Courses Taught: B.Sc. (All Semesters), M.Sc. (Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Mathematical Physics, Astrophysics, and Relativity)

Area of Expertise: Electronics, Theoretical Particle Physics

Awards and Achievements:

1. Fifth Rank in Mangalore University BSc examinations

2. First Rank with Gold Medal in Mangalore University MSc examinations

3. DST fellowship from Sept 2007 to Dec 2010

4. Principal Investigator of BRNS project from 2014 to 2017

5. Received VGST Award for Research Publications 2017-18 from Govt of Karnataka for research articles in international journals with a high Impact Factor

6. Received VGST Grant 2018-19 of Rs 20 lakh to establish “Center for Theoretical Nuclear and Particle Physics” at St. Philomena College, Puttur from Govt of Karnataka

Research Details:

Publications:

1. Properties of Charmonium States in a Phenomenological Approach, Communications in Theoretical Physics, Praveen P. D’souza, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Communications in Theoretical Physics,, 71, (2019)

2. Mass spectra and decays of ground and orbitally excited c\bar{b} states in non-relativistic quark model, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat and K. B. Vijaya Kumar,  Int. J.Mod. Phys. A, 32 (2017)

3. c\bar{b} spectrum and decay properties with coupled channel effects,  Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Phys.Rev. D, 95, (2017)

4. Effects of coupled channels on c\bar{b} mass and decays in NRQM with OGEP, Manjunath Bhat, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, International Journal of Modern Physics E, 26, (2017)

5. Radiative decays of ground state light vector mesons with nonrelativistic an relativistic phase spaces and other decay properties, A. P. Monteiro, K. B. Vijaya Kumar and Bhaghyesh, 52, (2014)

6. Ground state heavy meson spectrum in the framework of constituent quark models, Indian Journal of Physics K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Bhaghyesh and Antony Prakash Monteiro,, 87(5), 493 (2013)

7. The light D wave meson spectra in constituent quark Models Antony Prakash Monteiro and K.B. Vijaya Kumar Archives of Physics Research, 3(3), 201 (2012)

8. Heavy quarkonia spectra and their decays in a relativistic quark model, Bhaghyesh, K. B. Vijaya Kumar and Antony Prakash Monteiro, Chinese Physics C 34,1 (2011)

9. Bottomonium spectrum and decay with one gluon exchange potential,  Antony Prakash Monteiro, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, and Bhaghyesh. Commun. in Theor. Phys. 56(03), 476 (2011)

10. Heavy quarkonium spectra and its decays in a non-relativistic model with Hulthen potential, Bhaghyesh, K.B. Vijaya Kumar and Antony Prakash Monteiro J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 38, 085001 (2011)

11. and gg decays ofc0 and c2, Bhaghyesh, K. B. Vijaya Kumar and Antony Prakash Monteiro, Archives of Physics Research, 1(4), 200(2010).

12. Light D wave meson spectrum in a relativistic harmonic model with instanton induced interaction, A. P. Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Journal of Natural Sciences, 2(11), 1292 (2010).

13. Light D wave meson spectrum in a non-relativistic quark model with instanton induced interaction, A. P. Monteiro and K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Canadian J. of Pure and Appl. Sciences, 4(3), 1311 (2010).

14. Light meson spectrum and their leptonic decay widths in the framework of constituent quark models, K. B. Vijaya Kumar and A. P. Monteiro, Chinese Phys. C34(9), 1396 (2010).

15. Ground State meson spectrum in a relativistic model with instanton induced interaction, A. P. Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Commun. in Theor. Phys. 53, 325 (2010).

16. Semi-relativistic quark model for light D wave mesons with Instanton induced interaction, A. P. Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Indian J. of Pure and Appl. Phys. 48, 240 (2010).

17. P wave meson spectrum in a relativistic model with Instanton Induced Interaction, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Bhavyashri, Y. L. Ma and A. P. Monteiro, Int. J. of Mod. Phys. A24, 4209 (2009).

18. The role of anti-symmetric Spin-Orbit potential of III in D wave K meson spectra in the framework of the relativistic harmonic model, A. P. Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Canadian J. of Pure and Appl. Sciences. 3(2) 847 (2009).

Paper Presentations:

1. Mass spectra of Ds Meson in a Non-Relativistic Quark model with Hulthen Potential, E.Deepak DSilva, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Praveen P. D’Souza, Vipin Naik N.S. and K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

2. Instanton Contribution to the charmonium Mass spectra, Praveen P. D’Souza, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 63, (2018)(December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai) 5 of 15

3. Estimating the Branching ratio for the Charmonium: Two gluon decay, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Praveen P. D’Souza Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

4. Mass spectrum of Low lying Bottomonium states in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model with Yukawa Potential, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Praveen P. D’Souza, Vidyalaksmi N., K.B Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

5. Mass spectrum of Low lying Charmonium Spectrum in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model with Wood-Saxon Potential, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Praveen P. D’Souza, Navya G.R., K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

6. S-Wave Mass spectrum of Exotic Mesons, P.N. Bapat, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

7. P-Wave Mass spectrum of Exotic Mesons, P.N. Bapat, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

8. Effects of Coupled channels in Charmonium Masses with Instanton Potential, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Praveen P. D’Souza, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

9. Properties of Bottomonium with coupled Channel Effects, Vipin Naik N.S., Antony Prakash Monteiro, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

10. The mass shift in Bs Meson spectrum with Hadronic Loop effects, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Vipin Naik N.S., Praveen P D’Souza, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

11. Hadronic Loop effects in Ds Meson Mass Spectrum, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Vipin Naik N.S., K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Praveen P. D’Souza, E.Deepak DSilva, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. On Nucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

12. Hadronic Loop effects in B Meson Masses in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model, Praveen P D’Souza, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K.B. Vijaya 6 of 15 Kumar, Vipin Naik N.S., E. Deepak DSilva, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Int. Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 63, (2018) (December 10-14, BARC, Mumbai)

13. Radiative Decays of Charmonium in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model with an Instanton Potential, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Praveen P. D’Souza and K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 62, (2017) (December 20-24, Thapar University, Patiala)

14. Mass Spectrum of Orbitally Excited Bs Mesons in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model with Hulthen Potential, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Praveen P. D’Souza and K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 62, (2017) (December 20-24, Thapar University, Patiala)

15. Annihilation Decays of Charmonium in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model with an Instanton Potential, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Praveen P. D’Souza and Antony Prakash Monteiro, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 62, (2017) (December 20-24, Thapar University, Patiala)

16. Mass spectrum of Orbitally Excited States of B Mesons in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model with Hulthen Potential, Praveen P. D’Souza, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 62, (2017) (December 20-24, Thapar University, Patiala)

17. Mass spectrum of Orbitally Excited Charmonium in a Non-Relativistic Quark model with an Instanton Potential, Praveen P. D’Souza, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 62, (2017) (December 20-24, Thapar University, Patiala)

18. A Green’s Function approach to the Non-Relativistic Wave Equation with Hulthen Potential, Praveen P. D’Souza, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 62, (2017) (December 20-24, Thapar University, Patiala)

19. Radiative Transitions of B and Bs Mesons in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model with Hulthen Potential, Praveen P. D’Souza, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 62, (2017) (December 20-24, Thapar University, Patiala) 7 of 15

20. Masses of P and D wave c_b States in Relativistic Model, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat, and K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 61, (2016) (December 05-09, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata)

21. Mass Spectra of Orbitally Excited c_b states in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 61, (2016) (December 05-09, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata)

22. Radiative Decays of c_b States in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 61, (2016) (December 05-09, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata)

23. Radiative Decays of c_b States in a Relativistic Quark Model, Manjunath Bhat, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 61, (2016) (December 05-09, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata)

24. Weak Decays and Life Time of Bc meson, Manjunath Bhat, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 61, (2016) (December 05-09, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata)

25. S-wave Masses of B Meson in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model with Hulthen Potential, Praveen P. D’Souza, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE International Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 61, (2016) (December 05-09, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata)

26. Coupled Channel Effects in c_b Spectra, Manjunath Bhat, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 61, (2016) (December 05-09, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata)

27. Ground State Charmed Meson Spectra in a Non-Relativistic Quark Model, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat, Praveen P. D’Souza, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. On Nucl. Phys. 61, (2016) (December 05-09, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata)

28. Annihilation Decays of Bottomonium, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat, Praveen P. D’Souza, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 61, (2016) (December 05-09, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata) 8 of 15

29. Realistic Results of Low-Lying Charmonium Masses Using Instanton Potential, Praveen P. D’Souza, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat, K. B. Vijayakumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. OnNucl. Phys. 61 , (2016) (December 05-09, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata)

30. Analytical Solutions of the Schroedinger Equation with the Woods-Saxon Potential for l=0 states, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 60, (2015) (December 07-11, Sri SathyaSai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam-515134, AP, India)

31. Numerical Solution of Schroedinger Equation using matrix Numerov method with Woods – Saxon Potential, Manjunath Bhat, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 60, (2015) (December 07-11, Sri SathyaSai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam-515134, AP, India)

32. Mass Spectra of Bc Meson using Woods-Saxon potential, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 60, (2015) (December 07-11, Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam-515134, AP, India)

33. Variation of Ground state Bc and B_c Meson Masses for various n values, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Manjunath Bhat, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. On Nucl. Phys. 60, (2015) (December 07-11, Sri SathyaSai Institute of Higher Learning, Prasanthi Nilayam-515134, AP, India)

34. Charmonium Properties in a Screened Potential, Bhaghyesh, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Antony Prakash Monteiro, Proceedings of the DAE-BRNS Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 59, (2014) (December 08-12, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi)

35. Mass spectrum of ground state charmonium states in relativistic quark model, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, A. P. Radhakrishna, Proceedings of the DAE International Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 58, (2013) (December 02-06, BARC, Mumbai)

36. Properties of bottomonium in a semi-relativistic model, Bhaghyesh, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Proceedings of the DAE International Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 58, (2013) (December 02-06, BARC, Mumbai)

37. Radiative transitions of Charmonium and Bottomonium states in Relativistic phase spaces, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K. B.Vijaya Kumar, and A. P. Radhakrishna, Proceedings of the DAE International Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 58 , (2013) (December 02-06, BARC, Mumbai)

38. S wave cc spectrum in a semi-relativistic model, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Bhaghyesh, Antony Prakash Monteiro and V. K. Nilakanthan, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 57 (2012)( December 03-07, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi).

39. Properties of charmonium in a semi-relativistic formalism, Bhaghyesh, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Antony Prakash Monteiro, and V. K. Nilakanthan, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 57 (2012)(December 03-07, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi).

40. Radiative decays of some light mesons with relativistic phase spaces, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, A. P. Radhakrishna and Bhaghyesh, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 57 (2012)( December 03-07, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi).

41. Radiative decays of ground state light vector mesons with nonrelativistic and relativistic phase spaces, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, A. P. Radhakrishna and Bhaghyesh, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 57 (2012)( December 03-07, Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi).

42. Mass spectrum of heavy meson states with Qq and qQ wave function in nonrelativistic quark model, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, A. P. Radhakrishna and Bhaghyesh, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 56 (2011) (December 26-30, Department of Nuclear Physics, Andhra University)

43. Charmonium spectra and decay widths using Hulthen potential Bhaghyesh, K. B. Vijaya Kumar and Antony Prakash Monteiro, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 56 (2011) (December 26-30, Department of Nuclear Physics, Andhra University)

44. Spectrum and decays of bb mesons in a nonrelativistic model K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Bhaghyesh, and Antony Prakash Monteiro, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 56 (2011)(December 26-30, Department of Nuclear Physics, Andhra University)

45. Mass spectrum of singlet and triplet cb meson states in nonrelativistic quark model Antony Prakash Monteiro, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, A. P. Radhakrishna, and Bhaghyesh, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 56 (2011)(December 26-30, Department of Nuclear Physics, Andhra University)

46. Three Photon decay of J= (1S) in non-relativistic quark model, Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 56 (2011)(December 26-30, Department of Nuclear Physics, Andhra University)

47. Mass spectrum and decays of charmonium states in non-relativistic quark model, A.P. Monteiro, K. B. Vijaya Kumar and Bhaghyesh, Presented at DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, BITS Pilani, Dec. 20-24, 2010

48. Bottomonium spectrum and leptonic decays in non-relativistic quark model, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, Antony Prakash Monteiro, and Bhaghyesh, Presented at DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, BITS Pilani, Dec. 20-24, 2010

49. Charmonium and bottomonium radiative transitions in non-relativistic quark model, Antony Prakash Monteiro, K.B. Vijaya Kumar, and Bhaghyesh, Presented at DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, BITS Pilani, Dec. 20-24, 2010

50. Light meson radiative transitions in non-relativistic quark model, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Antony Prakash Monteiro, and Bhaghyesh, Presented at DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, BITS Pilani, Dec. 20-24, 2010

51. The decay widths and the spectrum of charmonium, Bhaghyesh, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Presented at DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, BITS Pilani, Dec. 20-24, 2010

52. Bottomonium spectrum in a relativistic quark model, K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Bhaghyesh and Antony Prakash Monteiro, Presented at DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, BITS Pilani, Dec. 20-24, 2010

53. and gg decay of heavy pseudoscalar quarkonia, Bhaghyesh, K. B. Vijaya Kumar and Antony Prakash Monteiro, Presented at DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, BITS Pilani, Dec. 20-24, 2010

54. P wave charmonium spectrum in a relativistic quark model, Bhaghyesh, K. B. Vijaya Kumar and Antony Prakash Monteiro, Presented at XIX DAE BRNS High Energy Physics Sympossium, Jaipur, Dec 13-18, 2010

55. The prediction of leptonic and radiative decay widths in the frame work of constituent quark models, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Presented at National Conference on Engineering of Materials through Energetic Particles, Bahubali College of Engineering, Shravanabelagola, April 8-10, 2010.

56. The D-wave K meson spectrum in the frame work of relativistic harmonic model, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Presented at Big Bang And Particle Physics Cosmic Connection Seminar, JSS College for Women, Chamarajanagar, March 31, 2010.

57. Light D wave meson spectrum in a relativistic harmonic model with instanton induced interaction, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Presented at International DAE symposium on Nuclear Physics, BARC Mumbai, Dec. 8-12 2009.

58. Light D wave meson spectrum and the role of anti-symmetric spin-orbit potential of III in a non- relativistic quark model with instanton induced interaction K. B. Vijaya Kumar and Antony Prakash Monteiro, Presented at International DAE symposium on Nuclear Physics, BARC Mumbai, Dec. 8-12, 2009.

59. The spin polarizabilities of the baryons in relativistic baryon chiral perturbation theory. K. B. Vijaya Kumar and Antony Prakash Monteiro, Presented at International DAE symposium on Nuclear Physics, BARC Mumbai, Dec. 8-12, 2009.

60. Dark Matter and Neutrino Physics, K.B. Vijaya Kumar and Antony Prakash Monteiro, Presented at International Intra-disciplinary conference on the Frontiers of Astronomy, FMKMC College, Madikeri, Dec. 28-29, 2009.

61. P wave meson spectrum in a constituent quark model with instanton induced interaction, Bhavyashri, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Presented at National Symposium on Nuclear Physics (NSNP), Payyanur College, Payyanur, Jan.13-15, 2009.

62. Ground state meson spectrum in a relativistic model with instanton induced interaction, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Presented at National Symposium on Nuclear Physics (NSNP), Payyanur College, Payyanur, Jan.13-15, 2009.

63. The effect of instanton induced interaction on P wave meson spectra in constituent quark model, Bhavyashri, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Presented at DAE symposium on Nuclear Physics, IIT Roorkee, Dec. 22-26, 2008.

64. Ground State meson spectrum in a relativistic Harmonic model with instanton induced interaction, Antony Prakash Monteiro and K. B. Vijaya Kumar, Presented at DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics, IIT Roorkee, Dec. 22-26, 2008.

Participation in seminars/workshops/conferences:

One day National level Seminar on E-Resources, Intellectual Property Rights and Plagiarism – Issues and Challenges held at St. Philomena College, Puttur, Sep 09, 2018

Resource Person / Guest Lectures delivered:

Refresher Courses/Short Term/Orientation Courses attended

1.The Preparatory SERC School in Theoretical High Energy Physics, SGTB Khalsa College, University of Delhi, Sept 23-Oct 20, 2008.

2.The 107th Orientation Course at UGC-HRDC, University of Hyderabad, Telangana from 27-06-2019 to 17-07-2019.