Key Highlights
- Researchers at Tezpur University in north-central Assam have used observations of the Sun’s internal movements to test a new concept on the nature of gravity, marking a step towards understanding the hidden physics within the primary energy source of the solar system and other stars like it.
- The study, conducted by Pralay Kumar Karmakar of the Department of Physics and Souvik Das, a researcher under the DST-INSPIRE programme, examines how gravity behaves under the Sun’s extreme heat and pressure.
- The research has been accepted for publication in Physical Review E, an international journal of the American Physical Society.
- DST-INSPIRE refers to the Department of Science and Technology’s Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research programme.
- Professor Pralay Kumar Karmakar, of the Department of Physics in Tezpur University, has shown through the research that subtle gravity-driven movements inside the Sun, earlier considered insignificant, may carry a substantial amount of energy.
