Congratulations to the 2016 APS Fellows, many of whom have contributed to gravitational physics! The nominations from the Division of Gravitational Physics were: Thomas W. Baumgarte, Jiří Bičák, Valery V. Frolov, Michael Landry, Eva Silverstein, Ulrich Sperhake, Robin T. Stebbins,…
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2017 Einstein Prize awarded to Robert M. Wald
Congratulations to Robert M. Wald (U. Chicago), the recipient of the 2017 Einstein Prize. The Einstein prize is awarded by the APS to recognize outstanding accomplishments in the field of gravitational physics. Prof. Wald is highly deserving of this award,…
Our new DGRAV logo
Now that DGRAV is a division of the APS, it’s about time we had an official logo! This logo should be used for any “official” DGRAV business. Many thanks to the talented Kerry G. Johnson for his work in designing our logo. Click on…
EGM19 Best Student Presentation Award
Congratulations to James Mertens of Case Western Reserve University for winning the Best Student Presentation Award at last week’s 19th Eastern Gravity Meeting. James presented Computing Observables in an Inhomogeneous Universe using Numerical Relativity. See more about the Best Student Presentation…
Welcome!
Welcome to the Homepage of the APS Division of Gravitational Physics (DGRAV). Gravitational physics as always been a central player in the development of our understanding of Nature. Beginning with Galileo’s studies of falling objects, to Kepler’s deduction that the…
APS Fellowship Nominations – Division of Gravitational Physics
Dear DGRAV members, I am writing to encourage you to nominate colleagues who have made significant contributions to our field to become APS Fellows through the Division of Gravitational Physics (DGRAV), formerly known as the Topical Group in Gravitation (GGR).…
Announcement of Ideas Lab: Measuring “Big G”
NSF Ideas Lab: Measuring “Big G” Challenge Physics Needs You! We are looking for bold researchers willing to design and undertake new measurements of Newton’s gravitational constant G (“Big G”). No background in the field? No problem! Motivation: The gravitational…
NSF Presentation from DGRAV Business Meeting 2016
Pedro Marronetti’s presentation from the Business meeting is available here.
Minutes from DGRAV Business Meeting, April APS 2016
Laura Cadonati opened the meeting at 5:30 pm. Division Status Laura announced that this will be the last GGR Business Meeting, since the APS has now approved our division status. Our new name will be Division of Gravitational Physics, or…
New Special Session at APS April Meeting
Dear GGR members, Please note that a new special plenary session “LIGO@Lunch: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger” will be held at 12:33 p.m. on Sunday, April 17, at the APS April Meeting in Salt Lake…