DEEPTO CHAKRABARTY, Associate
Professor of Physics
Research Interests
Observational high-energy astrophysics, including X-ray and gamma-ray
astronomy, optical astronomy, and neutron stars and black holes.
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Biographical Sketch
In 1996, Prof. Chakrabarty was awarded the Ph.D. in Physics from
the California Institute of Technology, following two years at the
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (1988-90) as a staff Physicist
working on the Berkeley Automated Supernova Search. Prior to that,
he completed his S.B. in Physics at MIT, in 1988.
Professor Chakrabarty returned to MIT in 1996 for a two-year appointment
as a NASA Compton GRO Postdoctoral Fellow, followed by a year spent
as a Visiting Fellow at Balliol College, Oxford University (1998).
In 1999, he accepted an Assistant Professorship within the Department
of Physics at MIT. He was promoted to Associate Professor, with
tenure, in July 2004.
Professor Chakrabarty's most recent awards include an Alfred P.
Sloan Research Fellowship (2001-03).
[top] Selected Publications
"Observations of accreting pulsars," Bildsten L, Chakrabarty
D, Chiu J, Finger MH, Koh DT, Nelson RW, Prince TA, Rubin BC, Scott
DM, Stollberg M, Vaughan BA, Wilson CA, Wilson RB, ASTROPHYSICAL
JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT SERIES 113 (2): 367-408 DEC 1997.
"Torque reversal and spin-down of the accretion-powered pulsar
4U 1626-67," Chakrabarty D, Bildsten L, Grunsfeld JM, Koh DT,
Prince TA, Vaughan BA, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 474 (1): 414-425 Part
1 JAN 1 1997.
"The two-hour orbit of a binary millisecond x-ray pulsar,"
Chakrabarty D, Morgan EH, NATURE 394 (6691): 346-348 JUL 23 1998.
"Neutron star mass measurements. I. Radio pulsars," Thorsett
SE, Chakrabarty D, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 512 (1): 288-299 Part 1
FEB 10 1999.
"Precision timing of two anomalous X-ray pulsars," Kaspi
VM, Chakrabarty D, Steinberger J, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 525 (1):
L33-L36 Part 2 NOV 1 1999.
"A glitch in an anomalous X-ray pulsar," Kaspi VM, Lackey
JR, Chakrabarty D, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL 537 (1): L31-L34 Part 2
JUL 1 2000.
"The central X-ray point source in Cassiopeia A," Chakrabarty
D, Pivovaroff MJ, Hernquist LE, Heyl JS, Narayan R, ASTROPHYSICAL
JOURNAL 548 (2): 800-810 Part 1 FEB 20 2001.
"A phase-connected timing solution for the magnetar candidate
1E 1841-045," Gotthelf EV, Gavriil FP, Kaspi VM, Vasisht G,
Chakrabarty D, ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL, 564 (1): L31-L34 Part 2 JAN
1 2002.
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