« One of my most significant epiphany’s dates from 2011. At that time I was trying to understand, on the basis of Einstein’s general theory of relativity. Starting from a disturbing numerical « coincidence » , I managed, with the help of my colleagues, to find a simple and elegant mathematical relationship for the dynamics of these sources of gravitational waves. I am delighted to know that this work contributed to the a team effort which culminated by the announcement in February 2016 of the first direct detection of gravitational waves resulting from the combination of two black holes each having a mass of about thirty solar masses. »
CV of Alexandre Le Tiec
- 2010 : Ph.D. in astrophysics delivered by the Pierre et Marie Curie University (Institut d’astrophysique de Paris)
- 2010-2013 : Post-doc at the Maryland Center for Fundamental Physics of Maryland Univesrsity (U.S.A.)
- 2013 : the Chandrasekhar Prize of the International Society for Relativity and Gravitation
- Since 2013 : Researcher (chargé de recherche) at the Laboratoire Univers et théories of the Paris Observatory
- Since 2018 : Coordinator of a team within the Gravitational Waves research group