New developments in gravitational astronomy

Press conference (French only) - Monday 16 October 2017 at 4 p.m. At the CNRS headquarters - 3 rue Michel-Ange – Paris 16e Researchers representing the LIGO-Virgo Collaboration, of which the CNRS is a member, as well as 70 observatories, will reveal the latest discoveries from gravitational wave research. Ten researchers will be present at the CNRS headquarters to provide an overview of new findings from LIGO, Virgo and partner telescopes studying extreme events in the cosmos. The detection of gravitational waves has been rewarded by two CNRS Gold Medals handed out to Alain Brillet and Thibault Damour , and by t he Nobel Prize in Physics received by Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne. Ten specialists will come together at the CNRS headquarters - Presentations by: Benoît Mours, CNRS senior researcher and Principal Investigator for Virgo in France. Frédéric Daigne, Professor at the UPMC, specialist in the field of high-energy astrophysics. Will also attend: Marie-Anne Bizouard, CNRS researcher, member of the LIGO-Virgo Collaboration Luc Blanchet, CNRS senior researcher, specialist in general relativity and gravitational waves Nelson Christensen, CNRS senior researcher, member of the LIGO-Virgo Collaboration Pierre-François Cohadon, Assistant Professor at the ENS, member of the LIGO-Virgo Collaboration Mathieu de Naurois, CNRS senior researcher, director of the HESS Collaboration Olivier La Marle, coordinator of the CNES astronomy-astrophysics program Philippe Laurent, CEA researcher, joint coordinator of the INTEGRAL Collaboration (ESA satellite) Susanna Diana Vergani, CNRS researcher, member of the ePESSTO (ESO) and GRAWITA Collaborations.