Sushma Kurapati
Research Scholar
Email: sushma [at] ncra.tifr.res.in
Phone: +91 - 20 - 25719441
Extn: 9441
Office: F252
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
Main Research Areas: Galaxies; Galaxy clusters and voids.
Supervisor: Jayaram N. Chengalur
Biography:
Sushma obtained a 5-year Integrated M.Sc. in Physics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, in 2014. She then joined NCRA-TIFR for her doctoral studies and is currently carrying out her doctoral research under the supervision of Jayaram N. Chengalur.Research description:
My main research interest is to understand the role of environment in dwarf galaxy evolution. Dwarf galaxies are expected to be more sensitive to the environment as compared to spiral galaxies due to their shallower gravitational potential. We use the fragile neutral hydrogen (HI) in and around galaxies to trace various interactions, mergers, and accretion, and to hence understand how galaxies acquire and lose their gas. We use HI 21 cm emission observations to understand the physical processes that remove gas from galaxies in clusters. We also study various galaxy properties such as angular momentum and dark matter distribution as a function of galaxy environment.Selected publications:
1. Mass modelling of a superthin galaxy, FGC1540 (S. Kurapati et al. 2018, MNRAS) 2. Angular momentum of dwarf galaxies (S. Kurapati et al. 2018, MNRAS, 479, 228) 3. A JVLA survey of the high-frequency radio emission of the massive magnetic B- and O-type stars (S. Kurapati et al., 2017, MNRAS, 465, 2160) 4. A Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope search for associated H I 21 cm absorption in high-redshift flat-spectrum sources (J. N. H. S. Aditya, N. Kanekar, S. Kurapati, 2017, MNRAS, 455, 4000)