Janhavi Baghel
Research Scholar
National Centre for Radio Astrophysics
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Savitribai Phule Pune University Campus,
Pune 411 007
Maharashtra, INDIA
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Savitribai Phule Pune University Campus,
Pune 411 007
Maharashtra, INDIA
Status: Left
Main Research Areas: Polarimetric study of kpc-scale radio outflows of Blazars; Fanaroff-Riley dichotomy and Blazar Divide in Radio-loud AGNs
Biography:
Janhavi obtained her B.Sc. (Physics Honours) degree from the Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, in 2018. She joined the Integrated Ph.D. programme at NCRA-TIFR in July 2018, completed the coursework of the programme, and is currently working with Preeti Kharb for her doctoral research.Research description:
The aim of my Ph.D. thesis is to probe the Fanaroff-Riley (FR) dichotomy and the Blazar Divide in radio-loud active galactic nuclei (AGNs) belonging to the `complete' Palomar Green (PG) sample. We seek to examine the polarization of the AGNs at low radio frequencies to look for differences in the kpc-scale magnetic field structures between radio-loud quasars and BL Lacs. Our aim is to understand why and how jets are different between the FR sub-classes and if this difference is due to intrinsic properties related to the supermassive black hole - accretion disk systems, or due to extrinsic properties like the density of kpc-scale environments, which influence the jet-medium interaction.Selected publications:
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