Modern Perspectives in Theoretical Physics 80th Birthday Festschrift in Honor of K. Babu Joseph

This book highlights the review of articles in theoretical physics by the students of Professor K. Babu Joseph, as a Festschrift for his 80th Birthday. This book is divided into four sections based on the contributions of Babu Joseph and his students. The four sections are Cosmology, High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics and Non-linear Dynamics and its applications.

Dr. Sreelatha is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the Government College Kottayam in Kerala, India. She received her M.Phil. and Ph.D. in Physics from Cochin University of Science and Technology under the Guidance of Professor K. Babu Joseph. She has over 25 years of research experience and 20 years of teaching experience. She was awarded the Women Scientist fellowship in 2004 by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. She has published over 40 refereed papers in international reputed journals and more than 17 international conference proceedings. Her research areas include nonlinear dynamics, optical solitons, chaos and applications and photovoltaics

Dr. Varghese Jacob is currently working as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the Government College Kottayam in Kerala, India. He received his M.Sc., M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in Mathematics from Cochin University of Science and Technology,India. He has 24 years of teaching and research experiences and has published 12 refereed papers. His research interests include applied probability and stochastic modelling.