The Path to the Solution of the Relativistic Two-Body Problem, and its Impact in Observing Gravitational Waves from Compact Binary Systems

Buonanno’s project is on the history of the two-body problem in General Relativity (approx. analytical solutions, interface with numerical relativity, analytical/numerical relativity methods in LIGO’s and Virgo’s 2015 discovery of gravitational waves).

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Alessandra Buonanno

Alessandra Buonanno is a Director at the Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute) in Potsdam, Germany, and Head of the Astrophysical and Cosmological Relativity Department. She holds a research professorship at the University of Maryland, College Park, USA, and honorary professorships at the Humboldt University in Berlin, and the University of Potsdam.

Balzan Prize - 2021