P.c. Agrawal
Senior Scientist
physica
Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences
India
Biography
B.Sc. from Vikram University, Ujjain (M.P.) in 1961. Trainee at the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Graduate Training School, Mumbai during 1961-62. Ph.D. (Bombay University, 1972). Thesis: "Study of Cosmic X-rays sources using Balloon-Borne Detectors." 2013 – Present : Visiting Professor and National Academy of Sciences (NASI), Senior Scientist at MU-DAE Center for Excellence in Basic Sciences (CBS)
Research Interest
Experimental High Energy Astrophysics, X-ray astronomy studies with balloons, rockets and satellites, design and development of radiation detectors and associated instrumentation for X-ray astronomy studies, timing and spectral studies of accreting X-ray binaries.
Publications
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Centaurus X-3 : New Low and Medium Energy X-ray Observations, K. Long, P.C. Agrawal, and G.P. Garmire, Astrophysical Journal (Lett). 197, L57, 1975.
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Observation of a Hard X-ray Flare in Cyg X-1, P.C.Agrawal, G.S. Gokhale, V.S. Iyengar, P.K. Kunte, R.K. Manchanda and B.V. Sreekantan, Nature Physical Science 238, 22, 1972.
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Rapid Variations in the High Energy X-ray Flux from Cyg X-1, P.C. Agrawal, G.S. Gokhale, V.S. Iyengar, P.K. Kunte, R.K. Manchanda and B.V. Sreekantan Nature 232, 438, 1971.
