This book presents peer-reviewed articles from the 1st International Conference on Trends in Modern Physics (TiMP 2021) held at Assam Don Bosco University in Guwahati, India, between February 26 and 27, 2021. This conference was the 3rd in a series of annual conferences of the Department of Physics, ADBU, with the 1st and 2nd being national conferences. The conference was jointly organized by the Department of Physics, ADBU, and the Indian Association of Physics Teachers (IAPT) to promote greater synergy between thematic areas of astrophysics and cosmology, plasma physics, material and nanophysics, nuclear physics, and particle physics

Presents peer-reviewed articles from the 1st International Conference on TiMP 2021 Highlights latest advances in the fields of astrophysics, plasma physics, and materials Provides platform for researchers to come together and exchange ideas

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Professor Sengupta is currently a senior professor and school chair at the School of Mathematical & Computational Sciences of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata. His research interests include extra-dimensional theories, string theory, supersymmetry, supergravity, braneworld phenomenology, cosmology, and black holes. He is credited with over 80 publications in reputed national and international journals. Dr. Dey is currently an assistant professor at the Physics Department, Pragjyotish College, Guwahati. He was the founding head at the Department of Physics of the Assam Don Bosco University (ADBU), Guwahati. His research interests include condensed matter physics (microscopic superfluidity), biophysics, fundamental quantum mechanics, and pedagogy. He is credited with over 20 publications in reputed national and international journals. Professor Das is currently a professor at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Lethbridge, Canada. His research interests include phenomenology of quantum gravity (studying Planck scale signatures in low energy systems), singularity theorems and singularity resolution via quantum mechanics, and quantum information science and its relation to the black hole information loss problem. He is credited with over 100 publications in reputed international journals. Professor Saikia is currently a professor at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune. His research interests include diverse areas from astronomy, astrophysics, and cosmology. He is credited with over 300 publications in reputed national and international journals. Professor Panda is currently the director at the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar. His research interests include string theory, cosmology, finite temperature field theory, conformal field theory, gravity and supergravity, and neutrino physics. He is credited with over 100 publications in reputed national and international journals. Dr. Podila is currently an assistant professor and head at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of Clemson University, USA. His research interests include biophysics, nanoparticles, cancer screening, drug delivery, in vitro experimentation, and safety. He is credited with over 70 publications in reputed national and international journals.

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A Comparative Study of Experimental and Theoretical Z (Compressibility Factor) of Argon as a Typical Representative of Simple Fluids.- A Theoretical Review to Analyze the Response between the Radiographic Film and the Living Tissue in Terms of Energy Absorption.- Bio Synthesis, Characterization and Antibacterial Performance of Trimanganese Tetraoxide Nanoparticles using Azadirachta Indica Leaf Extract .-Calculating CP Invariance Using Weak Basis Invariants in Hybrid Textures of Neutrino Mass Matrix .- Characteristic Range of 238U Ion in Polycarbonates.- Comparison of Protein Interaction with Different Shaped PbS Nanoparticles and Corona Formation.- Dark Matter in Singlet Scalar, Inert Doublet and Mixed Scalar Dark Matter Models .- Dependence of Particle Current and Diffusion on the System Parameters in a Model Under-Damped Inhomogeneous Periodic Potential system .- Development of Agro-waste Based Nanosized Cellulose.- Distribution of X-Ray Flux: RXTE-PCA Observation of Cygnus X-1.- Establishing a mathematical and radiological relation between the malignant tumour inside the body and the outer body surface of the patient.- Exploring Invisible Neutrino Decay at Long-Baseline Experiments.- Flux Distribution Study of Mkn 421 with SPOL, RXTE and Fermi-LAT telescopes.- Growth, Structural, Optical, Thermal and Mechanical Studies of a Novel Nickel Sulphate Admixtured Sulphamic Acid Single Crystals for Optical Applications.- Impact of Multi-Nucleon Effects on Neutrino Scattering Cross Section and Events at Near and Far detectors of NOA Experiment.- Impact of Texture Zeros of Neutrino Mass Matrix on Dark Matter Phenomenolog.- Improved Potential Approach and Masses of Heavy Flavour Mesons.- keV Sterile Neutrino Mass Model and Related Phenomenology.- Lee-wave clouds in Martian Atmosphere: A study based on the images captured by Mars Color Camera (MCC).- Microscopic Foundation of Some Empirical Rules and Z(Pr) of a Simple Fluid.- Moisture Content Study of Soil Found in Sung Valley, Meghalaya.- Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay in a Flavour Symmetric Scotogenic Model.- Novel Design of Multi-Band Double U Slotted Microstrip Patch Antenna with DGS for Satellite and Radar Applications.- Observation and Characterization of Cyclic Particle Growth Process in rf Discharge of Ar-C2H2 Gas Mixture .- Optical Study of Liquid Dispersed Few-Layered WS2 Nanosheets.- Our Universe: the known, unknown and some speculations .- Phenomenological Study of Neutrino Mass Matrices with One Vanishing Minor and Zero Sum of Mass Eigenvalues with Majorana Phases.- Programmable Electro-Mechanical Dust Dispenser for Dusty Plasma Experimental Device.- Radiation Exposure due to Indoor Radon and Thoron in the Environs of Jowai Town, Meghalaya, India.- Realization of Left Right Symmetric Model by Discrete Flavor Symmetries.- Relation between the Variability of the kilo-Hertz Quasi Periodic Oscillations and the Low Frequency Noise in 4U1608- 52.- Review on Magnetism in Nanomaterials and Superparamagnetism.- Role of Laser Pre-Pulse and Target Density Modification on the Acceleration of Protons from a Hydrogen Plasma Sphere.- Searching the Limits on Heavy Majorana Mass Spectrum for Different Textures of Majorana Mass Matrices.- Smartphone-Based Colorimetric Analyzer for Detection of Phosphate in Water.- Structural, Morphological and Optical Properties of Titanium Dioxide Nanomaterials Prepared by Sol Gel Technique.- Structural, Spectral and Optical properties of Lithium Sulphate Monohydrate L-Valine Semiorganic Crystal.- Study of Ion-Acoustic Waves in Two-Electron Temperature Plasma.- Study of Plasma Sheath in the Presence of Dust Particle in an Inhomogeneous Magnetic Field.- Study of Radiation Interactions in Makrofol-E and LR-115 Detectors using SSNTD Technique.- Study of Structural, Electrical and Magnetic properties of Nd-Ti co-doped BiFeO3 Nanoparticles.- Thermal Instability of Two-Component Plasma with Frictional Effect of Neutrals Hall Current and Radiative Heat-Loss Functions.- Transport Coefficients of Dense Stellar Plasma in Strong Magnetic Field.- Variation of High and Low Energetic Electron Densities across a Magnetic Filter in a Hot Cathode Discharge.