Bharat Ratra
Bharat Vishnu Ratra | |
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Ratra in 2012 | |
| Born | 26 January 1960 Bombay, India |
| Alma mater | Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (MS) Stanford University (PhD) |
| Known for | Quintessence (physics) Dark energy inflation |
| Scientific career | |
| 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, physical cosmologist and astroparticle physicist who is currently a university distinguished professor of physics at Kansas State University.
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.