Extreme mass-ratio inspirals into black holes surrounded by scalar clouds
Richard Brito and Shreya Shah
One of the most efficient energy sources in the universe is the matter accretion onto compact objects, such as black holes (BHs) and neutron stars (NSs). Since magnetic fields are ubiquitous everywhere, the accretion flow is expected to be magnetized in nature, where the large-scale magnetic fields inside the disks are commonly rooted either from the companion star or the interstellar medium.
A meeting of the NewFunFiCO network will take place in Valencia, from 20-22 May 2025. More information can be found here.
In the last week of January 2025 we received the visits of Profs. Luis Carlos Crispino and Kunihito Uzawa. Great to have you here!
On January 29th the group got together to celebrate the new position, as assistant professor of António Morais, at the U. Minho, and the Ph.D. thesis of Nuno M. Santos. Congratulations to both!
The CIDMA meetin 2025 took place on January 20th 2025. Our group contributed with two presentations by C. Herdeiro and R. Luna. The meeting webpage can be found here.
Blandford-Znajek process in vacuo and its holographic dual
Ted Jacobson, Maria J. Rodriguez
Nuno M. Santos successfullly defended his Ph.D. thesis on January 10 2025. The defense was online and the degree awarded with distinction from IST-Lisbon. Well done Nuno and all the best for what comes next!
The XVII black holes workshop took place at the University of Aveiro, from 19-20 December 2024. Over 70 participants got involved into two intense days of seminars and discussions on this growing and fascinating research topic. See you all in Lisbon in 2025! UA coverage here.