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Arnab Rai Choudhuri is an Indian scientist working in the area of Astrophysical MHD, specially in context of solar magnetic cycle.

Arnab Rai Choudhuri
Born9 November 1956
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
NationalityIndian
Alma materPresidency College, Kolkata
University of Calcutta
IIT Kanpur
University of Chicago
High Altitude Observatory
Known forContributions to Solar Dynamo theory
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsIndian Institute of Science, Bangalore
ThesisThe dynamics of magnetically trapped fluids: implications for umbral dots and penumbtal grains (1985)
Doctoral advisorEugene Parker
Doctoral studentsMausumi Dikpati, Dibyendu Nandi

Career


He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in 1978 from the Presidency College under the University of Calcutta and his M.Sc degree in physics from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He earned his Ph.D at the University of Chicago in 1985 working under the supervision of Professor E.N. Parker. For next two years till 1987 he did research at the High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, USA. In 1987, he joined the Physics Department of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) as lecturer and became professor there in 2002.[1][2]


Research


His research mainly deals with the study of astrophysical MHD problems specifically solar dynamo modelling.[3]

He is an author of two advanced textbooks and a popular science book.


References


  1. "Professor AR Choudhuri". Indian National Science Academy. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  2. "Arnab Rai Choudhuri". IISC. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
  3. Chatterjee, P.; Nandy, D.; Choudhuri, A. R. (2004). "Full-sphere simulations of a circulation-dominated solar dynamo: Exploring the parity issue". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 427 (3): 1019. arXiv:astro-ph/0405027. Bibcode:2004A&A...427.1019C. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041199. S2CID 1809622.




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