Rainer Weiss

Prix

1. 2016 (special)

   Prix Breakthrough — Physique fondamentale

   Physique

   For the observation of gravitational waves, opening new horizons in astronomy and physics.

2. 2016

   Prix Kavli — Astrophysique

   Physique

   For the direct detection of gravitational waves.

3. 2016

   Prix Shaw — Astronomie

   Physique

   For conceiving and designing the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), whose recent direct detection of gravitational waves opens a new window in astronomy, with the first remarkable discovery being the merger of a pair of stellar mass black holes.

4. 2017

   prix Nobel — Physique

   Physique

   for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves