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Bhimsen Shivamoggi, Ph.D., recently capped three years of research with a publication that presents new ideas about the dynamics of stellar winds.<\/p>\n
But that\u2019s not what makes him most excited.<\/p>\n
Shivamoggi is an applied mathematician by trade, but he ventured into the new territory of mainstream astrophysics as an intellectual tribute to his mentor Gene Parker, Ph.D.. Parker, now an emeritus professor at the University of Chicago, was the first to advance the idea of a steady stream of charged gases flowing from the sun past the earth \u2014 what is now called solar wind. Parker\u2019s groundbreaking article in 1958 set the stage for a whole new field of exploration into stellar dynamics.<\/p>\n
Shivamoggi first met Parker at an astrophysics meeting in Alpbach, Austria ten years ago.\u00a0 This encounter pushed Shivamoggi to try to advance the frontiers on a major astrophysics problem initiated by Parker.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel so privileged to be a recipient of Parker\u2019s benevolent mentorship,\u201d Shivamoggi said.<\/p>\n
Shivamoggi\u2019s research gives an analytical formulation and uses the analogy of a rocket or jet engine\u2019s afterburner to explain why rapidly spinning protostars are not broken up by their own massive centrifugal force. Shivamoggi\u2019s idealized model is based on a key assumption of co-rotation between the stellar wind and its star, which was vindicated by the recent observations made by the Parker Solar Probe.<\/p>\n
His paper was published in the journal Physics of Plasmas, and appeared as an editor\u2019s pick for 2020.<\/p>\n
While Shivamoggi is happy to further scientific understanding of stellar winds, it\u2019s the opportunity to pay a tribute to his mentor, Parker, that means the most.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s my personal gift to Parker,\u201d Shivamoggi said.<\/p>\n
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