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Radhika Vathsan

Professor and Head, Department of Physics

Quantum Theory, Mathematical Physics, Quantum Information
Radhika Vathsan

Courses Taught

Physics Core

PHY G512 Quantum Theory and Applications Principles of Quantum Mechanics, R Shankar PHY F428 Quantum Information Theory* Quantum Information Theory, Mark M Wilde, 2017. PHY F420 Quantum Optics* Introductory Quantum Optics, C C Gerry and P L Knight, PHY F413 Particle Physics Introduction to Elementary Particles, D Griffiths BITS F386 Introduction to Quantum Information and Computation* Introduction to Quantum Physics and Information Processing, Radhika Vathsan PHY F316 Musical Acoustics* Musical Acoustics, D E Hall PHY F315 Theory of Relativity Introduction to Special Relativity, R Resnick PHY F311 Quantum Mechanics II Modern Quantum Mechanics, J J Sakurai PHY F243 Methods of Mathematical Physics Mathematical Methods in Classical and Quantum Physics, Tulsi Dass and Satish Sharma PHY F242 Quantum Mechanics I Modern Approach to Quantum Mechanics, J S Townsend PHY F213 Optical Physics and Applications Optics, E Hecht, Optics, A Ghatak PHY F212 Electromagnetic Theory 1 Introduction to Electrodynamics, D J Griffiths PHY F111 Mechanics, Oscillations and Waves Mechanics, Kleppner and Kolenkow; Vibrations and Oscillations, A P French Physics Laboratory 1, 2, 3, 4.

Other Electives

EA F443 Digital Image Processing (Digital Image Processing, Gonzalez and Woods; Foundations of Coding, J Adamek) Computer Programming 1- "Introduction to Computing Systems", Patt and Patel. BITS F111 Thermodynamics (Fundamentals of Thermodynamics, Sonntag and Borgnakke) Indian Classical Music: Audit course in Carnatic Veena

Career

PhD and Postdoc

PhD (2000)
I did my PhD work on formal quantization techniques at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, with Dr Ghanshyam Date. My thesis was entitled “Studies in Quantization: Methods for Constrained Systems and Semi-classical Spectra of Many-body Systems”.
Postdoc (2000 Sept - 2001 Dec)
I worked at Harish Chandra Research Institute with Dr Dileep Jatkar on string theory and tachyons.
Lecturer (2001 Dec - 2007 February)
Having joined BITS Pilani at the Pilani Campus in December 2001, I moved to Goa campus in Dec 2004.