astro.wikisort.org - Researcher

Felix A. Aharonian (born 23 May 1952) is a physicist and astrophysicist. He is a recognized authority on the origin of cosmic rays,[1] and has written books and research papers on astroparticle physics, and cosmology.

Born in Yerevan, Armenia (former USSR), Aharonian received his Ph.D. from the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute[2] and is Professor of Astrophysics, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS), Dublin, Ireland[3] and Head of High Energy Astrophysics Theory Group, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK), Heidelberg, Germany.[4]

Professional Activities

• Member, editorial board: International Journal of Modern Physics D[5]
• Member: Armenian Astronomical Society[6][7]
• Member: H.E.S.S. Collaboration Board.[8]

Honors

• 2005 Prize of the President of Armenia[9][10]
• 2006 EU Descartes Prize (as a member of the H.E.S.S. collaboration)[11]
• 2010 Rossi Prize (shared with Werner Hofmann and H. Völk)[12]
• 2014 Viktor Ambartsumian International Prize in astronomy/astrophysics (with Igor Karachentsev and R. Brent Tully)[13][14]

Books

Very High Energy Cosmic Gamma Radiation: A Crucial Window on the Extreme Universe
hardcover: 495 pages, World Scientific (2004) ISBN 978-981-256-173-2

TeV gamma-ray astrophysics: theory and observations presented at the Heidelberg workshop, October 3-7, 1994
co-author with Heinrich J. Völk
hardcover, 450 pages, Kluwer Academic Publishers (1996) ISBN 978-0-7923-3854-3

Astrophysics at Very High Energies: Saas-Fee Advanced Course 40. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy
with co-authors Lars Bergström, Charles Dermer, Roland Walter, Marc Türler
hardcover: 373 pages, Springer Science & Business Media (2013) ISBN 978-3-642-36134-0

Selected literature

• The Crab Nebula and Pulsar between 500 GeV and 80 TeV: Observations with the HEGRA Stereoscopic Air Cerenkov Telescopes[15]
• 40th Saas-Fee Course: Astrophysics at Very High Energies[16]

Bibliography

Contemporary Authors, vol. 13 (1984)[17]

References

External links

• Microsoft Academic Search
• High Energy Astrophysics at MPIK Heidelberg
• Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies / Astronomy and Astrophysics

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