendra
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Raja Brindaban Chandra Sinha Rani Uma Devi
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The World at His Feet
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Bengalee Bhadralok
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Tutored by the Best With S. N. Bose.
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Ustad Bade Gulam Ali Khan Ustad Vilayat Khan
1902-1968
1928-2004
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Nandalal Bose Jamini Roy
1882-1966
1887-1972
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Trained to Be a Gentleman
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Cambridge Days-1
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Cambridge Days-2
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A Unified Description of Nuclear Properties
D. N. Basu, Phys. Rev. C 69 (2004) 049803, etc.
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International Conference on Nuclear Physics
Bombay, 1984
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ICPAQGP 1988, Bombay
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Winter School on Quark Gluon Plasma Toshali
Sands, 1989
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ICPAQGP 1993, Calcutta
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ICPAQGP 1997, Jaipur
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ICPAQGP 2001, Jaipur
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PMD Off to CERN May 1991
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Photon Multiplicity Detector in WA98 Experiment
at CERN (Kolkata/Bhubaneswar/Chandigarh/Jaipur/Jam
mu/Darmstadt)
Scintillator pads with fibres Building blocks of
PMD
Before shipping to CERN
Viewed from converter side after installation at
CERN
53000 pads, 21 sq.m. area
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Second order anisotropy coeff. (elliptic flow) of
photons
WA93 PMD 8000 pads
First observation of Collective Flow at CERN
SPS Phys. Lett. B403 (1997) 390
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PMD in the STAR Experiment at Relativistic Heavy
Ion Collider (BNL) (Kolkata-Bhubaneswar-Chandigarh
-Jaipur-Jammu-IITB)
Extended cathode honeycomb cellular gas
proportional counter Building blocks of STAR PMD
Preshower plane of STAR PMD viewed from the RHIC
tunnel
83000 gas cells 4 sq.m. area
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TOF
TRD
HMPID
TPC
PMD
ITS
Muon Arm
PHOS
ALICE Set-up
PMD _at_ ALICE
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Transverse flow effects on high energy photons
emitted by Expanding quark gluon plasma, J.
Alam, D. K. Srivastava, B. Sinha, and D. N. Basu,
Phys. Rev. D 48 (1993) 1117.
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Heat Helium Release from Thermal Springs and
Influence of Volcanic Eruption.
D. Ghosh, N. K. Das, B. Sinha, S. K. Das, and S.
D. Chatterjee, Proc. Indian National Sci. Acad.
60 A (1994) 481.
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Superconducting Cyclotron-Magnet in Place April
7, 2004
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The Magnet The Cryostat
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The 4.4 Deg K Day 17.01.2005
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Target 1 ion-source
Cyclotron vault
HR cave - I
ECRIS
Analyzing magnet
Solenoid
RFQ
Linac-3
Rebuncher
Linac-1
HR cave - II
Linac-2
RIB facility floor plan
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Radioactive Ion Beam on the Horizon
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Come and See a Radioactive Ion Beam
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Large Area Cathode Pad Chamber for ALICE
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Dr. Raja Ramanna Pt. Shiv Shankar Sharma March
7, 2004
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Dr. Raja Ramanna, March 7, 2004
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The Other Passion Hindustani Classical Vocal
Music
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When Salam Came Calling Sarod Recital by Ustad
Amjad Ali Khan, 1981
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Padma Sri Award 2001
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R. D. Birla Award, 2002 Indian Physics
Association
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The Royal Family
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GenNext Amartya Tanya
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Dialogues of Maitreyee Yagyavalkya
Maitreyee Will I become immortal if I get all
the wealth of the
world? Yagyavalkya No. MM Maitreyee What
will I do with that which
cant give me immoratality?
Brihadaaranyak (243)