First experimental determination of the 40Ar(n, 2n)39Ar reaction cross section and 39Ar production in Earth’s atmosphere
S. Bhattacharya, M. Paul, R. N. Sahoo et al., Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta415, 196–203 (2026)
Neutron capture measurements for s-process nucleosynthesis: A review about CERN n_TOF developments and contributions
n_TOF Collaboration: C. Domingo-Pardo, O. Aberle, V. Alcayne, …, R. N. Sahoo et al., The European Physical Journal A61, 105 (2025)
Stellar s-process neutron capture cross section of Ce isotopes
Rudra N. Sahoo et al., Physical Review C109, 025808 (2024)
Role of Neutron Transfer in Sub-Barrier Fusion
Rudra N. Sahoo et al., Physical Review C102, 024615 (2020)
Sub-barrier fusion in the 37Cl + 130Te system
Rudra N. Sahoo et al., Physical Review C99, 024607 (2019)
Fabrication of thin 130Te target foils for sub-barrier fusion studies
Rudra N. Sahoo et al., Nucl. Instrum. and Methods in Phys. Res. A935, 103–109 (2019)
Insights into the low-energy incomplete fusion
Rudra N. Sahoo et al., Nuclear Physics A983, 145–165 (2019)
Selected International Conference Proceedings
40Ar proposed as a probe of neutron-induced reactions in a HD stellar-like plasma at the NIF
M. Paul, Rudra N. Sahoo et al., EPJ Web of Conferences279, 13004 (2023)
The 41Ar(n,γ)42Ar reaction
Rudra N. Sahoo et al., EPJ Web of Conferences284, 01037 (2023)
Stellar s-process neutron capture cross sections on ASe and ACe
Rudra N. Sahoo et al., EPJ Web of Conferences279, 06002 (2023)
Examining the role of neutron transfer in sub-barrier fusion: 35,37Cl + 130Te systems
Rudra N. Sahoo et al., JPS Conference Proceedings32, 010016 (2020)
Entrance Channel Effect on Incomplete Fusion
Rudra N. Sahoo et al., Acta Physica Polonica B49, 585 (2018)
Group Members
Research Associates/Visiting Scientists
Pinku Routaray (PhD from NIT Rourkela) – Joined on 18th May
Research: Understanding of neutron star dynamics
Intern Students
Bhawanpreet Sharma (M.Sc. from TIET, Patiala)
Project Title: Understanding of the Si(Li) detector
Areas of Interest
Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics (Experimental): Sub-barrier Fusion, Incomplete Fusion, Multi-nucleon Transfer Reactions, Neutron Capture Reactions for s-process and r-process studies, Detector Development and Calibrations, Preparation of Thin Targets for Nuclear Experiments.
Experience
Research Experiences
Ramanujan Faculty (Scientist-D / Assistant Professor)
Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar – 751005, India (Joined: 1st April 2026)
Department of Physics and Astronomy, NIT Rourkela, Odisha, India (24th Nov 2025 – 31st March 2026)
INFN Postdoctoral Fellow – Nuclear Astrophysics
2nd Nov 2023 – 1st Nov 2025
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Bologna, Italy
Postdoctoral Researcher – Nuclear Astrophysics
3rd Jan 2021 – 30th June 2023
Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Research Associate – Indo-Russia Project (Fission Dynamics)
1st Feb 2020 – 31st Nov 2020
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India and JINR Dubna, Russia
Director’s Fellow – Experimental Nuclear Physics
23rd July 2019 – 23rd Jan 2020
Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India