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Felix A. Aharonian (born 23 May 1952) is a physicist and astrophysicist. He is a recognized authority on the origin of cosmic rays, and has written books and research papers on
astroparticle physics Astroparticle physics, also called particle astrophysics, is a branch of particle physics that studies elementary particles of astrophysical origin and their relation to astrophysics and cosmology. It is a relatively new field of research emergi ...
, and
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. Born in
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(former
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), Aharonian received his Ph.D. from the
Moscow Engineering Physics Institute National Research Nuclear University MEPhI (Moscow Engineering Physics Institute) () is a public university, public technical university in Moscow, Russia. It was founded in 1942 as the Moscow Mechanical Institute of Munitions, but was soon renam ...
and is Professor of Astrophysics,
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(DIAS),
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and Head of High Energy Astrophysics Theory Group,
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(MPIK),
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.


Professional Activities

* Member, editorial board:
International Journal of Modern Physics The ''International Journal of Modern Physics'' is a series of physics journals published by World Scientific. ''International Journal of Modern Physics A'' The ''International Journal of Modern Physics A'' was established in 1986, and covers ...
D * Member: Armenian Astronomical Society * Member:
H.E.S.S. High Energy Stereoscopic System (H.E.S.S.) is a system of imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes (IACTs) for the investigation of cosmic gamma rays in the photon energy range of 0.03 to 100 TeV. The acronym was chosen in honour of Victor ...
Collaboration Board.


Honors

* 2005 Prize of the President of Armenia * 2006 EU
Descartes Prize The Descartes Prize was an annual award in science given by the European Union, named in honour of the French mathematician and philosopher, René Descartes. The prizes recognized Outstanding Scientific and Technological Achievements Resulting f ...
(as a member of the H.E.S.S. collaboration) * 2010 Rossi Prize (shared with Werner Hofmann and H. Völk) * 2014 Viktor Ambartsumian International Prize in astronomy/astrophysics (with Igor Karachentsev and
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)


Books

'
Very High Energy Cosmic Gamma Radiation: A Crucial Window on the Extreme Universe
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hardcover: 495 pages, World Scientific (2004) '
TeV gamma-ray astrophysics: theory and observations presented at the Heidelberg workshop, October 3-7, 1994
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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
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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 * 40th Saas-Fee Course: Astrophysics at Very High Energies


Bibliography

Contemporary Authors, vol. 13 (1984)


References


External links


Microsoft Academic Search



Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies / Astronomy and Astrophysics
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