Shantanu Desai

Shantanu Desai
CitizenshipIndian
Education
Known forCosmology, gravitational waves, pulsar timing arrays
Awards2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics (as part of Super-Kamiokande Collaboration)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
Astrophysics
Cosmology
WorkplacesIndian Institute of Technology Hyderabad
Websitewww.iith.ac.in/phy/shantanud

Shantanu Desai is an Indian theoretical physicist[1][2] and astrophysicist. He is a professor in the Department of Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad.[3][4] His research focuses on cosmology,[5] gravitational waves, pulsar astrophysics, and neutrino physics.

Selected publications

  • Desai, S. et al. (2024). Search for GeV gamma-ray emission from galaxy clusters. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics.
  • Desai, S. (2018). Constraints on graviton mass from galaxy cluster Abell 1689. Physics Letters B.
  • Desai, S. et al. (2023). Classification of pulsar glitch amplitudes using extreme deconvolution. Journal of High Energy Astrophysics.

References

  1. ↑ "Shantanu Desai - Google Scholar". Google Scholar.
  2. ↑ De Laurentis, Mariafelicia; Porth, Oliver (2016). "Constraining alternative theories of gravity using GW150914 and GW151226". Physical Review D. 94 (12) 124038. arXiv:1611.05766. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.94.124038. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  3. ↑ The Hindu Bureau (5 July 2023). "Humming of the universe caused by low-frequency gravitational waves found by IIT-H researchers". The Hindu. Hyderabad. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  4. ↑ The Hindu Bureau (30 June 2023). "Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope plays vital role in detecting universe's vibrations". The Hindu. Pune, India. Retrieved 11 February 2026.
  5. ↑ Barua, Shubham; Dalui, Sujit K.; Okazaki, Rikiya; Desai, Shantanu (2026). "Testing the cosmic distance duality relation using model-independent approach". European Physical Journal C. 86 25. arXiv:2510.23037. doi:10.1140/epjc/s10052-025-15267-7. Retrieved 11 February 2026.