Prof. Dr. A M Vinodkumar Professor Email: Personal Web Page

Academic Qualifications:

• Ph. D. Physics (1997) from Nuclear Science Centre, New Delhi (IUAC) and University of Calicut, Kerala.
• M. Sc. Physics (1990) from MG University, Kottayam, Kerala.

Research Interests:

Nuclear Physics

Recent Publications:

1. Fusion excitation function and barrier distribution studies in 28Si+142,150Nd reactions,  Anjali Merin,  S. Nath, J. Gehlot, Gonika,  Chandra Kumar,  B. Ashna , K. V. Varsha and P. P. Panchami, Shiva Prasad Nayak,  Alankar Singh,  Rishabh Kumar , A. M. Vinodkumar, K. V. Jinu , S. Appannababu and K. Prameela,  S. Ramakrishna Reddy,  Sunil Kalkal and Rayees Ahmad Yatoo,  P. Manju and E. Prasad - Phys. Rev. C (2026) (accepted).

2.  Fission and quasifission studies in the 30Si+197Au reaction,  B. Ashna, M. Shareef, A. Shamlath, P. V. Laveen, A. C. Visakh, A. Jhingan, Avazbek Nasirov, Elzod Khusanov, Jhilam Sadhukhan, N. Saneesh, K. S. Golda, Mohit Kumar, S. K. Duggi, Shiva Prasad Nayak, S. Ramakrishna Reddy, K. Prameela, S. Appannababu, P. V. Madhusudhana Rao, A. M. Vinodkumar, P. Sugathan, and E. Prasad - Phys. Rev. C 113(2026)034606.

3. Sub-barrier fusion dynamics in the reaction 16O+138Ba: cross sections and barrier distribution studies, K Prameela, S Ramakrishna Reddy, Anjali Merin, KV Varsha, KV Jinu, Alankar Singh, Rishabh Kumar, J Gehlot, S Nath, E Prasad, A M Vinodkumar, PV Madhusudhana Rao, S Appannababu - Nuclear Physics A 1067(2026)123322.

4. Study of heavy-ion-induced fission in actinide nuclei through fragment-neutron correlation measurements,  N. Saneesh, A. Jhingan, K.S. Golda, Mohit Kumar, A M  Vinodkumar, P. Sugathan -  Nuclear Physics A 1067 (2026)123302.

5. Spectral nature of Sco X-1 observed using the X-ray SPECtroscopy and Timing (XSPECT) payload onboard XPoSat ,  VP Shyam Prakash, Vivek K Agrawal, Rwitika Chatterjee, Radhakrishna Vatedka, Koushal Vadodariya, A M Vinodkumar - MNRAS 543(2025)3754.

6. First  spectro-polarimetric study of the neutron star low-mass X-ray binary GX 9 + 1, V P Shyam Prakash, Vivek K Agrawal, A M Vinodkumar -  MNRAS 540, (2025)1578.

7. Self-Energy Approximation for the Running Coupling Constant in Thermal  $φ^4$ Theory using Imaginary Time Formalism - K. Arjun, A. M. Vinodkumar, Vishnu Mayya Bannur, Munshi G. Mustafa,  Journal of High Energy Physics 2025 (2025)178.

8.  Equation of state of quark gluon plasma in the presence of magnetic field with a modified liquid drop model - K. Arjun,  A. M. Vinodkumar,  Vishnu Mayya Bannur, The European Physical Journal Plus140 (2025)215.

9. Study of Evaporation Residue cross sections for the 32S+182,184W reactions - A M Vinodkumar, S Sanila, and B R S Babu, International Journal of Modern Physics E 33,(2024)230432.

10. Impact of multichance fission on fragment-neutron correlations in 227Pa -  N. Saneesh, Divya Arora, A. Chatterjee, Neeraj Kumar, Anamika Parihari, Chandra Kumar, I. Ahmed, S. Kumar, Mohit Kumar, Akhil Jhingan, K. S. Golda, A. M. Vinodkumar, and P. Sugathan, Phys. Rev. C 108(2023)034609.

11. Neutron multiplicity measurement and investigation of nuclear dissipation and shell effects in 30Si + 182,184,186W reactions - M. Shareef, E. Prasad, A. Jhingan, N. Saneesh, Santanu Pal, A. M. Vinodkumar, K. S. Golda, Mohit Kumar, A. Shamlath, P. V. Laveen, A. C. Visakh, M. M. Hosamani, S. K. Duggi, P. Sandya Devi, G. N. Jyothi, A. Tejaswi, A. Chatterjee, and P. Sugathan, Phys. Rev. C 107(2023)054619.

12. Fusion studies in  12C+ 182,184,186W reactions at energies below and near the Coulomb barrier - S. Sanila ,A. M. Vinodkumar, B. R. S. Babu, N. Madhavan, S. Nath, J. Gehlot , Rohan Biswas, Chandra Kumar, Gonika,Anjali Rani, A. Parihari, Dinesh Viswakarma, Shoaib Noor, E. Prasad, Phys. Rev. C106(2022)024614.

13. Role of positive transfer Q values in fusion cross sections for  18O+ 182,184,186W reactions - P. Jisha,  A. M. Vinodkumar, S. Sanila, K. Arjun,B. R. S. Babu,J. Gehlot,  S. Nath, N.Madhavan,Rohan Biswas, A. Parihari,  A. Vinayak,Amritraj Mahato,  E. Prasad,and A. C. Visakh, Phys. Rev.C105(2022)054614.

14. Running coupling constant in thermal ϕ4  theory up to two loop order - K. Arjun, A. M. Vinodkumar, and Vishnu Mayya Bannur, Phys. Rev. D105(2022)025023.

15. Fusion studies in 16O +142,150Nd reactions at energies near the Coulomb barrier - A. C. Visakh, E. Prasad, P. V. Laveen, M. Shareef, A. Shamlath, S. Nath, N. Madhavan, J. Gehlot, Gonika, Rohan Biswas, A. Parihari, J. Khuyagbaatar, B. Lommel, B. Kindler, A. M. Vinodkumar, B. R. S. Babu, S. Sanila, K. M. Varier, and S. Appannababu, Phys. Rev. C104(2021)054602.

16. Evaluation of detection efficiency and neutron scattering in NAND detector array: FLUKA simulation and experimental validation - N. Saneesh , Divya Arora, A. Chatterjee , K. S. Golda,  Mohit Kumar,  A. M. Vinodkumar , P. Sugathan , Nuclear Instruments and Methods A 1013(2021)165682. 

17. Fusion studies in 35,37Cl  + 181Ta reactions via evaporation residue cross section measurements - P. V. Laveen, E. Prasad, N. Madhavan, A. K. Nasirov, J. Gehlot, S. Nath, G. Mandaglio, G. Giardina, A. M. Vinodkumar, M. Shareef, A. Shamlath, S. K. Duggi, P. Sandya Devi, Tathagata Banerjee, M. M. Hosamani, Khushboo, P. Jisha, Neeraj Kumar, Priya Sharma, and T. Varughese,  Phys. Rev. C 102(2020)034613.

18. Systematics of multinucleon transfer in heavy ion reactions - S. Sanila, A. M. Vinodkumar and B. R. S. Babu, Pramana-Journal of Physics, 94(2020)70 .

19. Evaporation residue measurements for compound nuclei in the A = 200 region -P. Jisha, A. M. Vinodkumar, B. R. S. Babu, S. Nath, N. Madhavan, J. Gehlot, A. Jhingan, T. Banerjee, Ish Mukul, R. Dubey, N. Saneesh, K. M. Varier, E. Prasad, A. Shamlath, P. V. Laveen, and M. Shareef, Phys. Rev. C 101(2020)02461.

20. Evaporation residue cross-section measurements for 16O + 203,205Tl - J. Gehlot,  A. M. Vinodkumar,  N. Madhavan,  S. Nath,  A. Jhingan,  T. Varughese,  Tathagata Banerjee,  A. Shamlath,  P. V. Laveen,  M. Shareef,  P. Jisha,  P. Sandya Devi,  G. Naga Jyothi,  M. M. Hosamani,  I. Mazumdar,  V. I. Chepigin,  M. L. Chelnokov,  A. V. Yeremin,  A. K. Sinha,  and B. R. S. Babu, Phy. Rev. C 99(2019)034615.

Research Group:

Ph.D. Students

1. Jinu K

Ph.D. Awarded

1. Rakhee Kushwah (Particle and Astroparticle Physics group, KTH Sweden)
2. Jagdish Gehlot (IUAC, New Delhi)
3. Sanila S (JINR, Russia)
4. Jisha P
5. Arjun K
6. Saneesh N

M.Phil Awarded

1. P. Jisha
2. K. V. Vineetha
3. Ibtisam Alavi
4. Sikha Simon
5. Jeena K
6. Suhara Beevi
7. Sajith V S
8. Jeedhuraj K. G