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SUMMARY:Binary Pulsar Observations and their Importance for Fundamental Ph
 ysics and Astrophysics
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CONTACT:cecile@ihes.fr
DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Michael Kramer (MPI für Radioastronomie\, Bonn & Jo
 drell Bank Centre for Astrophysics\, The University of Manchester)\n\nBalz
 an Lectures on 50 Years of Binary Pulsars\nThe first  pulsar in a binary 
 system (PSR B1913+16) was discovered in the summer of 1974 by Russell Huls
 e and Joseph Taylor. In the fifty years since this pioneering discovery\, 
 many more binary pulsars were discovered\, including remarkable systems su
 ch as the double binary pulsar PSR J0737−3039A/B (with two active radio 
 pulsars detectable  from the Earth)\, and the triple system PSR J0337+171
 5. Binary pulsars have triggered many research works in theoretical gravit
 y\, and have opened up new experimental windows on relativistic gravity. T
 he comparison between binary-pulsar timing data and theoretical prediction
 s has notably provided the first  direct observational proof that  gravi
 ty propagates at the velocity of light\, and the first accurate tests of t
 he strong-field regime of relativistic gravity. \nTo celebrate 50 years of
  binary-pulsar physics\, two complementary Balzan lectures will present re
 views of: (1) the theoretical works triggered by the discovery of binary p
 ulsars\; and (2) the state-of-the-art of binary pulsar observations and of
  their scientific content.\nSupported by the "2021 Balzan Prize for Gravit
 ation: Physical and Astrophysical Aspects"\, awarded to Thibault Damour\n\
 nhttps://indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/12610/
LOCATION:Centre de conférences Marilyn et James Simons (IHES)
URL:https://indico.math.cnrs.fr/event/12610/
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