Dr. Muktish Acharyya, Lecturer (SG)
ma.phys@presidencycollegekolkata.ac.in, muktish@vsnl.net
Area of Specialisation: Condensed Matter Physics 

Academic Profile
B.Sc., Physics Honours, Kalyani University, 1986
M.Sc., Physics, Kalyani University, 1988
Ph.D., (SINP), University of Calcutta, 1996

Research Profile
Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian Inst. Of Science, Bangalore, 1996-97
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cologne, Germany, 1997-98
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Duisberg, Germany, 1998-99

Present Areas of Interest
Multicritical behaviour
Nonequilibrium steady state response
Nonequlibrium time varying response
Magnetic structure at low temperature

Ongoing Research Project
Study of the magnetic spin structure and its variation with temperature and anisotropy in layered anisotropic Heisenberg antiferromagnet.

Research Group
Previously collaborated with Prof. B. K. Chakrabarti (SINP, India), Prof. R. Pandit (IISc, India), Prof. S. Ramaswamy (IISc, India), Prof. D. Stauffer (University of Cologne, Germany) and Prof. K. D. Usadel (University of Duisburg, Germany.

Publications
M. Acharyya, Nonequilibrium multicritical behaviour in anisotropic Heisenberg ferromagnet driven by oscillating magnetic field, Int. J. Mod. Phys. C, 17 (2006) 1107.

M. Acharyya, Nonequilibrium Phase transitions in model ferromagnets: A review, Int. J. Mod. Phys. C, 16 (2005) 1631.

M. Acharyya, Multiple dynamic phase transitions in anisotropic Heisenberg ferromagnet driven by polarized magnetic field, Phys. Rev E, 69 (2004) 027105.

M. Acharyya and A. B. Acharyya, Modelling and computer simulation of an insurance policy: A search for maximum profit, Int. J. Mod. Phys. C, 14 (2003) 1041.

M. Acharyya, Axial and off-axial dynamic transitions in uniaxially anisotropic Heisenberg ferromagnet: A comparison, Int. J. Mod. Phys. C 14 (2003) 49.

M. Acharyya, Off-axial symmetry breaking in uniaxially anisotropic Heisenberg ferromagnet, Int. J. Mod. Phys. C, 12 (2001) 709.

M. Acharyya, A. Basu, R. Pandit, S. Ramaswamy, Phys. Rev. E, 61 (2000) 1139.

M. Acharyya, U. Nowak and K. D. Usadel, Transverse ordering of an antiferromagnet in a field with oblique angle to the easy axis, Phys. Rev. B, 61 (2000) 464.

M. Acharyya, U. Nowak and K. D. Usadel, Phase diagram of a classical Heisenberg antiferromagnet in a field, in Structure and Dynamics of Heterogeneous systems, Eds. P. Entel & D. Wolf, World-Scientific, 2000, pp 317.

B. K. Chakrabarti and M. Acharyya, Dynamic transitions and Hysteresis, Rev. Mod. Phys, 71 (1999) 847.

M. Acharyya, Nonequilibrium Phase transition in the kinetic Ising model: Existence of tricritical point and stochastic resonance, Phys. Rev. E., 59 (1999) 218.

M. Acharyya and D. Stauffer, Effects of boundary conditions on the critical spanning probability, Int. J. Mod. Phys. C, 9 (1998) 643.

M. Acharyya, Nonequlibrium phase transition in the kinetic Ising model: Is transition point the maximum lossy point ?, Phys. Rev. E., 58 (1998) 179.

M. Acharyya, Nonequilibrium phase transition in the kinetic Ising model: Dynamical symmetry breaking by randomly varying magnetic field, Phys. Rev. E., 58 (1998) 174.

M. Acharyya and D. Stauffer, Nucleation and hysteresis in Ising model: Classical theory versus computer simulation, European Physical Journal B, 5 (1998) 571.

M. Acharyya, Comparison of meanfield and Monte Carlo approaches to dynamic hysteresis in Ising ferromagnets, Physica A, 253 (1998) 199.

S. S. Mandal and M. Acharyya, Specific heat in the integer quantum Hall effect: An exact diagonalisation approach, Physica B, 252 (1998) 91.

M. Acharyya, Zero temperature dynamic transition in the random field Ising model: A Monte Carlo study, Physica A, 252 (1998) 151.

M. Acharyya, Nonequilibrium phase transition in the kinetic Ising model: Critical slowing down and specific-heat singularity, Phys. Rev. E, 56 (1997) 2407.

M. Acharyya, Nonequilibrium phase transition in the kinetic Ising model: Divergences of fluctuations and responses near the transition point, Phys. Rev. E, 56 (1997) 1234.

M. Acharyya, J. K. Bhattacharjee and B. K. Chakrabarti, Dynamic response of Ising system to a pulsed field, Phys. Rev. E, 55 (1997) 2392.

M. Acharyya, Nonequilibrium phase transition and specific-heat singularity in the kinetic Ising model: A Monte Carlo study, Physica A, 235 (1997) 469.

M. Acharyya, P. Ray and B. K. Chakrabarti, Cluster statistics in dielectric breakdown, Physica A, 224 (1996) 287.

M. Acharyya and B. K. Chakrabarti, Response of random dielectric composites and earthquake models to pulses: Prediction possibilities, Physica A, 224 (1996) 254.

M. Acharyya and B. K. Chakrabarti, Growth of breakdown susceptibility in random composites and stick-slip model of earth quakes: Prediction of breakdown voltage and other catastrophes, Phys. Rev. E, 53 (1996) 140; Erratum, Phys. Rev. E, 54 (1996) 2174.

M. Acharyya and B. K. Chakrabarti, Response of Ising systems to oscillating and pulsed fields: Hysteresis, AC and pulsed susceptibility, Phys. Rev. B, 52 (1995) 6550.

M. Acharyya and B. K. Chakrabarti, Study of response to pulses and possible prediction of catastrophes, J. Phys. I (France), 5 (1995) 153.

M. Acharyya and B. K. Chakrabarti, Ising system in oscillating field: Hysteretic response, in Annual reviews of computational Physics, Ed. D. Stauffer, (World-Scientific, Singapore), Vol 1 (1994) 107.

M. Acharyya and B. K. Chakrabarti, AC susceptibility and hysteresis in Ising magnets, J. Mag. Mag. Mat., 136 (1994) L29.

M. Acharyya, B. K. Chakrabarti and R. B. Stinchcombe, Hysteresis in Ising Model in transverse field, J. Phys. A: Math & Gen, 27 (1994) 1533.

M. Acharyya and B. K. Chakrabarti, Magnetic hysteresis loops as Lissajous plots of relaxationally delayed response to periodic field variation, Physica A, 202 (1994) 467.

M. Acharyya, Structural properties of planar random heap of hard disc, J. Phys. I (France), 3 (1993) 905, Erratum, J. Phys. I (France), 3 (1993) 2123.

M. Acharyya and B. K. Chakrabarti, Monte Carlo study of hysteretic response and relaxation in Ising models, Physica A, 192 (1993) 471.

M. Acharyya, B. K. Chakrabarti and A. K. Sen, Monte Carlo study of the hysteretic response of two dimensional Ising system: Scaling behaviour, Physica A, 186 (1992) 231.

B. K. Chakrabarti and M. Acharyya, Instabilities in a sandpile under vibration, J. Phys. I (France), 2 (1992) 389.