Nationality Indian Name Amitava Datta | Residence Kolkata Fields Physics | |
Institutions Jadavpur University
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata Doctoral students Monoranjan Guchait, Asesh Krishna Datta, Siba Prasad Das, Sujoy Poddar, Nabanita Bhattacharya, Arghya Choudhuri Known for Contributions to High Energy Physics Alma mater Scottish Church College, University of Calcutta, Visva-Bharati University | ||
Amitava Datta is an Indian scientist working in the area of high energy physics, specially in context of new physics through direct (particle production) and indirect (loop effects).
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Career
He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in 1969 from the Scottish Church College under the University of Calcutta, and MSc and PhD degrees in physics from Visva Bharati in 1971 and 1977, respectively. He joined Jadavpur University as a lecturer in 1981 and was subsequently promoted to professor in 1998. In 2008, he moved to the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata as a professor. He also received Alexander von Humboldt Fellowships and Associateships of ICTP, Italy and of the Institute of Theoretical Physics Beijing. He held Visiting Positions at Fermilab, CERN and different research institutes of India.
Research
He first perform complete calculation of the amplitude of Do-D-o mixing and the analyses of the consequence of Bo-B-o mixing immediately after its discovery. He also derived new bounds on masses and couplings of gauge bosons, exotic fermions and supersymmetric particles using the data from the Large Electron Positron (LEP) collider at CERN and the Tevatron collider at Fermilab.