Roger Chevalier is an American astronomer currently on faculty at University of Virginia.[1] A cited expert in theoretical astrophysics, his interests include astronomical supernovae environment and gases.[2]
Roger Chevalier | |
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| Education | Ph.D. |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Awards | Allan D. Emil Memorial Award (1982) Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics (1996) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Theoretical astrophysics |
| Institutions | Kitt Peak National Observatory (1973) University of Virginia (1979) |
Education edit
He earned his Ph.D. at Princeton University in 1973 and joined the Kitt Peak National Observatory until he started teaching at University of Virginia in 1979.[3]
Honors and awards edit
- Elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 1996.[4]
- Awarded the Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics in 1996.
- Elected a Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society in 2020 [5]
Publications edit
- The transition region and coronal explorer, Solar Physics, 1999
- Self-similar solutions for the interaction of stellar ejecta with an external medium, The Astrophysical Journal, 1982
- Wind from a starburst galaxy nucleus, RA Chevalier, Andrew W Clegg, Nature, 1985
- The evolution of supernova remnants. Spherically symmetric models, The Astrophysical Journal, 1974
- The radio and X-ray emission from type II supernovae, The Astrophysical Journal, 1982
References edit
- ^ "Roger Chevalier". virginia.edu. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
- ^ "Roger Chevalier". Retrieved November 27, 2017.
- ^ "Bio". stsci.edu. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
- ^ "Roger A. Chevalier". nasonline.org. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
- ^ "AAS Fellows". AAS. Retrieved 27 September 2020.