Prateek Boga

Research Projects

Master’s Thesis – High Resolution Spectroscopy of Ultra-hot Jupiters

Ultra-hot Jupiter plot

Fig. 1: S/N detection map for KELT-20b.

LMU Munich, 2024 – ongoing

Using the FOCES spectrograph at Wendelstein Observatory, this work explores atmospheric compositions of three ultra-hot Jupiters (KELT-20b, KELT-9b, and WASP-189b) through high-resolution spectroscopy.

Bachelor’s Thesis – Edge-Effect Reduction in Star-Forming Filaments

Filament simulation

Fig. 2: VISit simulation of high density gradient gas filament under self gravity (left: initial, right: final)

SASTRA University & Duisburg-Essen, 2021–2022

This simulation-based study examined how embedding in larger environments affects the edge-effect in star-forming filaments, offering a fresh lens on filament stability.

Dark Matter Fellowship – Rotational Curve Decomposition

Dark matter rotation curves

Fig. 3: Decomposed rotational curve of NGC 1068

Tod’Aérs Fellowship, 2020–2021

Led a team that analytically studied the distribution of dark matter mass around 34 spiral galaxies using least-squares regression of rotational curves.

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Solar Physics – Exploring correlations between Solar parameters and Solar Flare Prediction using Ensemble Boost ML

SSERD Research Internship, 2020

Identified inverse correlation between sunspot area and flare activity parameters and built an ensemble boosting ML model with 79% accuracy to predict Solar Flare Index.

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