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{{Short description|Armenian physicist and astrophysicist}}
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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,<ref>[http://vaprize.sci.am/descrip2014.html Viktor Ambartsumian International Prize Committee]</ref> and has written books and research papers on [[astroparticle physics]], and [[cosmology]].
Born in [[Yerevan]], [[Armenia]] (former [[Soviet Union|USSR]]), Aharonian received his Ph.D. from the [[National Research Nuclear University MEPhI|Moscow Engineering Physics Institute]]<ref>[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]</ref> and is Professor of Astrophysics, [[Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies]] (DIAS), [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]<ref>[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]</ref> and Head of High Energy Astrophysics Theory Group, [[Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics]] (MPIK), [[Heidelberg]], [[Germany]].<ref>[http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/astrophysik/HEA/1024.html High Energy Astrophysics at MPIK Heidelberg]</ref>
== Professional Activities ==
* Member, editorial board: [[International Journal of Modern Physics]] D<ref>[http://www.worldscientific.com/page/ijmpd/editorial-board International Journal of Modern Physics D, Editorial Board]</ref>
* Member: Armenian Astronomical Society<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aras.am/ |title=Armenian Astronomical Society |access-date=2014-08-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140829204109/http://www.aras.am/ |archive-date=2014-08-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.aras.am/Members/members.html Armenian Astronomical Society membership list]</ref>
* Member: [[High Energy Stereoscopic System|H.E.S.S.]] Collaboration Board.<ref>[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)]</ref>
== Honors ==
* 2005 Prize of the President of Armenia<ref>[https://president.am/en/president-awards/ Office of the President of Armenia - Presidential award]</ref><ref>[http://crd.yerphi.am/reports/YerPhI_CRD_Status Yerevan Physics Institute]</ref>
* 2006 EU [[Descartes Prize]] (as a member of the H.E.S.S. collaboration)<ref>[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.]</ref>
* 2010 [[Bruno Rossi Prize|Rossi Prize]] (shared with [[:de:Werner Hofmann (Physiker)|Werner Hofmann]] and H. Völk)<ref>[http://www.aas.org/head/rossi/rossi.recip.html High Energy Astrophysics Division (HEAD) American Astronomical Society (AAS) Rossi Prize Winners] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080406082614/http://www.aas.org/head/rossi/rossi.recip.html |date=April 6, 2008 }}</ref>
* 2014 Viktor Ambartsumian International Prize in astronomy/astrophysics (with Igor Karachentsev and [[R. Brent Tully]])<ref>[http://vaprize.sci.am/opr2014.html Armenian National Academy of Sciences, 18.07.2014, Yerevan, Armenia]</ref><ref>[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]</ref>
==Books==
'''[https://archive.org/details/veryhighenergyco0000ahar Very High Energy Cosmic Gamma Radiation: A Crucial Window on the Extreme Universe]'''<br />
hardcover: 495 pages, World Scientific (2004) {{ISBN|978-981-256-173-2}}
'''[https://books.google.com/books?id=fH7vAAAAMAAJ TeV gamma-ray astrophysics: theory and observations presented at the Heidelberg workshop, October 3-7, 1994]'''<br />
co-author with Heinrich J. Völk<br />
hardcover, 450 pages, Kluwer Academic Publishers (1996) {{ISBN|978-0-7923-3854-3}}
'''[https://books.google.com/books?id=LdpEAAAAQBAJ Astrophysics at Very High Energies: Saas-Fee Advanced Course 40. Swiss Society for Astrophysics and Astronomy]'''<br />
with co-authors Lars Bergström, Charles Dermer, Roland Walter, Marc Türler<br />
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<ref>[[The Astrophysical Journal]][http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/614/2/897/ , vol. 614 no. 2]</ref>
* 40th Saas-Fee Course: Astrophysics at Very High Energies<ref>[http://www.isdc.unige.ch/sf2010/lectures/FA_Lecture_1_2.pdf 40th Saas-Fee Course, Course 1, Lecture 1]</ref>
==Bibliography==
Contemporary Authors, vol. 13 (1984)<ref>{{cite book
| title = Contemporary Authors
| publisher = [[Gale Research]]
| date = 1984
| volume = 13
| isbn = 978-0-8103-1942-4
| url-access = registration
| url = https://archive.org/details/contemporaryauth13lind
}}</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://archive.today/20140824181113/http://65.54.113.26/Author/13041279/felix-a-aharonian Microsoft Academic Search]
* [http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/astrophysik/HEA/1024.html High Energy Astrophysics 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]
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