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] 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 Contemporary Authors, vol.