Prix Georges Lemaître 2026

Monday 30 Mar 2026, 12:00 → 16:00 Europe/Brussels

CYCL01 (Marc de Hemptinne (chemin du Cyclotron, 2, Louvain-la-Neuve))

Walking lunch with Prize laureate Prof. Lyman Page, followed by a colloquium and discussions with young researchers.

Title: Searching for Gravitational Waves from the l’Atome Primitif

Abstract: We will give a broad overview of the temperature anisotropy and polarization of the cosmic microwave background (CMB), for those who are not cosmologists, to motivate why it is a foundation for the standard model of cosmology. The model is surely not complete and there are a number of open questions such as “are there measurable gravitational waves from the early universe?” To address this, we describe a new experimental search for these primordial gravitational waves with the Simons Observatory.

More details on the Georges Lemaître Prize can be found here and at the Faculty of Science webpage.

Schedule of the program:

• Meeting with Early Career Researchers at 12h00 at CP3 Seminar room
• Lunch will start at 12h45 in the old library "Marc de Hemptinne"
• The colloquium will start at 14h15 in CYCL01
• Discussion with Prof. Lyman Page after the talk until 16h00