Jocelyn Bell Burnell Lecture "The Discovery of Pulsars"

par Prof. Jocelyn Bell Burnell (Oxford University)

mercredi 30 sept. 2026, 10:00 → 13:00 Europe/Paris

Amphitheater, John W. Boyer Center, 41, rue des Grands Moulins, 75013 Paris

 

Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell is a renown astrophysicist worldwide. In 1967, she made the outstanding discovery of the existence  of pulsars during her PhD in Astrophysics at Cambridge under the supervision of Antony Hewish. The discovery of pulsars, that emit radio waves in the form of pulses at regular intervals, opened a crucial new field of research in astrophysics. In 1974, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded jointly to Sir Martin Ryle and Antony Hewish "for their pioneering research in radio astrophysics: Ryle for his observations and inventions, in particular of the aperture synthesis technique, and Hewish for his decisive role in the discovery of pulsars". This award created a major scientific controversy since Jocelyn Bell was not nominated.

Professor Jocelyn Bell Burnell has made an outstanding scientific career. For her unique contributions as a scientist and leading scientist she has received important prizes such as the "Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics" (2018) and the "Grande médaille de l'Académie des sciences" (2018).  She has been President of the "Royal Astronomical Society", of the "Royal Society of Edinburgh" and member of numerous "Sociétés Savantes".

TIME : The Lecture will take place from 10:30 to 12h30.

LOCATION: Amphitheater, John W. Boyer Center, 41 rue des Grands Moulins 75013 Paris

Registration is free but mandatory.