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