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Amit Dutta
PhD (Jadavpur University, Kolkata)
Professor, Department of Physics
Office
FB-484,
Department of Physics
IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur 208016
Office Phone: 0512-259-7471 (O)
Email: dutta[AT]iitk.ac.in
Specialization
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics , Statistical Physics, Quantum information
Education
PhD, Physics from Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India.
M.Sc., Physics, from University of Calcutta, India (1991; results declared in 1992; First Class, ranked 2nd).
B.Sc. (Honors), Physics, from University of Calcutta, India (1989, appeared from Presidency College, Kolkata; First Class).
Selected Publications
Bikas K. Chakrabarti and AmitDutta and ParongamaSen,Quantum Ising Phases and transitions in transverse Ising Models, Lecture Notes in Physics, m 41, (Springer, 1996).
AmitDutta and J.K.Bhattacharjee, "Phase transitions in the quantum Ising and rotor models with a long-range interaction", Phys. Rev. B 64, 184106 (2001).
Quenching Dynamics of a quantum XY spin-1/2 chain in a transverse field, Victor Mukherjee, UmaDivakaran, AmitDutta and DiptimanSen, Phys. Rev. B 76, 174303 (2007).
Role of discontinuity in threshold distribution on the critical behaviour of a random fiber bundle, Uma Divakaran and AmitDutta, Phys. Rev. E 75, 011117 (2007) .
Victor Mukherjee, AnatoliPolkovnikov and AmitDutta, "Oscillating fidelity susceptibility near a quantum multicritical point", Phys. Rev. B 83, 075118 (2011) .
Awards & Fellowships
Selected as a senior Associate at the Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
Member, Editorial board, European Physical Journal B
Was regular associate of Abdus Salam International Center for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy from 2009-2014.