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SUMMARY:Binary Pulsars and Theoretical Gravity
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UID:indico-event-12609@indico.math.cnrs.fr
CONTACT:cecile@ihes.fr
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Thibault Damour (IHES)\n\nBalzan Lectures on 50 Year
 s of Binary Pulsars\nThe first  pulsar in a binary system (PSR B1913+16) 
 was discovered in the summer of 1974 by Russell Hulse and Joseph Taylor. I
 n the fifty years since this pioneering discovery\, many more binary pulsa
 rs were discovered\, including remarkable systems such as the double binar
 y pulsar PSR J0737−3039A/B (with two active radio pulsars detectable  f
 rom the Earth)\, and the triple system PSR J0337+1715. Binary pulsars have
  triggered many research works in theoretical gravity\, and have opened up
  new experimental windows on relativistic gravity. The comparison between 
 binary-pulsar timing data and theoretical predictions has notably provided
  the first  direct observational proof that  gravity propagates at the v
 elocity of light\, and the first accurate tests of the strong-field regime
  of relativistic gravity. \nTo celebrate 50 years of binary-pulsar physics
 \, two complementary Balzan lectures will present reviews of: (1) the theo
 retical works triggered by the discovery of binary pulsars\; and (2) the s
 tate-of-the-art of binary pulsar observations and of their scientific cont
 ent.\nSupported by the "2021 Balzan Prize for Gravitation: Physical and As
 trophysical Aspects"\, awarded to Thibault Damour\n\nhttps://indico.math.c
 nrs.fr/event/12609/
LOCATION:Centre de conférences Marilyn et James Simons (IHES)
URL:https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/12609/
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