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, 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 and is Professor of Astrophysics, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS), Dublin, Ireland and Head of High Energy Astrophysics Theory Group, Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics (MPIK), Heidelberg, Germany. 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) Bibliography. Contemporary Authors, vol. 13 (1984)