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Roger Chevalier

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Roger Chevalier
EducationPh.D.
Alma materPrinceton University
AwardsAllan D. Emil Memorial Award (1982)
Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics (1996)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical astrophysics
InstitutionsKitt Peak National Observatory (1973)
University of Virginia (1979)

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]

Education

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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

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Publications

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  • 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

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  1. ^ "Roger Chevalier". virginia.edu. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  2. ^ "Roger Chevalier". Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "Bio". stsci.edu. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
  4. ^ "Roger A. Chevalier". nasonline.org. Retrieved July 5, 2018.
  5. ^ "AAS Fellows". AAS. Retrieved 27 September 2020.