^Faculty Profile

Personal Details

Academic background: 

1. Did M.Sc from Calcutta University and Ph.D from Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Kolkata (Field of specialisation: Nuclear Structure & Reactions, and Nuclear Astrophysics. In fact, this was the first venture in this country to start doing theoretical studies in the realm of neutron- and proton-rich exotic nuclei).

2. After doing Ph.D, did 3 postdocs from University of Surrey, UK, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata and Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata, in that order. Also, taught the Physics undergraduate students at the University of Surrey, Guildford, UK during the post-doctoral tenure.

3. Visited several scientific and research institutes, including Universite' Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.

4. Was the examiner of a Ph.D thesis at the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee,

5. Acted as a member of the Board of Judges for the 30th Young Physicists' Colloquium, SINP, Kolkata, 2012,

6. Acted as the Coordinator, NAAC Steering Committee, Jhargram Raj College, 2007,

Joined WBES on: 08/01/2002
Joined Bidhannagar College on: 05/11/2019
Number of Publications: 20 (Twenty)
Mobile: 9433022193
Email: banprabir@gmail.com
URL of Google Scholar/Research Gate/ORCID/Personal Website:
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Name of the Colleges served till date

1. Jhargram Raj College
2. Presidency University (erstwhile Presidency College)
3. A B N Seal College, Coochbehar
4. Bidhannagar College

Areas of Specialization

1. Nuclear Astrophysics and Nuclear Structure studies with reactions induced by Exotic Nuclei
2. Theory of nucleus-nucleus collisions at beam energies ranging from few tens to few hundreds of MeV per nucleon
3. Intermediate energy Nuclear Physics

Areas of Teaching

1. Nuclear Physics
2. Theory of Solids (Condensed Matter Physics)
3. Quantum Mechanics
4. Thermal Physics & Thermodynamics
5. Optics
6. Classical Mechanics and Gravitation
7. Electromagnetism
8. Special Theory of Relativity

Areas of Research Interests

1. Nuclear Structure and Reaction Studies with Exotic Nuclei
2. Nuclear Astrophysics

List of Publications (Journal/Proceedings)

1. Shyam R., Baur G. and Banerjee P., (1991), Projectile breakup by nuclear and Coulomb fields and application to astrophysically relevant radiative capture processes, Physical Review C, vol. 44, p. 915
2. Shyam R., Banerjee P. and Baur G. (1992), Coulomb dissociation of 11Li and 11Be in a direct fragmentation model, Nuclear Physics A, vol. 540, p. 341
3. Banerjee P. and Shyam R. (1993), Coulomb and nuclear effects in the fragmentation of exotic nuclei, Nuclear Physics A, vol. 561, p. 112
4. Banerjee P. and Shyam R. (1993), Angular distributions of neutrons emitted in the fragmentation reactions of 11Be, Physics Letters B, vol. 318, p. 268
5. Banerjee P. and Shyam R. (1995), Momentum distribution of fragments in reactions induced by neutron rich nuclei, Physics Letters B, vol. 349, pp. 421
6. Banerjee P. and Shyam R. (1996), Energy and momentum distribution of fragments in reactions induced by one neutron halo nucleus 11Be, Journal of Physics G, vol. 22, pp. L79
7. Banerjee P., Thompson I. J. and Tostevin J. A. (1998), Coulomb breakup of 11Be and 19C, Physical Review C, vol. 58, p. 1042
8. Banerjee P., Tostevin J. A. and Thompson I. J. (1998), Coulomb breakup of two-neutron halo nuclei, Physical Review C, vol. 58, p. 1337
9. Banerjee P., Tostevin J. A. and Thompson I. J. (1999), Coulomb breakup of halo nuclei within an adiabatic model, P. Banerjee, Journal of Physics G, vol. 25, p. 851
10. Banerjee P. (1999), Time-scale of breakup of the halo nucleus 11Be, Physical Review C, vol. 59, p. 2305
11. Banerjee P. and Shyam R. (2000), Structure of 19C from its Coulomb dissociation, Physical Review C, vol. 61, p. 047301
12. Chatterjee R., Banerjee P. and Shyam R. (2000), Projectile structure effects in the Coulomb breakup of one-neutron halo nuclei, Nuclear Physics A, vol. 675, p. 477
13. Banerjee P. and Shyam R. (2000), E1 - E2 interference in the Coulomb dissociation of 8B, Physical Review C, vol. 62, p. 065804
14. Chatterjee R., Banerjee P. and Shyam R. (2001), Four-body DWBA calculations of the Coulomb breakup of 6He, Nuclear Physics A, vol. 692, p. 476
15. Chatterjee R., Banerjee P. (2001), Structure of the exotic nucleus 14B in the ground state, Physical Review C, vol. 63, p. 017303
16. Banerjee P., Baur G., Hencken K., Shyam R. and Trautmann D. (2002), Post-acceleration effects in the Coulomb Dissociation of neutron halo nuclei, Physical Review C, vol. 65, p. 064602
17. Banerjee P., Krishan K., Bhattacharya S. and Bhattacharya C. (2002), Fusion of proton-rich exotic nuclei at near-barrier energies, International Journal of Modern Physics E, vol. 11 (No.6), p. 491
18. Banerjee P., Krishan K., Bhattacharya S. and Bhattacharya C. (2003), Effect of inelastic excitation of light exotic nuclei on fusion at near-barrier energies, PRAMANA, vol. 61 (No.3), p. 529
19. Banerjee P., Chatterjee R. and Shyam R. (2008), Coulomb dissociation of 9Li and the rate of the 8Li(n,γ)9Li reaction, Physical Review C, vol. 78, p. 035804
20. Banerjee P. et al (2012), Complex fragment emission in low-energy light ion reactions, Physical Review C, vol. 85, p. 064607
21. Chatterjee R., Banerjee P. and Shyam R. (1999), Finite Range Effects in the DWBA Calculations of the Coulomb Breakup of One-neutron Halo Nuclei, In: Proc. DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, INDIA, vol. 42B, p. 232
22. Chatterjee R., Banerjee P. and Shyam R. (2000), Is there a one-neutron halo structure in 14B?, In: Proc. Int. DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, INDIA, vol. 43B, p. 321
23. Chatterjee R., Banerjee P. and Shyam R. (2000), DWBA calculation of the Coulomb breakup of 6He with a three-body wave function, In: Proc. Int. DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, INDIA, vol. 43B, p. 319
24. Banerjee P., Krishan K., Bhattacharya S. and Bhattacharya C. (2001), Fusion of Drip-line nuclei at Near-barrier Energies, In: Proc. DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, INDIA, vol. 44B, p. 244
25. Banerjee P. and Shyam R. (1999), First Order versus Higher Order Effects in the Coulomb Breakup of Neutron Halo Nuclei, In: Proc. DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, INDIA, vol. 44B, p. 238
26. Banerjee Prabir, Chatterjee Rajdeep and Shyam Radhey (2006), Momentum space post form distorted wave calculations of one-neutron halo nuclei, In: Proc. DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, INDIA, vol. 51, p. 471
27. Banerjee Prabir, Chatterjee Rajdeep and Shyam Radhey (2007), Coulomb breakup of 23O, In: Proc. DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, INDIA, vol. 52, p. 446
28. Banerjee Prabir, Chatterjee Rajdeep and Shyam Radhey (2008), Indirect Methods in Nuclear Astrophysics, In: The proceedings of the Workshop on `Nuclear Physics research at the MYRRHA Accelerator’ + Annual BRIX network meeting, April 6-9, 2008 at Mol, Belgium SCK•CEN Club-House, Boeretang 201, BE-2400 MOL, BELGIUM.
29. Shyam R., Banerjee P. and Chatterjee R. (2008), Rate of the 8Li(n, γ)9Li reaction from the Coulomb dissociation of 9Li, In: 10th International Symposium on Nuclei in the Cosmos (held at McKinac Island, Michigan, USA during July 27 - August 1, 2008) in Proc. of Science (NIC X), p. 236.
30. Banerjee P., Chatterjee R. and Shyam R. (2008), All order Coulomb breakup of 15C and application to the 14C(n, γ)15C reaction, In: Proc. of the DAE-BRNS Symposium in Nuclear Physics, INDIA, vol. 53, p. 661

List of Publications (Book/Chapter)

1. Understanding halo structure from breakup reactions (2000), Nuclear Structure and Dynamics, In: Phoenix Publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, INDIA, Jain Ashok K. and Bhowmik Ranjan K. (eds.), p. 131
2. Understanding halo structure through breakup reactions (2003), In: Proceedings on the National Seminar on Nuclear Physics, Bhubaneswar, INDIA, July 26 - 29, 1999, organized by Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, published in Contemporary Nuclear Physics, Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi, India (2003), Praharaj C. R (ed.), p. 235

List of Lectures in Seminar/Conferences

1. Structure of light neutron halo nuclei, 6th National Workshop on Nuclear Structure Physics, Chennai, INDIA, March 10 - 14, 1999, organized by IUC-DAEF, Calcutta Chapter
2. Structure of halo nuclei from breakup reactions, National Seminars on Nuclear Physics, Bhubaneswar, INDIA, July 26 - 29, 1999, organized by Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar
3. Structure of halo nuclei from breakup reactions, National Seminars on Nuclear Structure and Dynamics, University of Roorkee, Roorkee, INDIA, August 23 - 25, 1999
4. Understanding halo structure from breakup reactions, Interactive Workshop on Nuclear Reaction studies with light RIBs, Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi, INDIA, August 27 - 28, 1999
5. Structure of halo nuclei from breakup reactions, 42nd DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, INDIA, December 27 - 31, 1999
6. E1-E2 interference in the Coulomb dissociation of 8B, 2nd National Workshop on Nuclear Reactions, University of Sambalpur, Sambalpur, INDIA, March 14 - 16, 2000, organized by IUC-DAEF, Calcutta Chapter
7. E1-E2 interference in the Coulomb dissociation of 8B, National Workshop on Hadrons and Nuclei, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Calcutta, INDIA, March 29 - 31, 2000
8. Importance of Higher Order Effects in the Coulomb Breakup of Exotic Nuclei and Nuclear Astrophysics, 45th DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics, INDIA
9. Nuclear breakup in relation to astrophysically relevant reactions, National Workshop on "NUCLEAR PHYSICS USING ION BEAMS FROM CYCLOTRONS at VECC" at Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata, 24 – 26 August, 2011
10. Physics with Radioactive Ion Beams, UGC sponsored National Seminar entitled “Opportunities for Nuclear Physics Research in India (ONPRI-2012)â€Â at Raniganj Girls’ College, Raniganj, West Bengal, 13 – 15 March, 2012 (also supported by Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata)
11. Beam energy selection for studying astrophysically relevant radiative capture reactions, SLENA - 2012 (4th International School cum Workshop on Low Energy Nuclear Astrophysics) held at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, November 26-29, 2012
12. Coulomb dissociation of 9Li and the rate of the 8Li(n,γ)9Li reaction, National Conference on Nuclear Dynamics and Nuclear Astrophysics, held at the University of Calcutta, February 5-6, 2013
13. Coulomb breakup of Borromean Nuclei, Universite´ Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, February 21, 2001
14. Theoretical techniques in RIB Research, Invited talk given in the One-day Orientation Program (meant for research scholars involved in RIB research in India and abroad) on Nuclear Physics with RIB in the DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics at University of Baroda, Vadodara, 10th December, 2006
15. Theoretical approaches on understanding reaction mechanisms involving loosely bound nuclei - Invited talk given in the One-day Orientation Programme for research students on Reactions with loosely bound nuclei in the DAE-BRNS Symposium on Nuclear Physics at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay, Mumbai, December 7, 2009
16. Worked as Resource Person in the DAE-BRNS Nuclear Physics Symposia, 2006, University of Vadodara and 2009, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai. Also, gave a series of 7 lectures and 2 tutorials at DST-SERC International School on Modern Theories of Nuclear Reactions, 2013, IIT Roorkee.

On-going or Completed Research Projects

1. Title: Reaction dynamics of nuclei far from the valley of stability (DST-SERB sponsored project hosted by Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand); Principal investigator: Dr. Rajdeep Chatterjee, Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand. Co-investigator: Dr. Prabir Banerjee, A B N Seal College, Coochbehar. Co-investigator: Prof. R. Shyam, Ex-professor, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata. Ref. No.: SR/S2/HEP-040/2012 dated 19.08.2013; Period: 3 years (September 2013 – August 2016)

Awards/Grants received

1. Total grant sanctioned: Rs. 25, 08,400/- (during the DST-SERB sponsored project)

Member of Academic Bodies

1. Life Member, Indian Physics Association (Membership No. CAL/LM/11201)
2. Life Member, Presidency College Alumni Association (Membership No. L3628)