Felix A. Aharonian

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

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[1] Viktor Ambartsumian International Prize Committee

[2] Curriculum Vitae of Felix A. Aharonian at High Energy Astrophysics Theory Group at MPIK Heidelberg

[3] Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies - Astronomy and Astrophysics Section

[4] High Energy Astrophysics at MPIK Heidelberg

[5] International Journal of Modern Physics D, Editorial Board

[6] Armenian Astronomical Society

[7] Armenian Astronomical Society membership list

[8] The H.E.S.S. Collaboration (F. Aharonian listed under Germany, Ireland and Armenia)

[9] Office of the President of the Republic of Armenia / RA Presidential award

[10] Yerevan Physics Institute

[11] Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies - H.E.S.S.

[12] High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) American Astronomical Society (AAS) Rossi Prize Winners Archived April 6, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.

[13] Armenian National Academy of Sciences, 18.07.2014, Yerevan, Armenia

[14] Astronomy & Geophysics, Volume 50 Issue 6, Pp. 6.6

[15] The Astrophysical Journal , vol. 614 no. 2

[16] 40th Saas-Fee Course, Course 1, Lecture 1

[17] Contemporary Authors. 13. Gale Research. 1984. ISBN 0-8103-1942-X.