Péter Mészáros

Eberly Chair of Astronomy & Astrophysics and Professor of Physics

Director, Center for Particle and Gravitational Astrophysics

The Pennsylvania State University

Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 1972
Office: 508 Davey Lab;  Secretariat: 525 Davey Lab., Phone:1-814-865-0418; Fax:1-814-863-2842
Mailing Address: 525 Davey Lab, University Park, PA 16802, USA
Username: pmeszaros (email to username (at) astro.psu.edu).
Office Hours: By appointment. Courses: AST/PHY 597A/E; 589; 545; 585; 502; 597K; 440

Book: The High Energy Universe Cosmology with GRB Neutron Stars Gravitational Waves Cosmic Rays Neutrino Astrophysics GRB Physics
Research: Overview
Gamma-ray bursts
Neutrino astrophysics
Cosmology
Cosmic Rays
Gravitational waves
Neutron stars
Sponsors: NSF; NASA
Affiliations, consortia:   Ctr. Particle Astrophysics;  Inst. Gravit. & Cosm. ;  Ctr. Gravit. Wave Phys. . SWIFT ;  ICECUBE ;   FERMI ;  
Postdoctoral associate:   Dr. Péter Veres ; Graduate students:  Shan Gao;   other former postdocs & students
Thomson-Reuters citation analysis of GRB work: ranked #1; the related interview; and the NRC 2010 department rankings:  AST: #3;  PHY: #7
Personal data:  Biosketch;   C.V.;   Publication list;   Citations ;   Pub. archive (ADS) ;   Preprints (arXiv);   Talks .
Some recent reviews, presentations and book:       Synopses of specific topics : Synopses of specific topics :
GRB theory (Scholarpedia 10) ; The High Energy Universe (CUP 10) The "Mészáros effect" in cosmology.   Neutrino astrophysics
UHE CR & NU Sources (SLAC10) ; GRB review & issues (SLAC10) The fireball shock model Cosmic ray astrophysics
GRB prompt/VHE Emiss. (Hunt08) ; GRB (Rev. Prog. Phys. 06) The standard afterglow model
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