Researcher Roberto Emparan explains, to EFECiencia, the work that has led to the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physics. He comments on the importance of Robert Penrose’s work for theoretical physicists, on the observation made by the other two-awarded Genzel and Ghez, and the remaining question in the study of the black holes.
He also comments the awards for french radio RFI.
About the Author
Roberto Emparan is an ICREA researcher at the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona, he is one of our most internationally recognized physicists in the field of gravity, black holes and superchord theories. His research focuses on the study of gravity, the structure of space-time, and black holes, in both classical and quantum aspects. He has published nearly 100 research articles and taught over 150 invited talks and lectures on black holes, string theory, and cosmology.
