Roger Chevalier Explained

Roger Chevalier
Fields:	Theoretical astrophysics
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Education:	Ph.D.
Alma Mater:	Princeton University
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Awards:	Allan D. Emil Memorial Award (1982) Dannie Heineman Prize for Astrophysics (1996)
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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

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

• 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

• 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

Notes and References

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