Prof. Tsvi Piran

Schwartzmann University Chair

(Ex Dean HU Business School)

Racah Institute of Physics
The Hebrew University
Jerusalem, 91904
Israel

Office: Kaplun 108
Phone: (02) 658 4233
Fax: (02) 561 7648
Email: tsvi@phys.huji.ac.il

• Curriculum vitae

• Selected publications

• Full list of publications

• Piran's Group

• Piran's Previous Students

• Astrophyics at the Extreme conference

Research Intererests:

Relativistic Astrophysics, Cosmology and Numerical Relativity, including:

• Gamma Ray Bursts - See a popular review The Brightest Explosions in the Universe! or my recent review from Reviews of Modern Physics. The Rate and luminosity function of GRBs.

  This research is supported by an ERC Advanced Research Grant - GRBs

  

• Ultra High Energy Cosmic Rays and the GZK paradox - Do all paths lead to Cen A?

• The inner Structure of Black Holes - Can Black Holes be Portals to Other Universes?

• Voids in the Galaxy Distribution - Identification and Classifications of Regions with no Galaxies.

• Inhomogeneity in the Supernova Remnants as a Natural Explanation of the PAMELA/ATIC Observations

Courses

• Astronomy for Poets

• General Relativity and Gravitation

• Advanced topic in High Energy Astrophysics

On YouTube

• Astronomy for Poets - lectures: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

• Black Holes

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