Pralay Kumar Karmakar

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Professor and Physics/Faculty
Tezpur University, Assam, India

Pralay Kumar Karmakar


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RESEARCH INTEREST:

Plasma Physics, Astrophysics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Fluid Dynamics


BRIEF ACTIVITY:

(1) The first-batch graduate (with 2nd position) from Birjhorma Mahavidyalaya with Physics major

(2) MSc (with specialization in Theoretical Physics) from Gauhati University

(3) Worked in Center of Plasma Physics – Institute for Plasma Research (CPP-IPR) in Theoretical Plasma Physics for PhD awarded by Gauhati University

(4) Joined the Department of Physics, Tezpur University, as Assistant Professor in 2006; now, working as Associate Professor


AWARD:

(1) UGC-CSIR NET and GATE

(3) CSIR Senior Research Fellowship (SRF)

(2) Several projects from GoI sources (UGC, SERB)


MEMBERSHIP OF ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL BODY:

[1] Plasma Science Society of India (PSSI LM ID: 424)
[2] Assam Science Society (ASS LM ID: 107)
[3] Departmental Advisory Committee (DAC)
[4] Life Member of several National and International Physical Societies

EDUCATION

Ph.D. (Plasma Physics)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Astroplasma Physics, Fluid Stability, Plasma Physics, Plasma Sheaths, Complex Systems, Cosmic Fluid Dynamics, and Structure Formation

FUTURE PROJECTS

Astrophysical plasmas and fluids

I am interested in structure formation dynamics


Applications Invited
Collaborators, Experts, Examiners, etc
1175

Scholar Citations

19

Scholar h-index

50

Scholar i10-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Nonlinear pulsations in self-gravitating multi-species viscoelastic dusty plasmas
    H Kalita, K Devi, A Nag, PK Karmakar
    Discover Space 130 (1), 7 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • Overtaking collisions of dust-acoustic multi-solitons in opposite-polarity plasmas: phase shifts and nonlinear dynamics under Cairns-Tsallis electron statistics
    A Atteya, R Altuijri, AH Abdel-Aty, PK Karmakar, KS Nisar
    Multiscale and Multidisciplinary Modeling, Experiments and Design 9 (1), 74 , 2026
    2026
  • Numerical investigation of self-gravitational collapse in nonthermal astrophysical plasmas
    D Ray, PK Karmakar
    Journal of Subatomic Particles and Cosmology, 100415 , 2026
    2026
  • Nonlinear electronic streaming instability in lunar plasmas
    PP Deka, PK Karmakar, A Atteya
    Scientific Reports , 2026
    2026
  • Fluid simulation of Jeans instability in nonthermal dusty plasmas
    D Ray, PK Karmakar, B Kakad, A Kakad
    Physical Review E 113 (5), 055212 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 1
  • Nonlinear pulsational modes in kappa\documentclass 12pt minimal amsmath wasysym amsfonts amssymb amsbsy mathrsfs upgreek\oddsidemargin-69pt κ-deformed spherical tripolar dust …
    J Dutta, A Atteya, PK Karmakar
    EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL PLUS 141 (4) , 2026
    2026
  • Nonlinear pulsational modes in -deformed spherical tripolar dust molecular clouds to structure formation
    J Dutta, A Atteya, PK Karmakar
    The European Physical Journal Plus 141 (4), 439 , 2026
    2026
  • Kinetic Jeans instability in FOG framework
    M Das, A Atteya, PK Karmakar
    Scientific Reports , 2026
    2026
  • Instability of magnetosonic waves in magnetized degenerate half-spin-polarized quantum plasma
    WF El-Taibany, PK Karmakar, AA Beshara, MA El-Borie, SA Gwaily, ...
    Waves in Random and Complex Media 36 (2), 1864-1886 , 2026
    2026
    Citations: 9
  • Analysis of Solar Surface Oscillations and Energy Transport with Bispectral Electronic Thermostatistics
    S Das, PK Karmakar
    The Astrophysical Journal 997 (2), 232 , 2026
    2026
  • Nonlinear dynamics of dust-acoustic waves in cometary plasmas: Supernonlinear periodic waves, charge asymmetry, and thermal gradients bridging astrophysical and industrial …
    MA El-Borie, R Altuijri, AH Abdel-Aty, A Atteya, PK Karmakar, KS Nisar, ...
    European Journal of Mechanics-B/Fluids, 204469 , 2026
    2026
  • The Role of Dust Concentrations and Kaniadakis Entropy in the Dynamics of Dust-Ion-Acoustic Waves in Magnetized Dusty Plasmas
    A Atteya, M Abd-Elzaher, R Altuijri, KS Nisar, AH Abdel-Aty, PK Karmakar, ...
    Chinese Journal of Physics , 2026
    2026
  • Stability and wave dynamics in polytropic Eddington-inspired Born-Infeld gravitating solar plasmas
    S Das, PK Karmakar
    Physical Review E 113 (1), 015205 , 2026
    2026
  • A parametric analysis of ion-acoustic wave propagation in viscous nonthermal solar wind plasmas
    S Das, PK Karmakar
    Advances in Space Research , 2025
    2025
  • Comparative study of dust acoustic wave energy and stability in magnetized dusty plasmas with variable dust sizes and hybrid electron distributions
    A Atteya, R Altuijri, KS Nisar, AH Abdel-Aty, M Abd-Elzaher, PK Karmakar
    Rendiconti Lincei. Scienze Fisiche e Naturali 36 (4), 1265-1279 , 2025
    2025
  • Instability analysis of Saturnian magnetospheric complex plasmas with heteropolar dust grains
    T Bezbaruah, PK Karmakar
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 544 (3), 2987-3004 , 2025
    2025
  • Unstable O-mode generation in confined plasmas with multi-parametric gradient effects
    B Saikia, P Deka, PK Karmakar
    Fundamental Plasma Physics, 100104 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1
  • Jeans instability in fourth-order gravity in application to astrocosmic structure formation
    M Das, PK Karmakar, A Hazarika
    2025
  • Impact of Thermodynamic Corrections on the Stability of Hayward-Anti de Sitter Black Hole Surrounded by a Fluid of Strings
    S Bora, DJ Gogoi, PK Karmakar
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2510.04208 , 2025
    2025
  • Elevating plasma physics: The role of higher-order nonlinearities in space dust shock waves with superthermal ions
    A Atteya, R Altuijri, KS Nisar, AH Abdel-Aty, M Abd-Elzaher, PK Karmakar
    Wave Motion, 103646 , 2025
    2025
    Citations: 1

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • A gravito-electrostatic sheath model for surface origin of subsonic solar wind plasma
    CB Dwivedi, PK Karmakar, SC Tripathy
    The Astrophysical Journal 663 (2), 1340-1353 , 2007
    2007
    Citations: 51
  • Stability analysis of non-thermal complex astrofluids in the presence of polarized dust-charge fluctuations
    P Dutta, P Das, PK Karmakar
    Astrophysics and Space Science [DOI 10.1007/s10509-016-2912-z] 361 (322), 1-8 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 36
  • Nucleus-acoustic waves: Excitation, propagation, and stability
    PK Karmakar, P Das
    Physics of Plasmas 25 (8) , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 33
  • Pulsational mode fluctuations and their basic conservation laws
    B Borah, PK Karmakar
    Advances in Space Research 55, 416-427 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 26
  • Analyzing the instability dynamics of spherical complex astroclouds in a magnetized meanfluidic fabric
    D Kalita, PK Karmakar
    Physics of Plasmas 27 (2) , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 25
  • Viscoelastic pulsational mode
    P Dutta, PK Karmakar
    Astrophysics and Space Science 362 (10.1007/s10509-017-3120-1), 141 (1-12) , 2017
    2017
    Citations: 25
  • Nonlinear pulsational eigenmodes of a planar collisional dust molecular cloud with grain-charge fluctuation
    PK Karmakar, B Borah
    The European Physical Journal D 67 (9), 187 , 2013
    2013
    Citations: 25
  • A numerical characterization of the gravito-electrostatic sheath equilibrium structure in solar plasma
    PK Karmakar, CB Dwivedi
    Int. J. Astron. Astrophys 1, 210 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 25
  • Nonlinear stability of pulsational mode of gravitational collapse in self-gravitating hydrostatically bounded dust molecular cloud
    PK Karmakar
    Pramana 76 (6), 945-956 , 2011
    2011
    Citations: 25
  • Electron inertial delay effect on acoustic soliton behavior in transonic region
    U Deka, A Sarma, R Prakash, PK Karmakar, CB Dwivedi
    Physica Scripta 69 (4), 303-312 , 2004
    2004
    Citations: 25
  • Propagatory dynamics of nucleus-acoustic waves excited in gyrogravitating degenerate quantum plasmas electrostatically confined in curved geometry
    S Dasgupta, PK Karmakar
    Scientific Reports 11, 19126 (1-12) , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 24
  • Electrostatic streaming instability modes in complex viscoelastic quantum plasmas
    PK Karmakar, HP Goutam
    Physics of Plasmas 23 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4967855), 112121 (1-14) , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 24
  • Stability analysis of the Gravito-Electrostatic Sheath-based solar plasma equilibrium
    PK Karmakar, HP Goutam, M Lal, CB Dwivedi
    Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 460 (3), 2919-2932 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 24
  • Comparison study of the energy and instability of ion-acoustic solitary waves in magnetized electron–positron–ion quantum plasma
    WF El-Taibany, PK Karmakar, AA Beshara, MA El-Borie, SA Gwaily, ...
    Scientific Reports 12 (1), 19078 , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 22
  • Graphical analysis of electron inertia induced acoustic instability
    PK Karmakar, U Deka, CB Dwivedi
    Physics of plasmas 12 (3) , 2005
    2005
    Citations: 22
  • A generalized hydrodynamic model for acoustic mode stability in viscoelastic plasma fluid
    B Borah, A Haloi, PK Karmakar
    Astrophysics and Space Science 361 (5), 165 , 2016
    2016
    Citations: 20
  • Nonlinear nucleus-acoustic waves in strongly coupled degenerate quantum plasmas
    P Das, PK Karmakar
    Europhysics Letters 126 (1), 10001 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 19
  • Dynamics of gravitational instability excitation in viscoelastic polytropic fluids
    PK Karmakar, D Kalita
    Astrophysics and Space Science 363 (11), 239 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 19
  • Application of inertia-induced excitation theory for nonlinear acoustic modes in colloidal plasma equilibrium flow
    PK Karmakar
    Pramana 68 (4), 631-648 , 2007
    2007
    Citations: 19
  • The Jeans instability in viscoelastic spherical astrophysical fluid media
    S Dasgupta, PK Karmakar
    Astrophysics and Space Science 364 (12), 213 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 18