Boson stars and their relatives in semiclassical gravity
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Juan Barranco (University of Guanajuato)
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On-site: Room 11.2.21
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Astrophysics News & Events
Visit to Beijing
C. Herdeiro visited the ICTP-Asia Pacific and the University of the Chinese Academy of sciences, in Beijing, presenting an invited seminar hosted by Prof. Yu Tian.
IX Amazonian Workshop on Gravity and Analogue Models
The IX Amazonian Workshop on Gravity an Analogue Models took place in Belém, Brazil, from 17-21 June 2024. A co-organization of our group within the NewFunFiCO network it featured seminars and lecture courses from several Gr@v group members.
Jet-like structures in low-mass binary neutron star merger remnants
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Milton Ruiz (University of Valencia)
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On-site: Room TBD
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GW170817 and GRB 170817A provided direct evidence that binary neutron star (NSNS) mergers can produce short gamma-ray bursts (sGRBs). However, questions remain about the nature of the central engine.
Probing spacetime, accretion and emission model for the Galactic Center: Comparison of Kerr and dilaton black hole shadows
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Jan Röder (Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy)
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On-site: Sala Sousa Pinto
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Probing spacetime, accretion and emission model for the Galactic Center: Comparison of Kerr and dilaton black hole shadows
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Jan Röder
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On-site: Room TBD
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Santiago Gonzalez (CENTRA, IST)
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On-site: Sala Sousa Pinto
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The optical appearance of some regular compact objects
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Mercè Guerrero (CIDMA, University of Aveiro)
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On-site: Sala Sousa Pinto
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The significance of multi-ring images in the optical appearance of spherically symmetric compact objects is discussed. Such images are produced by an optically and geometrically thin accretion disk illuminating the object.
Beyond the Concordance Model with galaxy cluster mass profiles
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Lorenzo Pizzuti (University of Milano-Biccoca)
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On-site: Room TBD
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Galaxy clusters are excellent natural laboratories to study the nature of gravity and test possible alternatives to the Concordance Model, at the edge between cosmology and astrophysics.
NAR 2024
P. Cunha and C. Herdeiro were invited speakers at the online workshop on numerical and analytical relativity (NAR-2024), organized by the Department of Applied Sciences, Indian Institute of Information Technology Allahabad (IIITA) during 20 - 22 March 2024. The video recorded lectures can be seen here.