Pashinyan awards Viktor Ambartsumian Prize to researchers from Netherlands and Russia
13.02.2019,
17:42
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attended today a special event today at the National Academy of Sciences held to award Viktor Ambartsumian Prize to Edward van den Heuvel, Professor of the Anton Pannekuk Institute of Astronomy at the University of Amsterdam, and Alkesander Tutukov and Lev Yungelson, professors of the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
YEREVAN, February 13. /ARKA/. Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan attended today a special event today at the National Academy of Sciences held to award Viktor Ambartsumian Prize to Edward van den Heuvel, Professor of the Anton Pannekuk Institute of Astronomy at the University of Amsterdam, and Alkesander Tutukov and Lev Yungelson, professors of the Institute of Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The award was given to them for the recognition of their study called "Primary research in the field of the formation of massive binary stars, especially relativistic binary, and sources of gravitational waves."
Pashinyan said the decision to award the prize is made by an international commission that consists of renowned scientists, including a Nobel prize winner, who are guided in their selection by the principles of impartiality and scrupulousness.
Viktor Ambartsumian International Science Prize is one of the important awards in astronomy, astrophysics and related sciences. It is awarded to outstanding scientists in recognition of their significant contribution to physical-mathematical sciences. The Prize has been awarded once every two years since 2010. In 2010-2016 it was equal to USD 500,000. At present it is USD 300,000.
Viktor Ambartsumian was a Soviet Armenian scientist, and one of the founders of theoretical astrophysics. He worked in the field of physics of stars and nebulae, stellar astronomy, dynamics of stellar systems and cosmogony of stars and galaxies, and contributed to mathematical physics.
Ambartsumian founded the Byurakan Observatory in 1946. He was the second and longest-serving president of the Armenian Academy of Sciences (1947–93) and also served as the president of the International Astronomical Union from 1961 to 1964 and was twice elected the President of the International Council of Scientific Unions (1966–72). -0-
The award was given to them for the recognition of their study called "Primary research in the field of the formation of massive binary stars, especially relativistic binary, and sources of gravitational waves."
Pashinyan said the decision to award the prize is made by an international commission that consists of renowned scientists, including a Nobel prize winner, who are guided in their selection by the principles of impartiality and scrupulousness.
Viktor Ambartsumian International Science Prize is one of the important awards in astronomy, astrophysics and related sciences. It is awarded to outstanding scientists in recognition of their significant contribution to physical-mathematical sciences. The Prize has been awarded once every two years since 2010. In 2010-2016 it was equal to USD 500,000. At present it is USD 300,000.
Viktor Ambartsumian was a Soviet Armenian scientist, and one of the founders of theoretical astrophysics. He worked in the field of physics of stars and nebulae, stellar astronomy, dynamics of stellar systems and cosmogony of stars and galaxies, and contributed to mathematical physics.
Ambartsumian founded the Byurakan Observatory in 1946. He was the second and longest-serving president of the Armenian Academy of Sciences (1947–93) and also served as the president of the International Astronomical Union from 1961 to 1964 and was twice elected the President of the International Council of Scientific Unions (1966–72). -0-
