Dr. Pankaj Kushwaha
Assistant Professor, Physical Sciences
Email pankaj.kushwaha(AT)iisermohali.ac.in
Phone +91-172 2293107
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Research Area
High Energy Astrophysics and its interface with Cosmology, Astro-particle physics, and Cosmic rays, Physics of Relativistic jets, Gamma-ray Astronomy
Research Focus

My research is aimed at exploring and understanding the physical processes of relativistic jets and active galactic nuclei, responsible for broad and extreme range of observed behaviors through a study focused on broadband and high energy emission mechanisms, statistical exploration and characterization of broadband emission, connections between the jet and the central-engine (supermassive black hole and accretion-disk) using a multi-dimensional, multi-scale synergistic approach of data analysis, modeling, and simulations.

Selected Publications
  • Title: Spectral States of OJ 287 blazar from Multi-wavelength Observations with AstroSat
    Authors:K. P. Singh, P. Kushwaha, A. Sinha, Main Pal, et al.
    Published: MNRAS 509, 2696 – 2706 (2022)
    DoI:https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stab3161
  • Title: A hadronic emission model for black hole-disc impacts in the blazar OJ 287
    Authors:     J. C. Rodrıguez-Ramırez, P. Kushwaha, E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino, and R. Santos-Lima
    Published:     MNRAS 498, 5424 – 5436 (2020)
    DoI:https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/staa2664
  • Title: Fast Magnetic Reconnection Structures in Poynting Flux-dominated Jets
    Authors: Luis H. S. Kadowaki, Elisabete M. de Gouveia Dal Pino, Tania E. Medina-Torrejón, Yosuke Mizuno, and P. Kushwaha
    Published:ApJ 912:109 (17pp), 2021
    DoI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abee7a
  • Title: Gamma-Ray Flux Distribution and Nonlinear Behavior of Four LAT Bright AGNs
    Authors: P. Kushwaha, A. Sinha, R. Misra, K. P. Singh, and E. M. de Gouveia Dal Pino
    Published:ApJ 849:138 (9pp), 2017
    DoI: https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa8ef5
  • Title: High energy emission processes in OJ 287 during 2009 flare
    Authors: P. Kushwaha, S. Sahayanathan, and K. P. Singh
    Published: MNRAS 433, 2380 – 2388 (2013)
    DoI: https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stt904