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| Type | ResearchInstitution |
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| Established | 1972; 53 years ago (1972) |
| Founder | Bidhu Bhusan Das |
| Affiliation | Homi Bhabha National Institute Department of Atomic Energy,Government of India |
| Director | Karuna Kar Nanda |
| Location | ,, |
| Campus | Urban |
| Acronym | IOP, Bhubaneswar |
| Website | www |
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Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar is an autonomous research institution of theDepartment of Atomic Energy (DAE), Government ofIndia.[1] The institute was founded by ProfessorBidhu Bhusan Das, who was Director of Public Instruction, Odisha, at that time. Das set up the institute in 1972, supported by the Government ofOdisha under the patronage of Odisha's education minister Banamali Patnaik, and chose Dr.Trilochan Pradhan as its first director, when the Institute started theoretical research programs in the various branches of physics.[1] Other notable physicists in the institute's early days included Prof. T. P. Das, ofSUNY, Albany, New York, USA and Prof. Jagdish Mohanty ofIIT Kanpur andAustralian National University, Canberra. In 1981, the Institute moved to its present campus near Chandrasekharpur,Bhubaneswar. It was taken over by theDepartment of Atomic Energy, India on 25 March 1985 and started functioning as an autonomous body.[2]
The institute conducts research intheoretical andexperimentalphysics.
Research areas in theoretical physics includecondensed matter theory,nuclear andhigh energy physics. High-energy theorists at IOP have made contributions tofield theories,phase transitions in early universe,cosmology, thePlanck scale phenomena,string theory and high-energy nuclear physics such asquark–gluon plasma (QGP), equation of state and nuclear astrophysics, neutron stars, high-energyphenomenology and neutrino physics phenomenology.[1] In theoretical condensed matter physics, research is centered on disordered systems,magnetism,superconductivity, low-dimensional systems,statistical physics, strongly correlated systems,phase transitions,clusters andnanomaterials.[1]
The experimental physics group encompasses accelerator-based research for advanced chemical and radioisotope analysis. The ion beam laboratory (IBL) is equipped with a 3MVtandem accelerator (NEC 9SDH-2).[3] Research at the IBL includesRutherford back scattering,Particle-induced X-ray emission, acceleratormass spectrometry,channeling, ion implantation, surface modification and characterization, microbeam analysis andnuclear reaction studies.[citation needed]
The 3 million volt NEC 9SDH-2 pelletron accelerator of the Accelerator Mass Spectrometry lab is a multi-disciplinary research accelerator for various physics experiments.[4] The experimental facilities available in the ion beam laboratory include anaccelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) forradiocarbon dating, micro-beam facility and an external beam facility.[4] Other experimental facilities include an ESCA (electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis), HRTEM (high resolution transmissionelectron microscope), MBE (molecular beam epitaxy), cluster generator andnano material research facility.[citation needed]
The Institute runs regular pre-doctoral (Master of Philosophy) and doctoral (PhD.) programs for postgraduate students of physics. The course work is planned to emphasize doctoral research and teaching skills.[5]
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