Doctoral Scholar Supervision – Completed
Dr. Arpith Kumar
Thesis: Non-perturbative Simulations of Quantum Field Theories using Complex Langevin Dynamics.
Thesis submission date: March 2023.
Current status: Post-doc in Physics at CCNU, China.
Dr. Navdeep Singh Dhindsa
Thesis: Non-perturbative Studies of Non-conformal Field Theories.
Thesis submission date: March 2023.
Current status: Post-doc in Physics at IMSc, India.
Doctoral Scholar Supervision – Ongoing
Ms. Vamika Longia
Thesis (Tentative Title): Tensor Network Methods for Quantum Field Theories.
Thesis submission date (expected): March 2025.
Mr. Bana Singh Sangtan
Thesis (Tentative Title): Supersymmetric Quantum Field Theories on a Lattice.
Thesis submission date (expected): March 2026.
Master’s Thesis Supervision
2021-2022 Master’s Theses
- Ashutosh Tripathi
Thesis: Non-lattice Simulations of Supersymmetric Yang-Mills Theories
Thesis submission date: April 2022
Current status: PhD in Physics at the Graduate University for Advanced Studies,
SOKENDAI, JAPAN (MEXT Scholarship) - Gaurav Dadwal
Thesis: Complex Langevin Method and Its Validity in Removing the Sign Problem
Thesis submission date: April 2022
Current status: PhD in Physics at the University of Alabama, USA - Piyush Kumar
Thesis: Investigating Spontaneous Symmetry Breaking in IKKT Matrix Model
Thesis submission date: April 2022
Current status: PhD in Physics at the University of Wuppertal, GERMANY - Raunok Basu
Thesis: Computation of Wilson Loops and Verifying Phase Transition in Bosonic BFSS
Thesis submission date: April 2022
Current Status: MBA in General Management at IIM – Udaipur, INDIA
2019-2020 Master’s Theses
- Adeeb Mev
Thesis: Simulations of Bosonic BMN Matrix Model
Thesis submission date: June 2020 - Nikhil Tanwar
Thesis: Monte Carlo Simulations of BFSS and IKKT Matrix Models
Thesis submission date: June 2020
Current status: PhD in Theoretical Physics at TIFR Mumbai, INDIA
Summer/Winter Internships
Please write to anosh.joseph [AT] wits.ac.za with your CV if you are interested in an internship in the group.
Interns 2022
- Ujjwal Basumatary (BS-MS Physics, 2nd Year Student, IISc Bangalore)
Project: Investigations of Mini-BMN Matrix Model
using Complex Langevin Dynamics [Project Report] - Tusha Baruah (BS-MS Physics, 3rd Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Numerical Investigations of Phase Transitions in
Generalized GWW Model [Project Report] - Saikat Ghosh (BS-MS Physics, 3rd Year Student, IISER Kolkata)
Project: Severity of the Sign Problem in Zero-Dimensional
Supersymmetric QFTs [Project Report] - Jayashree Narayan (BS-MS Physics, 2nd Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Numerical Study of Multi-Matrix Models [Project Report] - Ajay Sharma (BS-MS Physics, 3rd Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Monte Carlo Simulations of Two-Dimensional phi 4 Theory [Project Report] - Pratiyush Vashisht (BS-MS Physics, 3rd Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Monte Carlo Study of Gauged and Ungauged
Bosonic BFSS Models [Project Report]
Interns 2021
- James Watt (BS-MS Physics, 2nd Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Analysing the Phase Structure of the Generalized
Gross-Witten-Wadia Model [Project Report] - Sayar Mandal (BS-MS Physics, 2nd Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Exploring the Phase Structure of a Unitary Matrix Model
in an External Field [Project Report] - Shantanu Raikwar (BS-MS Physics, 2nd Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Metropolis Algorithm for Yang-Mills Matrix Models [Project Report] - Nikhil Bansal (BS-MS Physics, 2nd Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Complex Langevin Dynamics in 3D XY Model [Project Report] - Tushar Baruah (BS-MS Physics, 2nd Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Numerical Simulations of the 2D Ising Model [Project Report] - Pokhee Saharia (BS-MS Physics, 3rd Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Investigating Tensor Network Models based on
Matrix Product States [Project Report] - Swapan Sasmit (BS-MS Physics, 3rd Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Eigenvalue Distributions in Yang-Mills Integrals [Project Report] - Kunal Verma (BS-MS Physics, 3rd Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Numerical Methods for Evading the Sign Problem:
A Primer on Complex Langevin and Lefschetz Thimble Methods [Project Report] - Ashutosh Tripathi (BS-MS Physics, 4th Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Non-Lattice Simulations of Supersymmetric Anharmonic
Oscillator using Complex Langevin Method [Project Report] - Gaurav Dadwal (BS-MS Physics, 4th Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Sign Problem and Complex Langevin Method [Project Report] - Piyush Kumar (BS-MS Physics, 4th Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Complex Langevin Method for SO(4) Symmetric Matrix Model [Project Report] - Raunok Basu (BS-MS Physics, 4th Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Monte Carlo Simulations of D=4 Matrix Model [Project Report] - Roshan Kaundinya (BS-MS Physics, 4th Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Numerical Explorations of Two-Matrix Models [Project Report]
Interns 2020
- R. Bharathkumar (BS-MS Physics, 4th Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Numerical Methods for Determination of Lefschetz Thimbles [Project Report] - Roshan Kaundinya (BS-MS Physics, 3rd Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Lefschetz Thimbles for Simple Zero-dimensional Systems [Project Report] - Piyush Kumar (BS-MS Physics, 3rd Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Complex Langevin Dynamics for Complex Actions [Project Report]
Interns 2019
- R. Bharathkumar (BS-MS Physics, 3rd Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: The Sign Problem and Lefschetz Thimbles [Project Report] - Subhadeep Biswas (BS-MS Physics, 3rd Year Student, IISER Kolkata)
Project: Multi-trace Quartic Matrix Model using Markov Chain Monte Carlo [Project Report] - Sourav Dhania (BS-MS Physics, 2nd Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Monte Carlo Simulation of Harmonic Oscillator using
Metropolis Algorithm in Discrete Euclidean Time [Project Report] - Adeeb Mev (BS-MS Physics, 4th Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Simulations of Large-N Matrix Models using Hamiltonian Monte Carlo [Project Report] - Adhrit Ravichandran (B.Tech. Engineering Physics, 2nd Year Student, IIT Roorkee)
Project: Simulation of a U(1) Gauge Theory on a (1+1)-dimensional Lattice [Project Report] - Nikhil Tanwar (BS-MS Physics, 4th Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Monte Carlo Simulations of Yang-Mills Matrix Model [Project Report] - Ashutosh Tripathi (BS-MS Physics, 2nd Year Student, IISER Mohali)
Project: Aspects of Non-lattice Formalism of Supersymmetric Field Theories [Project Report]