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Black Holes Lessons from Multipole Ratios: A New Window into Black Holes

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Iosif Bena (Université Paris Saclay)
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online (only)
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We compute gravitational mass and angular momentum multipole moments for four-dimensional black holes and fuzzball geometries thereof. For Kerr and for supersymmetric black holes many multipole moments vanish, but we show that an infinite number of ratios of vanishing multipoles are constant.

Core-collapse of fast rotators in the early universe

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Koh Takahashi (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics)
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online (only)
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It is widely believed that the fast rotation of a massive star affects the dynamics of core-collapse and eventually results in the most luminous event in the present universe, the long gamma-ray burst (LGRB). Another important consequence of the fast rotation would be an energetic supernova explosion, which is often observed to be associated with LGRBs.

Stellar compact mergers as progenitors of short-gamma ray bursts

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Milton Ruiz Meneses (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
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online (only)
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Stellar Compact object mergers are not only important sources of gravitational waves but also central engines that power electromagnetic transients and r-processes, if matter is involved. I will review recent progress modeling the merger of black hole-neutron star and neutron stars binaries highlighting state-of-the-art general relativistic hydrodynamic simulations.

Why can't time run backwards?

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Prof. Anthony James Leggett (Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois, USA)
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room 11.1.2 and online
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We can all tell when a movie of some everyday event, such as a kettle boiling or a glass shattering, is run backwards. Similarly, we all feel that we can remember the past and affect the future, not vice versa.