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Heavy-flavour physics
Measuring D* meson production in proton-proton collisions at 13.6 TeV to study charm production, multiplicity dependence, and hadronisation.
IIT Bombay · ALICE Collaboration
Deependra
Sharma.
Experimental high-energy physicist
Exploring the strong interaction through heavy-flavour particles, high-energy collisions, and the smallest building blocks of matter.
Research at the intersection ofIIT Bombay IndiaALICE CERN · LHCHeavy flavours. Strong interactions.
Fundamental questions.
Fundamental questions.
01 / About
A curiosity for
what lies within.
I am a doctoral researcher in Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, working within the ALICE Collaboration at CERN.
My research focuses on open-charm production, charm-hadron correlations, and how the initial geometry of colliding nuclei shapes particle production. I combine experimental measurements with simulation and data-driven analysis to study the strong interaction.
At IIT Bombay, I work with Prof. Sadhana Dash. Alongside research, I contribute to scientific software, detector quality control, teaching, and mentoring early-career researchers.
More about my academic journey02 / Research
Small particles.
Big questions.
From charm quarks to nuclear geometry, I investigate how matter behaves in high-energy collisions.
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Charm-hadron correlations
Using azimuthal correlations between D* mesons and charged hadrons to probe charm fragmentation and jet-like structures in pp and O–O collisions.
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Nuclear geometry
Investigating how alpha clustering and the structure of oxygen and neon nuclei influence particle production, using PYTHIA Angantyr simulations.
My research toolkit
C++ / Python / ROOT / ALICE O2Physics / Machine learning / PYTHIA
03 / Selected work
Ideas into evidence.
Selected papers and proceedings from my research. The full record, including collaboration publications, is available on INSPIRE.
Deciphering the dynamics of nuclear collisions with the structure of the elongated 20Ne nucleus
Deependra Sharma, Arpit Singh and Sadhana Dash
Physical Review C 113, 054903
Effect of α clusters on particle production in O–O and p–O collisions at energies available at the CERN Large Hadron Collider
Deependra Sharma, Arpit Singh, Md. Samsul Islam, Basanta Nandi and Sadhana Dash
Physical Review C 112, 034905
Heavy-flavour production and correlations in pp collisions: precision tests of pQCD and hadronization with ALICE
Deependra Sharma for the ALICE Collaboration
Journal of Subatomic Particles and Cosmology, 100562
04 / Academic journey
Learning. Building.
Contributing.
Physics is a collective pursuit. My work spans research, open scientific software, and supporting the next generation.
View my full CV2021 – Present
PhD in Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Experimental High Energy Physics Group. Doctoral research within the ALICE Collaboration.
2024 – Present
Collaboration service
ALICE–STAR India Collaboration
Junior Representative and Physics Board member, supporting early-career researchers and scientific discussions.
2022 – Present
Teaching & mentoring
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Teaching assistant for physics courses and laboratories; mentoring in ROOT and machine learning for high-energy physics.
2017 – 2019
MSc in Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
05 / Scientific exchange
Sharing the discovery.
Selected conference talks and posters.
2026 · Talk
Strangeness in Quark Matter
Heavy-flavour production and correlations in pp collisions: precision tests of pQCD and hadronization with ALICE.
University of California, Los Angeles2026 · Talk
Heavy-Flavor Meet
Study of charm fragmentation and hadronisation via azimuthal correlations in pp collisions at 13.6 TeV with ALICE.
Charm physics & hadronisation2025 · Poster
Quark Matter
Multiplicity dependence of D* meson production in pp collisions at 13.6 TeV with ALICE at the LHC.
ALICE Collaboration06 / Get in touch
Good science starts
with a conversation.
For research discussions, scientific collaboration,
or simply a shared curiosity about physics.
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Mumbai, India