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Pawan Kumar is affiliated with The University of Texas at Austin in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines within physics and engineering, with a strong emphasis on both theoretical and applied aspects of Astronomy and Astrophysics, as well as Materials Chemistry and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their work is reflected in a range of topics including:

  • Pulsars and Gravitational Waves Research
  • Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae
  • Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations
  • Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
  • Graphene research and applications
  • Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides

Kumar's frequent publication venues underscore their engagement with the astrophysics and physical sciences communities. Notable venues include:

  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Physical Review Letters
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

The following papers illustrate the diversity and focus of Kumar's research:

  • "Magnetic Imaging with Spin Defects in Hexagonal Boron Nitride," 2022, Physical Review Applied
  • "Fast current-induced skyrmion motion in synthetic antiferromagnets," 2024, Science
  • "Graphene based field-effect transistor biosensors functionalized using gas-phase synthesized gold nanoparticles," 2020, Sensors and Actuators B Chemical
  • "Scalable CMOS back-end-of-line-compatible AlScN/two-dimensional channel ferroelectric field-effect transistors," 2023, Nature Nanotechnology
  • "A unified picture of Galactic and cosmological fast radio bursts," 2020, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society

Kumar collaborates frequently with peers including Paz Beniamini, Alexander J. Porkovich, Zakaria Ziadi, Aurore Finco, and V. Jacques, reflecting a network of professionals contributing to intertwined research areas.

Best Publications

  • The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission

    N. Gehrels;G. Chincarini;G. Chincarini;P. Giommi;K. O. Mason

  • Femtosecond solvation dynamics of water

    Ralph Jimenez;Graham R. Fleming;P. V. Kumar;M. Maroncelli

  • The Physics of Gamma-Ray Bursts and Relativistic Jets

    Pawan Kumar;Bing Zhang

  • The physics of gamma-ray bursts & relativistic jets

    Pawan Kumar;Bing Zhang

  • Properties of Relativistic Jets in Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows

    A. Panaitescu;P. Kumar

  • The afterglow of GRB 050709 and the nature of the short-hard γ-ray bursts

    Derek B Fox;Derek B Fox;Dale A Frail;Paul Antony Price;Shrinivas R Kulkarni

  • Afterglow Emission from Naked Gamma-Ray Bursts

    Pawan Kumar;Alin Panaitescu

  • Analytic Light Curves of Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows: Homogeneous versus Wind External Media

    A. Panaitescu;Pawan Kumar

  • Accretion Models of Gamma‐Ray Bursts

    Ramesh Narayan;Tsvi Piran;Pawan Kumar

  • Reconstructing the primordial spectrum of fluctuations of the universe from the observed nonlinear clustering of galaxies

    A. J. S. Hamilton;P. Kumar;Edward Lu;Alex Matthews

  • Fundamental Physical Parameters of Collimated Gamma-Ray Burst Afterglows

    A. Panaitescu;Pawan Kumar

  • Off-Axis Afterglow Emission from Jetted Gamma-Ray Bursts

    Jonathan Granot;Alin Panaitescu;Pawan Kumar;Stan E. Woosley

  • On the generation of high-energy photons detected by the Fermi Satellite from gamma-ray bursts

    P. Kumar;R. Barniol Duran

  • On the generation of high energy photons detected by the Fermi Satellite from gamma-ray bursts

    Pawan Kumar;Rodolfo Barniol Duran

  • Polar solvation dynamics of polyatomic solutes: Simulation studies in acetonitrile and methanol

    P. V. Kumar;M. Maroncelli

  • External forward shock origin of high energy emission for three GRBs detected by Fermi

    Pawan Kumar;Rodolfo Barniol Duran

  • External forward shock origin of high-energy emission for three gamma-ray bursts detected by Fermi

    Pawan Kumar;R. Barniol Duran

  • Excitation of solar p-modes

    Peter Goldreich;Norman Murray;Pawan Kumar

  • An unexpectedly rapid decline in the X-ray afterglow emission of long γ-ray bursts

    G. Tagliaferri;M. Goad;G. Chincarini;G. Chincarini;A. Moretti

  • The Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Mission

    N. Gehrels;G Chincarini;P. Giommi;K. O. Mason

Frequent Co-Authors

Bing Zhang
Bing Zhang University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Tsvi Piran
Tsvi Piran Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Ramesh Narayan
Ramesh Narayan Harvard University
Peter Mészáros
Peter Mészáros Pennsylvania State University
P. T. O'Brien
P. T. O'Brien University of Leicester
J. P. Osborne
J. P. Osborne University of Leicester
Scott D. Barthelmy
Scott D. Barthelmy Goddard Space Flight Center
Jonathan Granot
Jonathan Granot Open University of Israel
Gianpiero Tagliaferri
Gianpiero Tagliaferri National Institute for Astrophysics
George F. Smoot
George F. Smoot Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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