Maxim Lyutikov

Assistant Professor of Physics

lyutikov@purdue.edu
Office: Physics 324
Telephone: 765-494-5396

M.S., Theoretical Physics, Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, 1992
Ph.D., Theoretical Astrophysics, California Institute of Technology, 1998

Research Fields: High Energy, Extragalactic, & Plasma Astrophysics
Research Subjects: Compact Objects & Cosmic Rays

Current Research

Graduate Students

Jorge Alvarez

The possible origins and acceleration mechanisms of ultra high energy cosmic rays "UHECR". UHECRs are atomic nuclei that arrive on earth with an energy of about 10^20 eV or nearly 50 joule. Only one particle per square kilometer per century arrives with such high energy.

David Lomiashvilli
Eric Clausen-Brown

Postdoctoral Researchers

Konstantinous Gourgoliatous