Italian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation

The Italian Society on General Relativity and Gravitation (SIGRAV), founded in 1990[1] , is a non-profit association whose purpose is that of bringing together members belonging to the Italian scientific community who are interested in the various aspects of general relativity and in gravitation physics.

Italian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation
AbbreviationSIGRAV
FormationNovember 22, 1990
TypeScientific
PurposeTo promote research on general relativity and gravitation
Location
Membership
66
Websitehttp://sigrav.na.infn.it/

SIGRAV therefore brings together experts and researchers involved in classical and quantum gravity, astrophysics, relativistic cosmology and experimental gravity, organizing biennial national congresses.

Other relevant activities are managing the SIGRAV School and the Virgo School. At the time of the national congress it awards the SIGRAV prizes and the Amaldi medal.

List of the presidents

The following list includes both the honorary as well as the elected ones, ordered according to appointment year.

Honorary presidents

Four year term presidents
  • Mauro Francaviglia, 1992-1996
  • Pietro Fré, 1996-2000
  • Eugenio Coccia, 2000-2004
  • Luca Lusanna, 2004-2008
  • Mauro Francaviglia, 2008-2012
  • Salvatore Capozziello, 2012-2016
  • Fulvio Ricci, 2016

Location

SIGRAV's address is viale F. Crispi, in L'Aquila, based at the Gran Sasso Science Institute (GSSI).

Amaldi medals

European Prize for Gravitational Physics “Edoardo Amaldi”[2] The Prize, consisting in a gold medal valued about 10KEuro (whenever the Prize is not shared), is reserved to scientists who carry out their activity in Europe and have given important contributions to the Physics of Gravitation. The Prize will be awarded every two years, following the indications of the SIGRAV Board, during the SIGRAV National Conferences.

SIGRAV Prizes

Two “SIGRAV Prizes”[3] for “Classical and Quantum Gravity” and “Astrophysics, Cosmology and Experimental Gravity” are awarded by SIGRAV every two years, to young Italian scientists of age not exceeding 40 at the time of the nomination, who have given relevant contributions to General Relativity and Gravitational Physics.

List of the recipients for “Classical and Quantum Gravity”
  • 1994 Massimo Bianchi, Augusto Sagnotti
  • 1998 Massimo Porrati
  • 2000 Alberto Zaffaroni
  • 2002 Massimo Giovannini
  • 2004 Carlo Angelantonj
  • 2006 Claudio Dappiaggi
  • 2008 Gianguido Dall’Agata
  • 2010 Dario Martelli, Alessandro Tomasiello
  • 2012 Fabrizio Canfora, Dario Francia
  • 2014 Simone Giombi
  • 2016 Paolo Pani

List of the recipients for “Astrophysics, Cosmology and Experimental Gravity”
  • 1994 Pietro Tricarico
  • 1998 Gabriele Ghisellini
  • 2000 Alessandra Buonanno, Luigi Stella, Mario Vietri
  • 2002 Livia Conti, Viviana Fafone, Alberto Vecchio
  • 2004 Giovanni Miniutti
  • 2006 Claudio Dappiaggi
  • 2008 Michele Vallisneri
  • 2010 Rosalba Perna
  • 2012 Mariafelicia De Laurentis
  • 2014 Michele Liguori, Giovanni Marozzi, Giulia Pagliaroli
  • 2016 Marco Drago, Enrico Barausse

References
  1. "The Italian Society for General Relativity and Gravitation". Retrieved 30 August 2015.
  2. "Amaldi medals".
  3. "SIGRAV Prizes".



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