Positions

Overview

  • Professor Chandran received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1997. His research is in the areas of theoretical plasma physics and theoretical astrophysics, particularly problems at the interface between these two fields. His main interests are plasma turbulence, the role of turbulence in the solar corona and other astrophysical settings, and the evolution of baryonic matter in clusters of galaxies. He has also worked on cosmic-ray propagation, particle acceleration at shocks, and the origin of astrophysical magnetic fields. His research program is supported by grants from NASA, NSF, and DOE, and offers research opportunities for undergraduates, graduate students, and postdoctoral scholars.
  • Selected Publications

    Academic Article

    Year Title
    2024 The gyrokinetic dispersion relation of microtearing modes in collisionless toroidal plasmasJournal of Plasma Physics.  90. 2024
    2023 HelioSwarm: A Multipoint, Multiscale Mission to Characterize TurbulenceSpace Science Reviews.  219. 2023
    2023 The Effects of Nonequilibrium Velocity Distributions on Alfvén Ion-cyclotron Waves in the Solar WindThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  955:97-97. 2023
    2023 On the Evolution of the Anisotropic Scaling of Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence in the Inner HeliosphereThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  951:141-141. 2023
    2023 Quantifying the Energy Budget in the Solar Wind from 13.3 to 100 Solar RadiiThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  952:26-26. 2023
    2023 New Observations of Solar Wind 1/f Turbulence Spectrum from Parker Solar ProbeLetters of the Astrophysical Journal.  950:L8-L8. 2023
    2023 The Evolution of the 1/f Range within a Single Fast-solar-wind Stream between 17.4 and 45.7 Solar RadiiThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  950:154-154. 2023
    2022 In Situ Signature of Cyclotron Resonant Heating in the Solar Wind.Physical Review Letters.  129:165101. 2022
    2022 Features of Magnetic Field Switchbacks in Relation to the Local-field Geometry of Large-amplitude Alfvenic Oscillations: Wind and PSP ObservationsLetters of the Astrophysical Journal.  932:L13-L13. 2022
    2022 Improving the Alfven Wave Solar Atmosphere Model Based on Parker Solar Probe DataThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  925:146-146. 2022
    2022 Strong Perpendicular Velocity-space Diffusion in Proton Beams Observed by Parker Solar ProbeThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  924:112-112. 2022
    2021 Exact nonlinear solutions for three-dimensional Alfven-wave packets in relativistic magnetohydrodynamicsJournal of Plasma Physics.  87. 2021
    2021 A Solar Source of Alfvenic Magnetic Field Switchbacks: In Situ Remnants of Magnetic Funnels on Supergranulation ScalesThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  923:174-174. 2021
    2021 Evolution of Large-amplitude Alfven Waves and Generation of Switchbacks in the Expanding Solar WindThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  918:62-62. 2021
    2021 Turbulent Generation of Magnetic Switchbacks in the Alfvenic Solar WindThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  915:52-52. 2021
    2021 Electron heat flux in the near-Sun environmentAstronomy and Astrophysics: a European journal.  650:A15-A15. 2021
    2021 The near-Sun streamer belt solar wind: turbulence and solar wind accelerationAstronomy and Astrophysics: a European journal.  650:L3-L3. 2021
    2021 An approximate analytic solution to the coupled problems of coronal heating and solar-wind accelerationJournal of Plasma Physics.  87:905870304-905870304. 2021
    2021 Multiscale Solar Wind Turbulence Properties inside and near Switchbacks Measured by the Parker Solar ProbeThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  912:28-28. 2021
    2021 How Alfvén waves energize the solar wind: heat vs work.Journal of Plasma Physics.  87:905870218. 2021
    2020 Constraining Ion-Scale Heating and Spectral Energy Transfer in Observations of Plasma Turbulence.Physical Review Letters.  125:025102. 2020
    2020 In-situ Switchback Formation in the Expanding Solar WindLetters of the Astrophysical Journal.  891:L2-L2. 2020
    2020 Cross Helicity Reversals in Magnetic SwitchbacksAstrophysical Journal Supplement Series.  246:67-67. 2020
    2020 Ion-scale Electromagnetic Waves in the Inner HeliosphereAstrophysical Journal Supplement Series.  246:66-66. 2020
    2020 Sharp Alfvenic Impulses in the Near-Sun Solar WindAstrophysical Journal Supplement Series.  246:45-45. 2020
    2020 The Enhancement of Proton Stochastic Heating in the Near-Sun Solar WindAstrophysical Journal Supplement Series.  246:30-30. 2020
    2020 The Evolution and Role of Solar Wind Turbulence in the Inner HeliosphereAstrophysical Journal Supplement Series.  246:53-53. 2020
    2020 Mirror and Proton-cyclotron Instabilities Coexisting with Ambient Turbulence in a Proton-Alpha PlasmaThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  889:7-7. 2020
    2019 Alfvénic velocity spikes and rotational flows in the near-Sun solar wind.Nature.  576:228-231. 2019
    2019 Highly structured slow solar wind emerging from an equatorial coronal hole.Nature.  576:237-242. 2019
    2019 Self-induced Scattering of Strahl Electrons in the Solar WindThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  886:136-136. 2019
    2019 Reflection-driven magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in the solar atmosphere and solar windJournal of Plasma Physics.  85. 2019
    2019 Hybrid-kinetic Simulations of Ion Heating in Alfvenic TurbulenceThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  879:53-53. 2019
    2019 Interplay between intermittency and dissipation in collisionless plasma turbulenceJournal of Plasma Physics.  85. 2019
    2019 Proton Temperature-anisotropy Instability Coexisting with Ambient Turbulence in the Solar-wind PlasmaThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  875:125-125. 2019
    2019 [Plasma 2020 Decadal] Multipoint Measurements of the Solar Wind: A Proposed Advance for Studying Magnetized Turbulence 2019
    2018 Stochastic proton heating by kinetic-Alfvén-wave turbulence in moderately high-β plasmas.Journal of Plasma Physics.  84:905840615. 2018
    2018 ALPS: the Arbitrary Linear Plasma SolverJournal of Plasma Physics.  84:905840403. 2018
    2018 NHDS: The New Hampshire Dispersion Relation SolverResearch Notes of the AAS.  2:13-13. 2018
    2018 Two-dimensional Nonlinear Simulations of Temperature-anisotropy Instabilities with a Proton-alpha DriftThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  856:153-153. 2018
    2018 Parametric Instability, Inverse Cascade, and the 1/f Range of Solar-Wind Turbulence.Journal of Plasma Physics.  84:905840106. 2018
    2018 Heating of accretion-disk coronae and jets by general relativistic magnetohydrodynamic turbulenceJournal of Plasma Physics.  84. 2018
    2017 Disruption of Alfvénic turbulence by magnetic reconnection in a collisionless plasmaJournal of Plasma Physics.  83:905830609. 2017
    2017 Disruption of sheet-like structures in Alfvénic turbulence by magnetic reconnectionMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.  468:4862-4871. 2017
    2016 Solar Wind Electrons Alphas and Protons (SWEAP) Investigation: Design of the Solar Wind and Coronal Plasma Instrument Suite for Solar Probe PlusSpace Science Reviews.  204:131-186. 2016
    2016 The FIELDS Instrument Suite for Solar Probe Plus: Measuring the Coronal Plasma and Magnetic Field, Plasma Waves and Turbulence, and Radio Signatures of Solar Transients.Space Science Reviews.  204:49-82. 2016
    2016 COLLISIONLESS ISOTROPIZATION OF THE SOLAR-WIND PROTONS BY COMPRESSIVE FLUCTUATIONS AND PLASMA INSTABILITIESThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  831:128-128. 2016
    2016 Measures of three-dimensional anisotropy and intermittency in strong Alfvénic turbulenceMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.  459:2130-2139. 2016
    2016 EVOLUTION OF THE PROTON VELOCITY DISTRIBUTION DUE TO STOCHASTIC HEATING IN THE NEAR-SUN SOLAR WINDThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  820:47-47. 2016
    2015 ON THE CONSERVATION OF CROSS HELICITY AND WAVE ACTION IN SOLAR-WIND MODELS WITH NON-WKB ALFVEN WAVE REFLECTIONThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  811:50-50. 2015
    2015 DECELERATION OF ALPHA PARTICLES IN THE SOLAR WIND BY INSTABILITIES AND THE ROTATIONAL FORCE: IMPLICATIONS FOR HEATING, AZIMUTHAL FLOW, AND THE PARKER SPIRAL MAGNETIC FIELDThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  806:157-157. 2015
    2015 Refined critical balance in strong Alfvénic turbulenceMonthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters.  449:L77-L81. 2015
    2015 A MODIFIED VERSION OF TAYLOR'S HYPOTHESIS FOR SOLAR PROBE PLUS OBSERVATIONSLetters of the Astrophysical Journal.  801:L18-L18. 2015
    2014 INTERMITTENCY AND ALIGNMENT IN STRONG RMHD TURBULENCEThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  807:39-39. 2014
    2014 STOCHASTIC ACCELERATION OF ELECTRONS BY FAST MAGNETOSONIC WAVES IN SOLAR FLARES: THE EFFECTS OF ANISOTROPY IN VELOCITY AND WAVENUMBER SPACEThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  796:45-45. 2014
    2014 ACCELERATION OF RELATIVISTIC ELECTRONS BY MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC TURBULENCE: IMPLICATIONS FOR NON-THERMAL EMISSION FROM BLACK HOLE ACCRETION DISKSThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  791:71-71. 2014
    2014 THREE-DIMENSIONAL HYBRID SIMULATION STUDY OF ANISOTROPIC TURBULENCE IN THE PROTON KINETIC REGIMEThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  788:178-178. 2014
    2014 MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC SLOW MODE WITH DRIFTING He++: IMPLICATIONS FOR CORONAL SEISMOLOGY AND THE SOLAR WINDThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  788:35-35. 2014
    2014 DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF REFLECTION-DRIVEN, REDUCED MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC TURBULENCE FROM THE SUN TO THE ALFVEN CRITICAL POINT (vol 776, pg 124, 2013)The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  785:165-165. 2014
    2014 Synthesis of 3-D Coronal-Solar Wind Energetic Particle Acceleration (C-SWEPA) ModulesSpace Weather.  12:323-323. 2014
    2013 LIMITS ON ALPHA PARTICLE TEMPERATURE ANISOTROPY AND DIFFERENTIAL FLOW FROM KINETIC INSTABILITIES: SOLAR WIND OBSERVATIONSLetters of the Astrophysical Journal.  777:L3-L3. 2013
    2013 THE EFFICIENCY OF SECOND-ORDER FERMI ACCELERATION BY WEAKLY COMPRESSIBLE MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC TURBULENCEThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  777:128-128. 2013
    2013 DIRECT NUMERICAL SIMULATIONS OF REFLECTION-DRIVEN, REDUCED MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC TURBULENCE FROM THE SUN TO THE ALFVEN CRITICAL POINTThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  776:124-124. 2013
    2013 PERPENDICULAR ION HEATING BY REDUCED MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC TURBULENCEThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  776:90-90. 2013
    2013 STOCHASTIC HEATING, DIFFERENTIAL FLOW, AND THE ALPHA-TO-PROTON TEMPERATURE RATIO IN THE SOLAR WINDThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  776:45-45. 2013
    2013 INSTABILITIES DRIVEN BY THE DRIFT AND TEMPERATURE ANISOTROPY OF ALPHA PARTICLES IN THE SOLAR WINDThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  773:163-163. 2013
    2013 OBSERVATIONAL TEST OF STOCHASTIC HEATING IN LOW-β FAST-SOLAR-WIND STREAMSThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  774:96-96. 2013
    2013 A PARALLEL-PROPAGATING ALFVENIC ION-BEAM INSTABILITY IN THE HIGH-BETA SOLAR WINDThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  773:8-8. 2013
    2013 VELOCITY-SHEAR-INDUCED MODE COUPLING IN THE SOLAR ATMOSPHERE AND SOLAR WIND: IMPLICATIONS FOR PLASMA HEATING AND MHD TURBULENCEThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  769:142-142. 2013
    2013 THE DISPERSION RELATIONS AND INSTABILITY THRESHOLDS OF OBLIQUE PLASMA MODES IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ION BEAMThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  764:88-88. 2013
    2012 RESONANCE BROADENING AND HEATING OF CHARGED PARTICLES IN MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC TURBULENCEAstrophysical Journal.  758:78-78. 2012
    2012 The Effects of Wave Escape on Fast Magnetosonic Wave Turbulence in Solar FlaresAstrophysics Journal.  757. 2012
    2011 INCORPORATING KINETIC PHYSICS INTO A TWO-FLUID SOLAR-WIND MODEL WITH TEMPERATURE ANISOTROPY AND LOW-FREQUENCY ALFVÉN-WAVE TURBULENCEThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  743:197-197. 2011
    2010 CORONAL FARADAY ROTATION FLUCTUATIONS AND A WAVE/TURBULENCE-DRIVEN MODEL OF THE SOLAR WINDThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  722:1495-1503. 2010
    2010 RESONANT INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PROTONS AND OBLIQUE ALFVEN/ION-CYCLOTRON WAVES IN THE SOLAR CORONA AND SOLAR FLARESThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  722:710-720. 2010
    2010 ALFVÉN-WAVE TURBULENCE AND PERPENDICULAR ION TEMPERATURES IN CORONAL HOLESThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  720:548-554. 2010
    2010 PERPENDICULAR ION HEATING BY LOW-FREQUENCY ALFVEN-WAVE TURBULENCE IN THE SOLAR WINDThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  720:503-515. 2010
    2010 PERPENDICULAR PROTON HEATING DUE TO ENERGY CASCADE OF FAST MAGNETOSONIC WAVES IN THE SOLAR CORONAThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  709:1003-1008. 2010
    2009 ALFVÉN WAVE REFLECTION AND TURBULENT HEATING IN THE SOLAR WIND FROM 1 SOLAR RADIUS TO 1 AU: AN ANALYTICAL TREATMENTThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  707:1659-1667. 2009
    2009 CONSTRAINING LOW-FREQUENCY ALFVÉNIC TURBULENCE IN THE SOLAR WIND USING DENSITY-FLUCTUATION MEASUREMENTSThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  707:1668-1675. 2009
    2009 THE TURBULENT HEATING RATE IN STRONG MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMIC TURBULENCE WITH NONZERO CROSS HELICITYThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  701:652-657. 2009
    2009 BUOYANCY INSTABILITIES IN GALAXY CLUSTERS: CONVECTION DUE TO ADIABATIC COSMIC RAYS AND ANISOTROPIC THERMAL CONDUCTIONThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  699:348-361. 2009
    2009 PARKER/BUOYANCY INSTABILITIES WITH ANISOTROPIC THERMAL CONDUCTION, COSMIC RAYS, AND ARBITRARY MAGNETIC FIELD STRENGTHThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  690:566-579. 2009
    2009 Turbulence and Mixing in the Intracluster MediumAIP Conference Proceedings.  1201:363-370. 2009
    2008 Abundance Profiles in Cooling‐Core Clusters: a Fossil Record of Past AGN‐driven Convection?The Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  689:825-836. 2008
    2008 Weakly turbulent magnetohydrodynamic waves in compressible low-beta plasmas.Physical Review Letters.  101:235004. 2008
    2008 Numerical Simulations of Buoyancy Instabilities in Galaxy Cluster Plasmas with Cosmic Rays and Anisotropic Thermal ConductionThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  685:105-117. 2008
    2008 Strong Anisotropic MHD Turbulence with Cross HelicityThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  685:646-658. 2008
    2008 Scale dependent alignment between velocity and magnetic field fluctuations in the solar wind and comparisons to Boldyrev’s phenomenological theoryAIP Conference Proceedings.  1039:81-86. 2008
    2006 Extended spectral scaling laws for shear-Alfvén wave turbulencePhysics of Plasmas.  13:114505. 2006
    2006 Convective stability of galaxy-cluster plasmasThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  642:140-151. 2006
    2005 Weak compressible magnetohydrodynamic turbulence in the solar corona.Physical Review Letters.  95:265004. 2005
    2005 AGN‐driven Convection in Galaxy‐Cluster PlasmasThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  632:809-820. 2005
    2005 Turbulent Heating of Galaxy‐Cluster PlasmasThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  622:205-216. 2005
    2004 Convection in Galaxy‐Cluster Plasmas Driven by Active Galactic Nuclei and Cosmic‐Ray BuoyancyThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  616:169-177. 2004
    2004 Stochastic Relativistic Shock‐surfing AccelerationThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  613:622-630. 2004
    2004 Acceleration of Energetic Particles by Large‐Scale Compressible Magnetohydrodynamic TurbulenceThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  603:23-27. 2004
    2004 Thermal Conduction and Particle Transport in Strong Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence, with Application to Galaxy Cluster PlasmasThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  602:170-180. 2004
    2004 Divergence of neighboring magnetic-field lines and fast-particle diffusion in strong magnetohydrodynamic turbulence, with application to thermal conduction in galaxy clusters.Physical Review Letters.  92:045001. 2004
    2004 A Review of the Theory of Incompressible MHD TurbulenceAstrophysics and Space Science: an international journal of astronomy, astrophysics and space science.  292:17-28. 2004
    2003 Particle Acceleration by Slow Modes in Strong Compressible Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence, with Application to Solar FlaresThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  599:1426-1433. 2003
    2002 Radio Wave Propagation through a Medium Containing Electron Density Fluctuations Described by an Anisotropic Goldreich‐Sridhar SpectrumThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  576:176-187. 2002
    2001 Rayleigh‐Taylor Stability of a Strong Vertical Magnetic Field at the Galactic Center Confined by a Disk Threaded with Horizontal Magnetic FieldThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  562:737-752. 2001
    2001 Parallel heat diffusion and subdiffusion in random magnetic fieldsPhysics of Plasmas.  8:777-787. 2001
    2001 The importance of anisotropic interstellar turbulence and molecular-cloud magnetic mirrors for galactic cosmic-ray propagationSpace Science Reviews.  99:271-280. 2001
    2000 Magnetic Field Growth and Saturation in Plasmas with Large Magnetic Prandtl Number. I. The Two‐dimensional CaseThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  545:907-921. 2000
    2000 Scattering of energetic particles by anisotropic magnetohydrodynamic turbulence with a goldreich-sridhar power spectrum.Physical Review Letters.  85:4656-4659. 2000
    2000 Internal kink stability of large aspect ratio high-β tokamaksPhysics of Plasmas.  7:4043-4051. 2000
    2000 Confinement and Isotropization of Galactic Cosmic Rays by Molecular‐Cloud Magnetic Mirrors When Turbulent Scattering Is WeakThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  529:513-535. 2000
    2000 Magnetic Flux Accumulation at the Galactic Center and Its Implications for the Strength of the Pregalactic Magnetic FieldThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  528:723-733. 2000
    1999 Heat Transport Along an Inhomogeneous Magnetic Field. I. Periodic Magnetic MirrorsThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  525:638-650. 1999
    1998 Thermal Conduction in a Tangled Magnetic FieldPhysical Review Letters.  80:3077-3080. 1998
    1998 Viscous Relaxation and the Transition between the Kinematic and Nonlinear Galactic DynamosThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  492:179-189. 1998
    1997 The Growth of Cross Helicity in the Protogalactic DynamoThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  490:156-165. 1997
    1997 A Comparison between Markovian and Non‐Markovian Closures in Simulations of Nonlinear Dynamos with Application to the Protogalactic DynamoThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  485:148-158. 1997
    1997 The Effects of Velocity Correlation Times on the Turbulent Amplification of Magnetic EnergyThe Astrophysical Journal: an international review of astronomy and astronomical physics.  482:156-166. 1997
    Heating of Accretion-Disk Coronae and Jets by General Relativistic MHD TurbulenceJournal of Plasma Physics.  84.
    Hybrid, Simulations of a Proton-Alpha Drift Insta- bility in a Warm Inhomogeneous PlasmaAstrophysical Journal
    Spectroscopy in the Middle Corona: Probing the Kinetic Processes in the Nascent Solar Wind and Solar Energetic Particle ProductionVol. 55, Issue 3 (Heliophysics 2024 Decadal Whitepapers)
    Stochastic proton heating by kinetic-Alfve ́n-wave turbulence in moderately high-β plasmasJournal of Plasma Physics
    Stochastic proton heating by kinetic-Alfve ́n-wave turbulence in moderately high-β plasmasJournal of Plasma Physics

    Conference Paper

    Year Title
    2010 Hybrid Simulations of Energy Cascade among Fast Magnetosonic Waves in a Cold PlasmaAIP Conference Proceedings. 68-71. 2010
    2010 Quasilinear Wave "Reflection" Due to Proton Heating by an Imbalanced Turbulent CascadeAIP Conference Proceedings. 64-67. 2010
    2010 Resonant Interactions Between Protons and Oblique Alfven/Ion-Cyclotron WavesAIP Conference Proceedings. 72-75. 2010

    Principal Investigator On

  • Solar Probe Plus FIELDS Experiment, Phase A  awarded by University of California at Berkeley (UCB) 2010 - 2025
  • The Ion Strahl and Its Contribution to Solar- Wind Energization in Different Types of Solar Wind Near the Sun  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2022 - 2025
  • Using Parker Solar Probe to test and constrain models of the solar wind and solar-wind turbulence  awarded by Florida Institute of Technology 2021 - 2024
  • Parametric Instability in the Inner Heliosphere  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2019 - 2023
  • An Investigation of the Differential Flow, Anisotropic Heating, and Abundance Variations of Helium in the Solar Wind  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2017 - 2022
  • Non-Maxwellian Distribution Functions in the Solar Wind: Dispersion Relations and Instabilities  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2016 - 2021
  • Intermittency and Ion Heating in RMHD Turbulence  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2015 - 2019
  • Intermittency in Solar-Wind Turbulence  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2015 - 2019
  • Assessing the Relative Importance of Stochastic Resonant Ion Heating in the Solar Wind  awarded by University of Michigan 2016 - 2018
  • Incorporating 3D RMHD Turbulence Simulations and Kinetic Plasma Physics into a Two-Fluid Model of Solar Wind  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2013 - 2017
  • Alpha Particle Beams in the Inner Solar Wind  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2011 - 2015
  • Cluster for Computation and Analysis of Reconnection and Turbulence (CICART)  awarded by US DOE, Department of Energy 2007 - 2015
  • Turbulence and Kinetic Plasma Physics in the Solar Wind  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2011 - 2015
  • Strong Alfven-Wave Turbulence with Cross Helicity  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2010 - 2013
  • Turbulence and Perpendicular Heating in the Corona and Solar Wind  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2009 - 2013
  • Wave-Particle Simulations  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2008 - 2012
  • Stochastic Particle Acceleration in Solar Flares  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2007 - 2011
  • Fundamental Investigations of Compressible MHD Turbulence  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2006 - 2010
  • AGN Heating and Thermal Conduction in Clustersof Galaxies  awarded by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) 2005 - 2008
  • Galaxy-Cluster Baryons and the Cooling-Flow Problem  awarded by National Science Foundation (NSF) 2005 - 2008
  • Teaching Activities

  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2023
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2022
  • General Physics II Taught course 2022
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2022
  • General Physics II Recitation Taught course 2021
  • Quantum Mechanics II Taught course 2021
  • Doctoral Research Taught course 2021
  • General Physics II Taught course 2020
  • General Physics Review I Taught course 2020
  • Quantum Mechanics II Taught course 2019
  • Quantum Mechanics II Taught course 2019
  • General Physics I Taught course 2019
  • Quantum Mechanics I Taught course 2018
  • Quantum Mechanics I Taught course 2018
  • Mechanics/Mathematical Phys I Taught course 2018
  • Mechanics/Mathematical Phys I Taught course 2018
  • Modern Astrophysics Taught course 2017
  • General Physics I Taught course 2017
  • General Physics I Recitation Taught course 2016
  • General Physics III Taught course 2016
  • General Physics III Taught course 2016
  • General Physics I Taught course 2016
  • General Physics II Taught course 2015
  • General Physics III Taught course 2015
  • General Physics II Taught course 2015
  • General Physics I Taught course 2014
  • General Physics II Taught course 2014
  • Education And Training

  • B.A. History, Yale University
  • B.A. Physics, Yale University
  • M.A. Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
  • Ph.D. Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University
  • Full Name

  • Benjamin Chandran