Guy Perrin and his team obtained the prestigious prize of the journal La Recherche, in the category « Astrophysics », in recognition of major progress realized in the understanding of Einstein’s theory of general relativity and of the physics of black holes.
This prize was awarded during a ceremony which took place on the 13th of February at the Paris Dauphine - PSL University.
A set of 80 french language publications
Each year, for the last 15 years, a committee of experts and a jury select important research carried out in in French language laboratories, done by keen scientists often working in international laboratories.
For this new edition, a scientific committee met in November 2018 : 80 research papers published between October 2017 and November 2018 were in the running and 33 were retained.
Finally, a jury decided : it was made up of members of the journal, presided by Jean Jouzel, climatologist and co-winner of the Nobel peace prize with the Giec : 11 publications were retained, one in each of the following domains : archeology, astrophysics, biology, chemistry, environment, mathematics, neurosciences, physics, health, informatics, technology), and a special « extra » for a twelfth publication.
A thank you to the members of the team :
C. Collin, F. Chapron, Y. Clénet, V. Coudé du Foresto, R. Dembet, P. Fédou, E. Gendron, Z. Hubert, P. Kervella, S. Lacour, V. Lapeyrère, P. Léna, T. Paumard, G. Perrin, G. Rodriguez-Coira, G. Rousset, O. Straub, F. Vincent, D. Ziegler.
A few dates for GRAVITY
- July 2015 : Expédié au Chili, GRAVITY a été testé avec succès
- January 2016 : GRAVITY, première lumière de la future machine à étudier des trous noirs
- May 2016 : GRAVITY au défi de la physique des trous noirs
- July 2018 : Trou noir et relativité générale : confirmation par Gravity
- November 2018 : Premières observations de gaz au plus près d’un trou noir