Bharat Vishnu Ratra | |
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| Born | 26 January 1960 Bombay, India (now Mumbai, India) |
| Alma mater | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (MS) Stanford University (PhD) |
| Known for | Quintessence (physics) Dark energy |
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| Fields | Theoretical physics Physical cosmology Astroparticle physics |
| Institutions | Kansas State University Massachusetts Institute of Technology California Institute of Technology Princeton University Stanford University |
| Doctoral advisor | Leonard Susskind Michael Peskin |
Bharat Vishnu Ratra (born 26 January 1960) is an Indian-American physicist, theoretical cosmologist and astroparticle physicist who is currently a university distinguished professor of physics at Kansas State University.[1]
He is known for his work on dynamical dark energy and on the quantum-mechanical generation of energy density and magnetic field fluctuations during inflation.
- ^ "Department of Physics". ksu.edu.