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Research publications of Palash B. Pal
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Conference contributions and unpublished articles

Refereed articles in Physics journals

  1. Radiative decays of massive neutrinos
    P B Pal, L Wolfenstein;     Phys. Rev. D25 (1982) 766.
  2. CP properties of neutrinos and double beta-decay in SO(10)
    D Chang, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D26 (1982) 3113.
  3. Constraints on muon-neutrino mass around 100 keV
    P B Pal; Nucl. Phys. B227 (1983) 237.
  4. Photon mass in a background of thermal particles
    J F Nieves, P B Pal, D G Unger; Phys. Rev. D28 (1983) 908.
  5. Neutrino mass in gauge theories
    P B Pal; Ph.D. Thesis, Carnegie-Mellon University. July 1983.
  6. Still more on proton decay in supersymmetric theories
    J Milutinović, P B Pal, G Senjanović; Phys. Lett. B140 (1984) 324.
  7. ΔB = 2 transitions in supersymmetric theories
    J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Lett. B146 (1984) 406.
  8. Comment on KL-KS mass difference in the Left-Right model
    D Chang, J Basecq, L F Li, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D30 (1984) 1601.
  9. How can heavy neutrinos dominate the Universe?
    P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D30 (1984) 2100.
  10. Axions from chiral family symmetry
    D Chang, P B Pal, G Senjanović; Phys. Lett. B153 (1985) 407.
  11. Gauge-invariant calculation of the KL-KS mass difference in the Left-Right model
    J Basecq, L F Li, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D32 (1985) 175.
  12. Majorana neutrinos and photinos from kaon decay
    J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D32 (1985) 1849; D33 (1985) 295(E).
  13. Orthogonal and unitary matrices in arbitrary dimensions
    D Chang, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D32 (1985) 3294.
  14. Spontaneous breakdown of Parity as the origin of Isospin breaking
    D Chang, R N Mohapatra, P B Pal, J C Pati; Phys. Rev. Lett. 55 (1985) 2756.
  15. Implications of E6 grand unification
    P K Mohapatra, R N Mohapatra, P B Pal;     Phys. Rev. D33 (1986) 2010.
  16. Electric dipole moment of the Electron in Left-Right symmetric theories
    J F Nieves, D Chang, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D33 (1986) 3324.
  17. Economical unification of three families in SO(18)
    T Hübsch, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D34 (1986) 1606.
  18. Radiative neutrino decays in Left-Right models
    U Chattopadhyay, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D34 (1986) 3444.
  19. Indications of a light scalar in Left-Right symmetric models
    R N Mohapatra, P B Pal; Phys. Lett. B179 (1986) 105.
  20. Scalar neutrinos from rare Kaon decay
    A Halprin, J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D35 (1987) 2248.
  21. Isospin breaking in supersymmetric Left-Right models
    A Kagan, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D36 (1987) 269.
  22. Minimal rephasing invariant CP-violating parameters with Dirac & Majorana fermions
    J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D36 (1987) 315.
  23. Model for the Stech mass matrix for quarks
    A Kagan, R N Mohapatra, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. Lett. 59 (1987) 2005.
  24. Astrophysical constraints on axion and majoron couplings
    R Chanda, J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D37 (1988) 2714.
  25. Natural see-saw mechanism, eV-keV-MeV type neutrino spectrum and cosmology
    R N Mohapatra, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D38 (1988) 2226.
  26. Cold dark matter in the doublet-triplet model
    P B Pal; Phys. Lett. B205 (1988) 65.
  27. Spontaneous lepton number breaking at the Electroweak scale
    D Chang, W Y Keung, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. Lett. 61 (1988) 2420.
  28. P- and CP- odd terms in the photon self energy within a medium
    J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D39 (1989) 652, 40 (1989) 2148(E).
  29. Implications of relativistic gasdynamics for neutrino-neutrino cross sections
    D A Dicus, S Nussinov, P B Pal, V L Teplitz; Phys. Lett. B218 (1989) 84.
  30. Electromagnetic properties of neutrinos in a medium
    J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D40 (1989) 1693.
  31. Field-theoretic derivation of Wolfenstein's matter-oscillation formula
    P B Pal, T N Pham; Phys. Rev. D40 (1989) 259.
  32. Propagation of gauge fields within a medium
    J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D40 (1989) 1350.
  33. Electromagnetic properties of neutrinos in a background of electrons
    J C D'Olivo, J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D40 (1989) 3679.
  34. The Field strength and the Lagrangian of a gauge theory
    P B Pal, K S Sateesh; Am. J. Phys. 58 (1990) 789.
  35. Gravitational scattering of quantum particles
    E Golowich, P S Gribosky, P B Pal; Am. J. Phys. 58 (1990) 688.
  36. Radiative neutrino decay in a medium
    J C D'Olivo, J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. Lett. 64 (1990) 1088.
  37. Gauge hierarchy and attractive feeble long-range forces
    D Chang, W Y Keung, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D42 (1990) 630--635.
  38. Comment on Z → π0 + γ and the axial anomaly
    N G Deshpande, F Olness, P B Pal; Phys. Lett. B241 (1990) 119.
  39. Charge quantization from anomalies
    E Golowich, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D41 (1990) 3537.
  40. Reanalysis of the neutron electric dipole moment in Higgs models of CP-violation
    P B Pal, T N Pham; Z. Phys. 47 (1990) 663.
  41. Mass scales and symmetry breaking in SU(15) grand unification
    P B Pal;     Phys. Rev. D43 (1991) 236.
  42. Sterile neutrino solution to the solar puzzle
    V Barger, N Deshpande, P B Pal, R J N Phillips, K Whisnant; Phys. Rev. D43 (1991) 1759.
  43. Monopoles of SU(15) grand unification
    P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D44 (1991) 1366.
  44. Neutrino mass in grand unified SU(15)
    N G Deshpande, P B Pal, H C Yang; Phys. Rev. D44 (1991) 3702.
  45. Particle Physics confronts the solar neutrino problem
    P B Pal; Int. J. Mod. Phys. A7 (1992) 5387.
  46. Unifiable model with large neutrino magnetic moment
    N G Deshpande, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D45 (1992) 3183.
  47. Proton decay modes in SU(15) grand unification
    P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D45 (1992) 2566.
  48. Flavor changing processes and CP violation in S3 X Z3 model
    N G Deshpande, M Gupta, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D45 (1992) 953.
  49. Implications of CERN LEP results for SO(10) grandunification
    N G Deshpande, E Keith, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D46 (1992) 2261.
  50. The effect of the neutrino electromagnetic vertex on the neutrino index of refraction
    J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Lett. B283 (1992) 117.
  51. SU(16) grandunification: breaking scales, proton decay and neutrino magnetic moment
    N G Deshpande, E Keith, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D47 (1993) 2897. hep-ph/9211224
  52. Implications of results from the CERN e+e- collider LEP for SO(10) grandunification with two intermediate stages
    N G Deshpande, E Keith, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D47 (1993) 2892--2896.hep-ph/9211232
  53. The third electromagnetic constant of an isotropic medium
    J F Nieves, P B Pal; Am. J. Phys. 62 (1994) 207. hep-ph/9212300
  54. Rare K-decays as crucial tests for unified models with gauged baryon number
    P B Pal; Phys. Lett. B311 (1993) 153. hep-ph/9301264
  55. Induced charge of neutrinos in a medium
    J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D49 (1994) 1398.hep-ph/9305308
  56. Proton decay and related processes in unified models with gauged baryon number
    P B Pal, U Sarkar; Phys. Rev. D49 (1994) 3721. hep-ph/9308225
  57. Equivalence theorem and dynamical symmetry breaking
    P B Pal; Phys. Lett. B321 (1994) 229. hep-ph/9312207
  58. Number theory and quantum mechanics
    D Chang, P B Pal; Mod. Phys. Lett. A9 (1994) 1845.
  59. Thermal self-energies at zero momentum
    J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D51 (1995) 5300. hep-ph/9411440
  60. CP violation in the cubic coupling of neutral gauge bosons
    D Chang, W Y Keung, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D51 (1995) 1326 (hep-ph/9407294).
  61. Strong-CP question in SU(3)cX SU(3)LX U(1)N models
    P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D52 (1995) 1659. hep-ph/9411406
  62. Do neutrinos have mass?
    P B Pal; Bull. Astr. Soc. India, 23 (1995) 121.
  63. Theoretical implications of neutrino mass
    P B Pal; Bull. Astr. Soc. India, 23 (1995) 279.
  64. Constraints on cosmic electric charge asymmetry and neutrino charge from the microwave background
    P B Pal, S Sengupta;     Phys. Lett. B365 (1996) 175. hep-ph/9501271
  65. Cherenkov radiation from massless neutrinos
    J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Lett. B365 (1996) 178. hep-ph/9509415
  66. Electromagnetic properties of neutral and charged spin-1 particles
    J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D55 (1997) 3118. hep-ph/9611431
  67. Radiative neutrino decay in hot media
    J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D56 (1997) 365. hep-ph/9702283
  68. Nucleon instability in a supersymmetric SU(3)cX SU(3)LX U(1)N model
    H N Long, P B Pal; Mod. Phys. Lett. A13 (1998) 2355. hep-ph/9711455
  69. Optical activity of a neutrino gas
    S Mohanty, J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D58 (1998) 093007. hep-ph/9712414
  70. Gravitational coupling of neutrinos in a medium
    J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D58 (1998) 096005. hep-ph/9805291
  71. New constraints on R-parity violation from proton stability
    G Bhattacharyya, P B Pal; Phys. Lett. B439 (1998) 81. hep-ph/9806214
  72. How degenerate can cosmological neutrinos be?
    P B Pal, K Kar; Phys. Lett. B451 (1999) 136. hep-ph/9809410
  73. Bounds on R-parity violating λλ´´ combinations from proton stability
    G Bhattacharyya, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D59 (1999) 097701. hep-ph/9809493
  74. Non-universal gravitational couplings of neutrinos in matter
    J F Nieves, P B Pal; Mod. Phys. Lett. A14 (1999) 1199--1208. gr-qc/9906006
    (Honorable mention in the 1999 Essay contest organized by the Gravity Research Foundation.)
  75. Faraday effect: a field theoretical point of view
    A K Ganguly, S Konar, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D60 (1999) 105014. hep-ph/9905206
  76. Momentum-dependent contribution to the gravitational coupling of neutrinos in a medium
    J F Nieves, P B Pal;     Phys. Rev. D63 (2001) 076003. hep-ph/0006317
  77. Gravitational couplings of charged leptons in a medium
    I Mitra, J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D64 (2001) 085004. hep-ph/0104248
  78. Rephasing-invariant CP violating parameters with Majorana neutrinos
    J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D64 (2001) 076005. hep-ph/0105305
  79. A non-singular potential for the Dirac monopole
    R K Ghosh, P B Pal; Phys. Lett. B551 (2003) 387-390. hep-th/0209012
  80. CP-violating Majorana phases, lepton-conserving processes and final state interactions
    J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D67 (2003) 036005. hep-ph/0210232
  81. Thermodynamics of a classical ideal gas at arbitrary temperatures
    P B Pal; Int. J. Mod. Phys. B17 (2003) 1035-1042. physics/0201059
  82. Nothing but relativity
    P B Pal; Eur. J. Phys. 24 (2003) 315-319. physics/0302045
  83. Gauged B - 3Lτ, low-energy unification and proton decay
    P B Pal, U Sarkar; Phys. Lett B573 (2003) 147-152. hep-ph/0306088
  84. Inverse beta-decay of arbitrarily polarized neutrons in a magnetic field
    K Bhattacharya, P B Pal; Pramana 62 (2004) 1041-1058. hep-ph/0209053
  85. Generalized Fierz identities
    J F Nieves, P B Pal; Am. J. Phys 72 (2004) 1100-1108. hep-ph/0306087
  86. Neutrinos and magnetic fields: a short review
    K Bhattacharya, P B Pal; Proc. Ind. Natl. Sci. Acad. 70A (2004) 145-161. hep-ph/0212118
  87. Gravitational decay of the Z-boson
    J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D72 (2005) 093006. hep-ph/0509321
  88. Perturbative vs Schwinger-propagator method for the calculation of amplitudes in a magnetic field
    J F Nieves, P B Pal;     Phys. Rev. D73 (2006) 105003 (hep-ph/0603024)
  89. Radiative neutrino decay and CP-violation in R-parity violating supersymmetry
    G Bhattacharyya, P B Pal, H Päs, T J Weiler; Phys. Rev. D74 (2006) 053006 (hep-ph/0608131)
  90. Comment on "Can gravity distinguish between Dirac and Majorana neutrinos?"
    J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 (2007) 069001 (gr-qc/0610098)
  91. Lorentz-symmetry violating decays in a medium
    J F Nieves, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D77 (2008) 113001 (arXiv:0712.4345 [hep-ph])
  92. Angular momentum non-conserving decays in isotropic media
    J F Nieves, P B Pal; Eur. Phys. J. C 63 (2009) 331 (arXiv:0907.3000)
  93. A reappraisal of spontaneous R-parity violation
    G Bhattacharyya, P B Pal; Phys. Rev. D82 (2010) 055013 (arXiv/1006.0631)
  94. Dirac, Majorana and Weyl fermions
    P B Pal; Am. J. Phys. 79 (2011) 485--498 (arXiv/1006.1718)
  95. CPT-violating effects in muon decay
    S. Hollenberg, P B Pal. Phys. Lett B (2011) 701 (2011) 89--92. arXiv/1103.5607

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Refereed articles in journals in other fields

  1. Typesetting in Bengali script using TeX
    P B Pal; TUGBoat 23 (2002) 282-288.

Conference contributions and unpublished articles

  1. Production and detection at SSC of Higgs bosons in Left-Right symmetric theories
    J Gunion, B Kayser, R N Mohapatra, P B Pal, N G Deshpande, J Grifols, A Mendez & F Olness; Published in Snowmass proceedings (1986) ed. R Donaldson & J Marx, p. 197.
  2. Finite temperature effective action via heat kernel methods
    B R Holstein, P B Pal; University of Massachusetts Report UMHEP-280 (unpublished).
  3. Lepton number breaking at Electroweak scale
    D Chang, W Y Keung, P B Pal; invited talk presented by D. Chang at the conference on ``Beyond the Standard model'', Iowa State University, Ames, November 1988. Published in the proceedings ed. by K Whisnant and B Young, p. 224.
  4. Gauge hierarchy and long range forces
    Talk presented at the DPF meeting of the American Physical Society, Texas, January 1990. Published in the proceedings ed. by B Bonner and H Miettinen, p. 866.
  5. New insights on Majoron models
    Talk presented at the conference ``Beyond the Standard model II'', University of Oklahoma, Norman, November 1990. Published in the proceedings ed. by K. Milton et al, p. 373.
  6. Report from Working Group III: Quest for new physics
    2nd Workshop on High Energy Physics Phenomenology (WHEPP-II), Calcutta, India, Jan 2-15, 1991. Published in ``Particle phenomenology in the 90's: proceedings'': edited by A. Datta, P. Ghose, A. Raychaudhuri. World Scientific, 1992.
  7. Neutrino interactions in matter
    Invited talk presented at the conference ``Rencontres de Moriond'', 30 Jan to 6 Feb 1993. Published in the proceedings ed. by J. Tranh Than Van.     hep-ph/9303292
  8. The content of the gauge boson equivalence theorem
    Preprint; P B Pal. hep-ph/9405362
  9. Astrophysical and cosmological constraints on neutrino properties
    Talk given at the XI DAE symposium held at Santiniketan, 28 Dec 1994 to 2 Jan 1995; appeared in the proceedings.
  10. Neutrino effective charge and Cerenkov radiation.
    Talk presented by J.F. Nieves at the ``4th International workshop on Theoretical and Phenomenological aspects of underground physics'', held at Toledo, Spain, 17-21 Sep 1995. J C D'Olivo, J F Nieves, P B Pal. Published in Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 48 (1996) 269.
  11. Observational evidence for a low density universe with a negative cosmological constant
    Preprint; P B Pal, S Sengupta.
  12. Neutrino properties from reactor and accelerator experiments
    Plenary talk given at the ``B and Nu Workshop'' held at the Mehta Research Institute, Allahabad, India, from 4 to 8 January 1998. hep-ph/9802208
  13. Neutrino astrophysics and cosmology: recent developments
    Plenary talk given at the ``B and Nu Workshop'' held at the Mehta Research Institute, Allahabad, India, from 4 to 8 January 1998, and at ``Theoretical Physics Today: Trends and Perspectives'' held at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Calcutta, India, from 22 to 24 April 1998. Published in Ind. J. Phys. B73 (1999) 171. astro-ph/9803312
  14. Functional derivation of Casimir energy at non-zero temperature
    Preprint; A K Ganguly, P B Pal. hep-th/9803009
  15. A reincarnation of R-parity
    Preprint. hep-ph/9806274.
  16. Photogravitational processes
    J F Nieves, P B Pal; Preprint. hep-ph/9812268
  17. Particle dark matter: an overview
    Invited talk given at the conference ``Cosmology: Theory confronts observations'', held at IIT Kharagpur, January 1999. Published in Pramana 53 (1999) 1053. astro-ph/9906261
  18. Determination of cosmological parameters: an introduction for non-specialists
    Invited talk given at the ``Discussion meeting on Recent Developments in Neutrino Physics'', held at the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, February 2--4, 1999. Published in Pramana 54 (2000) 79. hep-ph/9906447
  19. Inverse beta-decay in magnetic fields
    Preprint; K Bhattacharya, P B Pal. hep-ph/9911498
  20. Neutrino scattering in strong magnetic fields
    Plenary talk given by Palash B. Pal at the `Third International COSMO-99 Workshop on Particle Physics and the Early Universe', held at the Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste, Italy, during 29/9/1999 to 2/10/1999; K Bhattacharya, P B Pal. Published in the proceedings, ed. by U Cotti et al, p. 354. hep-ph/0001077
  21. Typesetting in Bengali script using TeX
    P B Pal. Talk invited for the TUG-2002, The 23rd Conference and Annual Meeting of the TeX Users group, held in Trivandrum, India, 4-7 September, 2002. Appeared in the Conference Preprints collection edited by K P Christiansen. (However, I could not attend the conference, so it will not appear in the Conference Proceedings.)
  22. Reflection and refraction of electromagnetic waves at the plane boundary between two chiral media
    Preprint; J F Nieves, P B Pal. physics/0302070
  23. Divisibility tests with weighted digital sums
    Preprint; P B Pal. math/0507011
  24. Representation-independent manipulations with Dirac spinors
    Preprint; P B Pal. physics/0703214
  25. Theta-parity in supersymmetry
    Preprint; P Byakti, P B Pal. arXiv/1004.4055