University of Toronto researchers contribute to work done by Nobel Physics Prize winners
TORONTO — Ontario researchers were part of the large team that contributed to the work done by three U.S.-based professors who were awarded the Nobel Physics Prize for their detection of gravitational waves, a theory first put forward by Albert Einstein more than 100 years ago.
The three scientists won the prize on Tuesday for detecting the faint ripples flying through the universe.
University of Toronto astrophysics professor Harald Pfeiffer and several students helped the team discover that the collision of two black holes caused the waves.
“It’s great to be part of a team doing such good research,” Pfeiffer said in a telephone interview from his family home in Germany.