Aakash Ravi

Postdoctoral Fellow

Ph.D. Physics, Harvard University, 2020
B.A.Sc. Engineering, University of Waterloo, 2012

Aakash’s research interests include:

Stellar accelerations and measuring the local dark matter density
Direct detection of dark matter in solid-state systems
Optical frequency combs and supercontinuum generation
Doppler exoplanet searches
Transit spectroscopy

aakash.ravi@gmail.com

Google Scholar Citations

Personal Website

Fun Fact: Aakash’s favorite thing to do on the weekends is to go rock climbing outdoors! This is a picture of him climbing The Great Escape at Shagg Pond, Maine.

Ultraheavy dark matter search with electron microscopy of geological quartz. Reza Ebadi, Anubhav Mathur, Erwin H. Tanin, Nicholas D. Tailby, Mason C. Marshall, Aakash Ravi, Raisa Trubko, Roger R. Fu, David F. Phillips, Surjeet Rajendran, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Phys. Rev. D 104, 015041 (2021). link PDF
BibTeX
@article{Ebadi2021, eprint = {2105.03998}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, sort_date = {2021-07-30}, sort_date_type = {journal-publication}, title = {Ultraheavy dark matter search with electron microscopy of geological quartz}, author = {Ebadi, Reza and Mathur, Anubhav and Tanin, Erwin H. and Tailby, Nicholas D. and Marshall, Mason C. and Ravi, Aakash and Trubko, Raisa and Fu, Roger R. and Phillips, David F. and Rajendran, Surjeet and Walsworth, Ronald L.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. D}, volume = {104}, issue = {1}, pages = {015041}, numpages = {10}, year = {2021}, month = {Jul}, comment = {07}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.104.015041}, url_link = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.015041}, url_pdf = {/files/2020/08/2021_Ebadi_PRD.pdf}, keywords = {fundamental-phys} }

arXiv
Milky Way Accelerometry via Millisecond Pulsar Timing. David F. Phillips, Aakash Ravi, Reza Ebadi, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 141103 (2021). link PDF supplement
BibTeX
@article{Phillips2021, eprint = {2008.13052}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, sort_date = {2021-04-07}, sort_date_type = {journal-publication}, title = {Milky Way Accelerometry via Millisecond Pulsar Timing}, author = {Phillips, David F. and Ravi, Aakash and Ebadi, Reza and Walsworth, Ronald L.}, journal = {Phys. Rev. Lett.}, volume = {126}, issue = {14}, pages = {141103}, numpages = {7}, year = {2021}, month = {Apr}, comment = {04}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.141103}, url_link = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.141103}, url_pdf = {/files/2020/08/2021_Phillips_PRL.pdf}, url_supplement = {/files/2020/08/2021_Phillips_PRL_SM.pdf}, keywords = {astro, fundamental-phys} }

arXiv

Probing Dark Matter Using Precision Measurements of Stellar Accelerations. Aakash Ravi, Nicholas Langellier, David F. Phillips, Malte Buschmann, Benjamin R. Safdi, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Physical Review Letters 123, 091101 (2019). link PDF supplement
BibTeX
@article{Ravi2019, eprint = {1812.07578}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, sort_date = {2019-08-28}, sort_date_type = {journal-publication}, author = {Ravi, Aakash and Langellier, Nicholas and Phillips, David F. and Buschmann, Malte and Safdi, Benjamin R. and Walsworth, Ronald L.}, title = {Probing {Dark} {Matter} {Using} {Precision} {Measurements} of {Stellar} {Accelerations}}, journal = {Physical Review Letters}, year = {2019}, volume = {123}, number = {9}, pages = {091101}, month = {aug}, comment = {08}, doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.091101}, keywords = {astro, fundamental-phys}, url_link = {https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.091101}, url_pdf = {/files/2020/08/2019_Ravi_PRL.pdf}, url_supplement = {/files/2020/08/2019_Ravi_PRL_SM.pdf} }

arXiv

Visible-Spanning Flat Supercontinuum for Astronomical Applications. Aakash Ravi, Matthias Beck, David F. Phillips, Albrecht Bartels, Dimitar Sasselov, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Journal of Lightwave Technology 36, 5309–5315 (2018). link PDF
BibTeX
@article{Ravi2018, eprint = {1807.07857}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, sort_date = {2018-11-15}, sort_date_type = {journal-issue}, author = {Ravi, Aakash and Beck, Matthias and Phillips, David F. and Bartels, Albrecht and Sasselov, Dimitar and Szentgyorgyi, Andrew and Walsworth, Ronald L.}, title = {Visible-{Spanning} {Flat} {Supercontinuum} for {Astronomical} {Applications}}, journal = {Journal of Lightwave Technology}, year = {2018}, volume = {36}, number = {22}, pages = {5309--5315}, month = {nov}, comment = {11}, doi = {10.1109/JLT.2018.2872423}, keywords = {astro}, url_code = {https://blog.umd.edu/walsworth/files/2020/08/scgen-taper.zip}, url_pdf = {/files/2020/08/2018_Ravi_JLT.pdf} }

arXiv

Astro-comb calibrator and spectrograph characterization using a turn-key laser frequency comb. Aakash Ravi, David F. Phillips, Matthias Beck, Leopoldo L. Martin, Massimo Cecconi, Adriano Ghedina, Emilio Molinari, Albrecht Bartels, Dimitar Sasselov, Andrew Szentgyorgyi, and Ronald L. Walsworth. Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 3, 045003 (2017). link PDF
BibTeX
@article{Ravi2017, eprint = {1705.07192}, archiveprefix = {arXiv}, sort_date = {2017-11-17}, sort_date_type = {journal-issue}, author = {Ravi, Aakash and Phillips, David F. and Beck, Matthias and Martin, Leopoldo L. and Cecconi, Massimo and Ghedina, Adriano and Molinari, Emilio and Bartels, Albrecht and Sasselov, Dimitar and Szentgyorgyi, Andrew and Walsworth, Ronald L.}, title = {Astro-comb calibrator and spectrograph characterization using a turn-key laser frequency comb}, journal = {Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems}, year = {2017}, volume = {3}, number = {4}, pages = {045003}, month = {nov}, comment = {11}, doi = {10.1117/1.JATIS.3.4.045003}, keywords = {astro}, url_link = {https://doi.org/10.1117/1.JATIS.3.4.045003}, url_pdf = {/files/2020/08/2017_Ravi_JATIS.pdf} }

arXiv

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