Marta Burgay
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Marta Burgay (30. November 1976, Torino) is an Italian radio astronomer whose initial claim to fame was being the discoverer[1][2][3] of PSR J0737-3039, the first double pulsar (two pulsars orbiting each other), through using the 64-metre Parkes radio telescope in Australia.
Her Thesis on radio pulsars won the 2005 Pietro Tacchini Prize, awarded by the Società Astronomica Italiana for the best Ph.D. theses.[4] In 2006, she became the first winner of the IUPAP's Young Scientists Prize in Astrophysics award.[5] In 2010, she was honoured with the Vainu Bappu Gold Medal by the Astronomical Society of India.[6]
References
- ↑ Pulsar find boosts hope for gravity-wave hunters, CSIRO, 3 December 2003, accessed 2009-05-11
- ↑ New Binary Neutron Star Will Test Einstein, Robert Naeye, Sky and Telescope, 2003.12.12, accessed 2009-05-11
- ↑ Einstein Passes New Tests, Robert Naeye, Sky and Telescope, 3 March 2005, accessed 2009-05-11
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