Sk Mustak Ali

Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics

1/AF Bidhannagar

Kolkata 700064

West Bengal, India

Welcome!

I work in the field of experimental nuclear physics and nuclear astrophysics. My research focuses on studying nuclear reactions with astrophysical significance at accelerator facilities around the world. At present, I am an associate professor at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Kolkata.

Before joining SINP, I did my postdoctoral research in the USA. I was as a postdoctoral research associate at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB), Michigan State University, in the Charge-Exchange group and at the Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, working with the low-energy experimental nuclear physics and nuclear astrophysics group. I completed my Ph.D. at Bose Institute, Kolkata, working with the Nuclear Astrophysics group, my thesis experiments were performed at ISOLDE, CERN.

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news

Oct 28, 2026	I am inviting applications from two students interested in pursuing their BS-MS thesis in Nuclear Astrophysics at the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Kolkata, during January–October 2027. Interested students may contact me for further details. See the official SINP announcement for programme information.
Jul 13, 2026	Invited talk at SPaGCoNS 2026, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
May 21, 2026	Joined Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics (SINP), Kolkata as an associate professor.

selected publications

PRC

Extraction of the non-spin- and spin-transfer isovector responses via the ¹²C(¹⁰Be,¹⁰B+γ)¹²B reaction

Sk M. Ali, C. Maher, R. G. T. Zegers, M. Scott, D. Bazin, M. Bowry, B. A. Brown, A. Gade, S. Galès, U. Garg, M. N. Harakeh, C. Langer, C. Loelius, C. Morse, S. Noji, T. Redpath, H. Sakai, M. Sasano, C. Sullivan, and D. Weisshaar

Phys. Rev. C, 2025

DOI Bib

@article{Ali2025Isovector,
  title = {Extraction of the non-spin- and spin-transfer isovector responses via the <sup>12</sup>C(<sup>10</sup>Be,<sup>10</sup>B+&gamma;)<sup>12</sup>B reaction},
  author = {Ali, Sk M. and Maher, C. and Zegers, R. G. T. and Scott, M. and Bazin, D. and Bowry, M. and Brown, B. A. and Gade, A. and Galès, S. and Garg, U. and Harakeh, M. N. and Langer, C. and Loelius, C. and Morse, C. and Noji, S. and Redpath, T. and Sakai, H. and Sasano, M. and Sullivan, C. and Weisshaar, D.},
  journal = {Phys. Rev. C},
  volume = {112},
  pages = {024602},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1103/48q9-fngt},
}

PLB

New limits on the 3α reaction rate from R-matrix modeling

Rajkumar Santra and Sk Mustak Ali

Phys. Lett. B, 2025

DOI Bib

@article{Santra20253Alpha,
  title = {New limits on the 3&alpha; reaction rate from <i>R</i>-matrix modeling},
  author = {Santra, Rajkumar and Ali, Sk Mustak},
  journal = {Phys. Lett. B},
  volume = {867},
  pages = {139621},
  year = {2025},
  doi = {10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139621},
}

PLB

Study of the ⁷Be(d,³He)⁶Li^* reaction at 5 MeV/u

Sk M. Ali, D. Gupta, K. Kundalia, S. Maity, Swapan K. Saha, O. Tengblad, J. D. Ovejas, A. Perea, I. Martel, J. Cederkall, J. Park, and A. M. Moro

Phys. Lett. B, 2024

DOI Bib

@article{Ali2024He3,
  title = {Study of the <sup>7</sup>Be(d,<sup>3</sup>He)<sup>6</sup>Li<sup>*</sup> reaction at 5 MeV/u},
  author = {Ali, Sk M. and Gupta, D. and Kundalia, K. and Maity, S. and Saha, Swapan K. and Tengblad, O. and Ovejas, J. D. and Perea, A. and Martel, I. and Cederkall, J. and Park, J. and Moro, A. M.},
  journal = {Phys. Lett. B},
  volume = {853},
  pages = {138673},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.1016/j.physletb.2024.138673},
}

PRL

Resonance Excitations in ⁷Be(d,p)⁸Be^* to Address the Cosmological Lithium Problem

Sk M. Ali, D. Gupta, K. Kundalia, Swapan K. Saha, O. Tengblad, J. D. Ovejas, A. Perea, I. Martel, J. Cederkall, J. Park, and S. Szwec

Phys. Rev. Lett., 2022

DOI Bib

@article{Ali2022CLiP,
  title = {Resonance Excitations in <sup>7</sup>Be(d,p)<sup>8</sup>Be<sup>*</sup> to Address the Cosmological Lithium Problem},
  author = {Ali, Sk M. and Gupta, D. and Kundalia, K. and Saha, Swapan K. and Tengblad, O. and Ovejas, J. D. and Perea, A. and Martel, I. and Cederkall, J. and Park, J. and Szwec, S.},
  journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.},
  volume = {128},
  pages = {252701},
  year = {2022},
  doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.252701},
}