Great wait for the announcement of the first image of a black hole

April 9, 2019

This Wednesday at 10 am, Brussels, there will be a scientific announcement of global impact: they will unveil for the first time the images of a black hole. This will be part of the GRAV19 congress to be held in the city of Córdoba.

Until April 12, it takes place in the city of Córdoba GRAV19. During the Congress, the most recent studies on the Big Bang, black holes, string theory and other frontier areas of cosmology will be presented.

This is the eighth international conference organized every two years by the Group of Relativity and Gravitation (GRG) of the Faculty of Mathematics, Astronomy, Physics and Computer Science (FaMAF) of the National University of Córdoba.

The Relativity and Gravitation Group is a research group with a tradition of more than thirty years of scientific research in the field. Recognized experts have come from it. Gabriela González, spokesperson and head of the LIGO research project, confirmed the existence of gravitational waves.

During the five days, 20 plenary presentations will be given by leading experts, who will present the state of the art in some of the most important research areas and outstanding issues in this field.

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In parallel to the scientific meeting, Wednesday 10 April at 10 am (Argentinian time), a memorable announcement is expected from Brussels. The European European Observatory (ESO) and equipment synchronized system of the Horizon Event Telescope (EHT) have announced a press conference to present groundbreaking results. The goal of the EHT system was always to "capture the first image of a black hole". Did they realize? Probably yes, but there will be no confirmation until April 10th.

In Córdoba, we will have at this moment an "alignment of the planets", as we say when fortuitous events occur with a clear advantage. We will have the privilege of having in our city many of the brains behind these discoveries and being able to exchange questions with them.

Plaza Cielo Tierra (Bv Chacabuco 1300) will broadcast live Spanish streaming from the node of Santiago, in the presence of experts from GRAV19 who will answer questions. The same thing will happen in FaMAF, with the live streaming of the English version of the Brussels conference.

Interviews for all audiences in charge of leading experts:

Tuesday, April 9th ​​- 7pm Lecture by Jorge Pullin: The telenovela of gravitational waves: from Newton in 1666 to
Stockholm 2017, at the top of Plaza Cielo Tierra (Bv Chacabuco 1300).
Jorge Pullin is the Horace Hearne Chair in Theoretical Physics at Louisiana State University. A graduate of the Balseiro Institute, he has been a professor at the University of Córdoba and at Pennsylvania State University. He is a member of the Academy of Sciences of Argentina and Mexico and the Academy of Sciences of Latin America. He is the founder of the Physical Review magazine of the American Physical Association.
Wednesday, April 10 – 10 am Live Spanish broadcast of the Brussels announcement. The experts will answer questions from the public. At the top of Plaza Cielo Tierra (Bv Chacabuco 1300).
Transmission in English in the room Magna Enrique Gaviola – FaMAF (University City).
Wednesday April 10th – 7pm Group of experts discussing the announcement of the collaboration with the Horizon Einstein telescope. The discussions will be in Spanish and will be translated into English in real time. Participants: Dr. Reinaldo Gleiser (FaMAF, Professor Emeritus, National Academy of Sciences, Member), Dr. Luis Lehner (Director of Perimeter Institute – Canada), Dr. Frans Pretorius (Director of the Gravity Initiative from the University of Princeton, Director), Dr. Oscar Reula (CONICET, Senior Researcher, FaMAF, Full Professor, UNC Advanced Computing Center, Director). At the top of Plaza Cielo Tierra (Bv Chacabuco 1300).

Participation in all activities of Grav19 is free and free. It is not necessary to register in advance for activities open to the general public, it is advisable to present in advance as the venue will be awarded in order of. arrival.
Grav19 is sponsored by the Latin American Center for Physics (CLAF), the National Council of Scientific and Technical Research (CONICET), the Faculty of Mathematics, Astronomy and Physics (FaMAF) of the UNC and the Institute of Physics Enrique Gaviola (IFEG). ) of the UNC.