Felix A. Aharonian Explained

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)

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)

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)

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]

External links

Notes and References

http://vaprize.sci.am/descrip2014.html Viktor Ambartsumian International Prize Committee
http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/astrophysik/HEA/people/FA_CV.pdf Curriculum Vitae of Felix A. Aharonian at High Energy Astrophysics Theory Group at MPIK Heidelberg
http://www.dias.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=528&Itemid=55&lang=en Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies - Astronomy and Astrophysics Section
http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/astrophysik/HEA/1024.html High Energy Astrophysics at MPIK Heidelberg
http://www.worldscientific.com/page/ijmpd/editorial-board International Journal of Modern Physics D, Editorial Board
Web site: Armenian Astronomical Society . 2014-08-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140829204109/http://www.aras.am/ . 2014-08-29 . dead .
http://www.aras.am/Members/members.html Armenian Astronomical Society membership list
http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/hfm/HESS/pages/collaboration/institutions/#germany The H.E.S.S. Collaboration (F. Aharonian listed under Germany, Ireland and Armenia)
https://president.am/en/president-awards/ Office of the President of Armenia - Presidential award
http://crd.yerphi.am/reports/YerPhI_CRD_Status Yerevan Physics Institute
http://www.dias.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=773:astro-hess&catid=129&Itemid=57&lang=en Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies - H.E.S.S.
http://www.aas.org/head/rossi/rossi.recip.html High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) American Astronomical Society (AAS) Rossi Prize Winners
http://vaprize.sci.am/opr2014.html Armenian National Academy of Sciences, 18.07.2014, Yerevan, Armenia
https://web.archive.org/web/20160730175625/http://astrogeo.oxfordjournals.org/content/50/6/6.6.2.full Astronomy & Geophysics, Volume 50 Issue 6, Pp. 6.6
[The Astrophysical Journal]
http://www.isdc.unige.ch/sf2010/lectures/FA_Lecture_1_2.pdf 40th Saas-Fee Course, Course 1, Lecture 1
Book: Contemporary Authors. Gale Research. 1984. 13. 978-0-8103-1942-4. registration.