The non-spherical ground state of Proca stars
Proca stars, first discovered in this paper, are a vector cousin of the well known model of scalar boson stars - see these papers for reviews [1], [2] and comparisons between the two models [3], [4].
Cosmology News & Events
Iranian Conference on High Energy Physics
The Iranian Conference on High Energy Physics took place from 20-22 November 2023 (online). C. Herdeiro was one of the Plenary Speakers. See the programme here.
Visits of Rodrigo Vicente and Roman Pasechnik
During the week of 13-17 November 2023 we had the pleasure to host Rodrigo Vicente from IFAE, U. Barcelona and Roman Pasechnik from the U. Lund to tell us about their latest research. Of course, discussions are better over a nice lunch!
Visit to the U. Sofia
C. Herdeiro visited the St. Kliment Ohridski U. Sofia (Bulgaria) delivering a talk on Boson stars and Black holes with synchronised hair, invited by Prof. Stoytcho Yazadjiev (both in the photo).
Chen Liang
Full name: Chen Liang
Education:
2023 M.Sc. Physics (Lanzhou University, China)
2020 B.Sc. Physics (Shanxi Normal University, China)
Research area: Strong gravity; Black holes; Mathematical Physics
Email: elsie071998@outlook.com
Gr@v researchers in world top 2%
Elsevier published the "Updated science-wide author database of standardized citation indicators" in October 2023
Jesús Reyes Corona seminar at BUAP
A. Morais and C. Herdeiro visited the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla (Mexico) giving a seminar at the institute of physics, at the invitation of Prof. Alfredo Herrera (in the photo at the centre of Puebla).
NewFunFiCO network meeting in Cuernavaca
The first scientific meeting of the NewFunFiCO network took place in Cuernavaca, Mexico, from 4-6 Oct 2023. Three intense days of workshop and discussions. Many ideas, synergies and collaborations ahead!
"Modified and quantum gravity" book
Springer published the book "Modified and quantum gravity: from theory to experimental searches on all scales" (2023), with a contribution from Gr@v.