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Publications (69)

astro-ph.CO2024

Effects of type Ia supernovae absolute magnitude priors on the Hubble constant value

Yun Chen, Suresh Kumar, Bharat Ratra +1

We systematically explore the influence of the prior of the peak absolute magnitude () of type Ia supernovae (SNe Ia) on the measurement of the Hubble constant () from SNe…

astro-ph.CO2025

Mapping the CDM scenario to modified gravity: Effects on structure growth rate

Mateus S. Souza, Ana M. Barcelos, Rafael C. Nunes +2

The concept of a rapidly sign-switching cosmological constant, interpreted as a mirror AdS-dS transition in the late universe and known as the CDM, has significantly im…

astro-ph.CO2021

Measurements of and reconstruction of the dark energy properties from a model-independent joint analysis

Alexander Bonilla, Suresh Kumar, Rafael C. Nunes

Gaussian processes (GP) provide an elegant and model-independent method for extracting cosmological information from the observational data. In this work, we employ GP to perform a…

physics.ins-det2017

A CsI(Tl) detector array for the measurement of light charged particles in heavy-ion reactions

P. C. Rout, V. M. Datar, D. R. Chakrabarty +5

An array of eight CsI(Tl) detectors has been set up to measure the light charged particles in nuclear reactions using heavy ions from the Pelletron Linac Facility, Mumbai. The ener…

astro-ph.CO2026

-CDM: A promising phenomenological extension of the standard model of cosmology

Suresh Kumar

We investigate a phenomenological extension of the standard CDM framework, the -CDM model, in which the total energy density of the universe is expanded in powers…

physics.gen-ph2013

Anisotropic model of dark energy dominated universe with hybrid expansion law

Suresh Kumar

The paper deals with the study of the dynamics of Universe within the framework of a spatially homogeneous Bianchi-V space-time filled with a perfect fluid composed of non-interact…

nucl-ex2013

Electromagnetic transition from the 4 to 2 resonance in Be measured via the radiative capture in He+He

V. M. Datar, D. R. Chakrabarty, Suresh Kumar +15

An earlier measurement on the 4 to 2 radiative transition in Be provided the first electromagnetic signature of its dumbbell-like shape. However, the large uncertainty…

gr-qc2011

String Cosmology in Anisotropic Bianchi-II Space-time

Suresh Kumar

The present study deals with a spatially homogeneous and anisotropic Bianchi-II cosmological model representing massive strings. The energy-momentum tensor, as formulated by Leteli…

astro-ph.CO2020

Cosmology Intertwined II: The Hubble Constant Tension

Eleonora Di Valentino, Luis A. Anchordoqui, Ozgur Akarsu +90

The current cosmological probes have provided a fantastic confirmation of the standard Cold Dark Matter cosmological model, that has been constrained with unprecedented accura…

astro-ph.CO2023

Relaxing cosmological tensions with a sign switching cosmological constant: Improved results with Planck, BAO, and Pantheon data

Ozgur Akarsu, Suresh Kumar, Emre Ozulker +2

We present a further observational analysis of the CDM model proposed in Akarsu et al. [Phys. Rev. D 104, 123512 (2021)]. This model is based on the recent conjecture s…

astro-ph.CO2019

Testing the warmness of dark matter

Suresh Kumar, Rafael C. Nunes, Santosh Kumar Yadav

Dark matter (DM) as a pressureless perfect fluid provides a good fit of the standard CDM model to the astrophysical and cosmological data. In this paper, we investigate two ext…

gr-qc2014

Observational constraints on variable equation of state parameters of dark matter and dark energy after Planck

Suresh Kumar, Lixin Xu

In this paper, we study a cosmological model in general relativity within the framework of spatially flat Friedmann-Robertson-Walker space-time filled with ordinary matter (baryoni…

astro-ph.CO2021

Remedy of some cosmological tensions via effective phantom-like behavior of interacting vacuum energy

Suresh Kumar

Since physics of the dark sector components of the Universe is not yet well-understood, the phenomenological studies of non-minimal interaction in the dark sector could possibly pa…

astro-ph.CO2016

Probing the interaction between dark matter and dark energy in the presence of massive neutrinos

Suresh Kumar, Rafael C. Nunes

We consider the possibility of an interaction in the dark sector in the presence of massive neutrinos, and study the observational constraints on three different scenarios of massi…

astro-ph.CO2023

Testing spatial curvature and anisotropic expansion on top of the CDM model

Ozgur Akarsu, Eleonora Di Valentino, Suresh Kumar +2

We explore the possible advantages of extending the CDM model by more realistic backgrounds compared to its spatially flat RW spacetime assumption, while preserving the underpi…

astro-ph.CO2021

Minimal theory of massive gravity in the light of CMB data and the tension

Jose C. N. de Araujo, Antonio De Felice, Suresh Kumar +1

We investigate the Minimal Theory of Massive Gravity (MTMG) in the light of different observational data sets which are in tension within the CDM cosmology. In particular, we a…

astro-ph.CO2025

The CosmoVerse White Paper: Addressing observational tensions in cosmology with systematics and fundamental physics

Eleonora Di Valentino, Jackson Levi Said, Adam Riess +533

The standard model of cosmology has provided a good phenomenological description of a wide range of observations both at astrophysical and cosmological scales for several decades.…

astro-ph.CO2022

New tests of dark sector interactions from the full-shape galaxy power spectrum

Rafael C Nunes, Sunny Vagnozzi, Suresh Kumar +2

We explore the role of redshift-space galaxy clustering data in constraining non-gravitational interactions between dark energy (DE) and dark matter (DM), for which state-of-the-ar…

astro-ph.CO2020

Cosmology Intertwined I: Perspectives for the Next Decade

Eleonora Di Valentino, Luis A. Anchordoqui, Ozgur Akarsu +89

The standard Cold Dark Matter cosmological model provides an amazing description of a wide range of astrophysical and astronomical data. However, there are a few big open ques…

physics.ins-det2017

Measurement of the response of a liquid scintillation detector to monoenergetic electrons and neutrons

P. C. Rout, A. Gandhi, T. Basak +11

The response of the liquid scintillator (EJ-301 equivalent to NE-213) to the monoenergetic electrons produced in Compton scattered -ray tagging has been carried out for various…

astro-ph.CO2023

New cosmological constraints on gravity in light of full Planck-CMB and type Ia supernovae data

Suresh Kumar, Rafael C. Nunes, Priya Yadav

We investigate two new observational perspectives in the context of torsional gravitational modification of general relativity, i.e., the gravity: i) We use Pantheon data of…

gr-qc2014

Probing kinematics and fate of the Universe with linearly time-varying deceleration parameter

Ozgur Akarsu, Tekin Dereli, Suresh Kumar +1

The parametrizations and (Chevallier-Polarski-Linder parametrization) of deceleration parameter, which are linear in cosmic redshift and sca…

astro-ph.CO2026

Probing late-time deviations from CDM with a quadratic dark energy expansion

Sehjal Khandelwal, Abraão J. S. Capistrano, Suresh Kumar +1

We investigate the observational viability of a quadratic dark energy expansion (QDEE) model as a phenomenological extension of the standard cosmological framework…

astro-ph.CO2024

Quantifying the tension and evidence for interacting dark energy from redshift-space distortion measurements

Miguel A. Sabogal, Emanuelly Silva, Rafael C. Nunes +3

In recent years, Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) observations, Weak Lensing surveys, and measurements from Redshift-Space Distortions (RSD) have revealed a significant…

cs.SE2021

Software Estimations Risk in Pakistan Software Industry

Suresh Kumar, Qaisar Imtiaz, Sarmad Mahar

Software and IT industry in Pakistan have seen a dramatic growth and success in past few years and is expected to get doubled by 2020, according to a research. Software development…

cs.CL2022

OLGA : An Ontology and LSTM-based approach for generating Arithmetic Word Problems (AWPs) of transfer type

Suresh Kumar, P Sreenivasa Kumar

Machine generation of Arithmetic Word Problems (AWPs) is challenging as they express quantities and mathematical relationships and need to be consistent. ML-solvers require a large…

gr-qc2015

Consistency of the nonflat CDM model with the new result from BOSS

Suresh Kumar

Using 137,562 quasars in the redshift range from the Data Release 11 (DR11) of the Baryon Oscillation Spectroscopic Survey (BOSS) of Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SD…

astro-ph.CO2022

Cosmology Intertwined: A Review of the Particle Physics, Astrophysics, and Cosmology Associated with the Cosmological Tensions and Anomalies

Elcio Abdalla, Guillermo Franco Abellán, Amin Aboubrahim +200

In this paper we will list a few important goals that need to be addressed in the next decade, also taking into account the current discordances between the different cosmological…

gr-qc2018

Cosmological implications of scale-independent energy-momentum squared gravity: Pseudo nonminimal interactions in dark matter and relativistic relics

Ozgur Akarsu, Nihan Katirci, Suresh Kumar +2

In this paper, we introduce a scale-independent energy-momentum squared gravity (EMSG) that allows different gravitational couplings for different types of sources, which may lead…

astro-ph.CO2025

Sign Switching in Dark Sector Coupling Interactions as a Candidate for Resolving Cosmological Tensions

Miguel A. Sabogal, Emanuelly Silva, Rafael C. Nunes +2

The CDM model has successfully explained a wide range of cosmological observations, but is increasingly challenged by the emergence of cosmological tensions, particularly the H…

cs.LG2023

Deep Learning in Computational Biology: Advancements, Challenges, and Future Outlook

Suresh Kumar, Dhanyashri Guruparan, Pavithren Aaron +4

Deep learning has become a powerful tool in computational biology, revolutionising the analysis and interpretation of biological data over time. In our article review, we delve int…

astro-ph.CO2019

Dark sector interaction: a remedy of the tensions between CMB and LSS data

Suresh Kumar, Rafael C. Nunes, Santosh Kumar Yadav

The well-known tensions on the cosmological parameters and within the CDM cosmology shown by the Planck-CMB and LSS data are possibly due to the systematics in the…

gr-qc2014

Probing the matter and dark energy sources in a viable Big Rip model of the Universe

Suresh Kumar

Chevallier-Polarski-Linder (CPL) parametrization for the equation of state of dark energy in terms of cosmic redshift or scale factor have been frequently studied in the literature…

astro-ph.CO2023

CDM model: A promising scenario for alleviation of cosmological tensions

Ozgur Akarsu, Eleonora Di Valentino, Suresh Kumar +3

We present a comprehensive analysis of the CDM model, which explores the recent conjecture suggesting a rapid transition of the Universe from anti-de Sitter vacua to de…

gr-qc2014

Cosmology with hybrid expansion law: scalar field reconstruction of cosmic history and observational constraints

Ozgur Akarsu, Suresh Kumar, R. Myrzakulov +2

In this paper, we consider a simple form of expansion history of Universe referred to as the hybrid expansion law - a product of power-law and exponential type of functions. The an…

nucl-ex2013

Complex fragment emission in low energy light-ion reactions

S. Kundu, C. Bhattacharya, K. Banerjee +20

Inclusive energy spectra of the complex fragments (3 Z 5) emitted in the reactions C (77 MeV)+ Si, B (64 MeV)+ Si and C (73 MeV)+ $…

astro-ph.CO2024

Cosmological constraints on CDM scenario in a type II minimally modified gravity

Özgür Akarsu, Antonio De Felice, Eleonora Di Valentino +5

The idea of a rapid sign-switching cosmological constant (mirror AdS-dS transition) in the late universe at , known as the CDM model, has significantly improv…

astro-ph.CO2026

Probing Dynamical Dark Energy with Late-Time Data: Evidence, Tensions, and the Limits of the CDM Framework

Tengpeng Xu, Suresh Kumar, Yun Chen +2

We test the dynamical dark-energy CDM (CPL) framework against CDM using CMB anisotropies and lensing together with DESI DR2, SDSS-IV, transverse/angular BAO (BAOtr), an…

astro-ph.CO2018

Cosmological bounds on dark matter-photon coupling

Suresh Kumar, Rafael C. Nunes, Santosh Kumar Yadav

We investigate an extension of the CDM model where the dark matter (DM) is coupled to photons, inducing a nonconservation of the numbers of particles for both species, where th…

astro-ph.CO2025

New constraints on interacting dark energy from DESI DR2 BAO observations

Emanuelly Silva, Miguel A. Sabogal, Mateus Scherer +3

In its second data release (DR2), the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) publicly released measurements of Baryon Acoustic Oscillations (BAO) from over 13.1 million galaxi…

physics.gen-ph2010

Some Bianchi Type-V Models of Accelerating Universe with Dark Energy

Suresh Kumar, Anil Kumar Yadav

The paper deals with a spatially homogeneous and anisotropic universe filled with perfect fluid and dark energy components. The two sources are assumed to interact minimally togeth…

astro-ph.CO2023

Exploring the tension and the evidence of dark sector interaction from 2D BAO measurements

Armando Bernui, Eleonora Di Valentino, William Giarè +2

We explore observational constraints on a cosmological model with an interaction between dark energy (DE) and dark matter (DM), using a compilation of 15 measurements of the 2D BAO…

astro-ph.CO2021

Relaxing cosmological tensions with a sign switching cosmological constant

Ozgur Akarsu, Suresh Kumar, Emre Ozulker +1

Inspired by the recent conjecture originated from graduated dark energy that the Universe has recently transitioned from anti-de Sitter vacua to de Sitter vacua, we extend the

astro-ph.CO2022

Updating non-standard neutrinos properties with Planck-CMB data and full-shape analysis of BOSS and eBOSS galaxies

Suresh Kumar, Rafael C. Nunes, Priya Yadav

Using the latest observational data from Planck-CMB and its combination with the pre-reconstructed full-shape (FS) galaxy power spectrum measurements from the BOSS DR12 sample and…

gr-qc2013

Observational constraints on Hubble constant and deceleration parameter in power-law cosmology

Suresh Kumar

In this paper, we show that the expansion history of the Universe in power-law cosmology essentially depends on two crucial parameters, namely the Hubble constant and decel…

astro-ph.CO2019

Constraints on a Bianchi type I spacetime extension of the standard CDM model

Ozgur Akarsu, Suresh Kumar, Shivani Sharma +1

We consider the simplest anisotropic generalization, as a correction, to the standard CDM model, by replacing the spatially flat Robertson-Walker metric by the Bianchi type-I m…

gr-qc2010

Some FRW Models of Accelerating Universe with Dark Energy

Suresh Kumar

The paper deals with a spatially homogeneous and isotropic FRW space-time filled with perfect fluid and dark energy components. The two sources are assumed to interact minimally, a…

eess.IV2025

Artificial Intelligence-Driven Prognostic Classification of COVID-19 Using Chest X-rays: A Deep Learning Approach

Alfred Simbun, Suresh Kumar

Background: The COVID-19 pandemic has overwhelmed healthcare systems, emphasizing the need for AI-driven tools to assist in rapid and accurate patient prognosis. Chest X-ray imagin…

astro-ph.CO2026

CDM cosmology from a type-II minimally modified gravity

Özgür Akarsu, Antonio De Felice, Eleonora Di Valentino +5

We integrate CDM, a promising scenario for alleviating cosmological tensions, into VCDM, a type-II minimally modified gravity. This promotes the scenario to a fully pre…

astro-ph.CO2017

Comparison between the Logotropic and CDM models at the cosmological scale

Pierre-Henri Chavanis, Suresh Kumar

We perform a detailed comparison between the Logotropic model [P.H. Chavanis, Eur. Phys. J. Plus 130 (2015) 130] and the CDM model. These two models behave similarly at large (…

astro-ph.CO2016

Determining the Hubble constant from Hubble parameter measurements

Yun Chen, Suresh Kumar, Bharat Ratra

We use 28 Hubble parameter, , measurements at intermediate redshifts to determine the present-day Hubble constant in four cosmological models. We…

astro-ph.CO2025

CDM cosmology: Alleviating major cosmological tensions by predicting standard neutrino properties

Anita Yadav, Suresh Kumar, Cihad Kibris +1

We investigate a two-parameter extension of the CDM model by allowing variations in the effective number of neutrino species and their total mass $\sum m_…

nucl-ex2004

Direct observation of 4+ to 2+ gamma transition in 8Be

V. M. Datar, Suresh Kumar, D. R. Chakrabarty +4

The low lying states in Be are believed to have a two-alpha cluster structure and hence a large intrinsic quadrupole deformation. An earlier calculation showed a large collecti…

astro-ph.CO2017

Observational constraints on dark matter-dark energy scattering cross section

Suresh Kumar, Rafael C. Nunes

In this letter, we report precise and robust observational constraints on dark matter-dark energy scattering cross section, using the latest data from cosmic microwave background (…

nucl-ex2011

Study of transfer reaction channel in C + Al system

Aparajita Dey, M. Biswas, C. Bhattacharya +20

The 1p transfer channel in the Al(C, B)Si reaction has been studied at E = 73, 81 and 85 MeV. The finite range distorted wave Born approximation…

nucl-ex2013

Measurement of the damping of nuclear shell effect in the doubly magic Pb region

P. C. Rout, D. R. Chakrabarty, V. M. Datar +6

The damping of the nuclear shell effect with excitation energy has been measured through an analysis of the neutron spectra following the triton transfer in the Li induced reac…

astro-ph.CO2023

New late-time constraints on gravity

Suresh Kumar, Rafael C. Nunes, Supriya Pan +1

Modification of general relativity (GR) inspired by theories like gravity is among the most popular ones to explain the late-time acceleration of the Universe as an alternat…

astro-ph.CO2022

Reconstruction of the dark sectors' interaction: A model-independent inference and forecast from GW standard sirens

Alexander Bonilla, Suresh Kumar, Rafael C. Nunes +1

Interacting dark matter (DM) - dark energy (DE) models have been intensively investigated in the literature for their ability to fit various data sets as well as to explain some ob…

astro-ph.CO2020

Rastall gravity extension of the standard CDM model: theoretical features and observational constraints

Ozgur Akarsu, Nihan Katirci, Suresh Kumar +3

We present a detailed investigation of the Rastall gravity extension of the standard CDM model. We review the model for two simultaneous modifications of different nature in th…

astro-ph.CO2020

Cosmology Intertwined IV: The Age of the Universe and its Curvature

Eleonora Di Valentino, Luis A. Anchordoqui, Ozgur Akarsu +88

A precise measurement of the curvature of the Universe is of primeval importance for cosmology since it could not only confirm the paradigm of primordial inflation but also help in…

nucl-ex2008

A large area plastic scintillator detector array for fast neutron measurements

P. C. Rout, D. R. Chakrabarty, V. M. Datar +5

A large area plastic scintillator detector array(~ 1 m x1m) has been set up for fast neutron spectroscopy at the BARC-TIFR Pelletron laboratory, Mumbai. The energy, time and positi…

astro-ph.CO2017

Echo of interactions in the dark sector

Suresh Kumar, Rafael C. Nunes

We investigate the observational constraints on an interacting vacuum energy scenario with two different neutrino schemes (with and without a sterile neutrino) using the most recen…

gr-qc2018

Cosmic acceleration in dust only Universe via energy-momentum powered gravity

Ozgur Akarsu, Nihan Katirci, Suresh Kumar

We propose a modified theory of gravitation constructed by the addition of the term to the Einstein-Hilbert action, and elaborate a particular case $f(T_{μν…

astro-ph.CO2020

Cosmology Intertwined III: and

Eleonora Di Valentino, Luis A. Anchordoqui, Ozgur Akarsu +89

The standard Cold Dark Matter cosmological model provides a wonderful fit to current cosmological data, but a few tensions and anomalies became statistically significant with…

physics.ins-det2016

Characterization of PARIS LaBr(Ce)-NaI(Tl) phoswich detectors upto 22 MeV

C. Ghosh, V. Nanal, R. G. Pillay +16

In order to understand the performance of the PARIS (Photon Array for the studies with Radioactive Ion and Stable beams) detector, detailed characterization of two individual phosw…

gr-qc2012

Bianchi type II models in the presence of perfect fluid and anisotropic dark energy

Suresh Kumar, Ozgur Akarsu

Spatially homogeneous but totally anisotropic and non-flat Bianchi type II cosmological model has been studied in general relativity in the presence of two minimally interacting fl…

astro-ph.CO2023

Observational bounds on extended minimal theories of massive gravity: New limits on the graviton mass

Antonio De Felice, Suresh Kumar, Shinji Mukohyama +1

In this work, we derive for the first time observational constraints on the extended Minimal Theory of Massive Gravity (eMTMG) framework in light of Planck-CMB data, geometrical me…

astro-ph.CO2026

Statistical consistency of sign-switching vacuum energy with cosmological observations

Sehjal Khandelwal, Abraão J. S. Capistrano, Suresh Kumar

We assess dataset agreement and late-time predictive adequacy in CDM and its sign-switching extension, CDM, using a suite of Gaussian and exact non-Gaussian consist…

hep-ph2022

Report of the Topical Group on Cosmic Probes of Fundamental Physics for for Snowmass 2021

Rana X. Adhikari, Luis A. Anchordoqui, Ke Fang +118

Cosmic Probes of Fundamental Physics take two primary forms: Very high energy particles (cosmic rays, neutrinos, and gamma rays) and gravitational waves. Already today, these probe…