Cosmology News & Events

Gr@v members A. Morais, F. Freitas and C. Herdeiro, reuniting with former member N. Sanchis-Gual, in Valencia, Spain, during the 2nd Workshop on Compact Objects, Gravitational Waves and Deep Learning (20-23 June 2022).

A two days workshop "Exact solutions in classical field theory: Solitons, black holes and bosons stars", that will take place on 2-3 June will honour the work of Yves Brihaye, former head of the Research Unit of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics and currently Professor Emeritus in the Unit Physics of the Univers,  Fields and Gravitation. As long time collaborators, E. Radu and C. Herdeiro are two of the invited speakers of the workshop.

The Workshop "Fundamental Physics with LISA", coorganized by the Solvay Institutes, APC and Perimeter Institute, will take place in Brussels from 26-28 April 2022. C. Herdeiro is one of the invited speakers.

The 12th Iberian Gravitational Waves Meeting will take place at the University of Minho, in Braga, from 6-8 June 2022, co-organized by our group. More information in the event's webpage.

Jorge Delgado successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis, entitled "Spinning Black holes with scalar hair and horizonless compact objects within and beyond General Relativity" on March 24 2022. The Ph.D. committee included José Pedro (President, UA), Betti Hartmann (UCL), Yasha Shnir (JINR), Luis Crispino (UFPA), Lara Sousa (IA, UP) and Carlos Herdeiro (UA, advisor). The thesis was co-advised by Eugen Radu. Congratulations Jorge!

Gr@v made an appearance in Portuguese National TV, in the show UAU, "Science without limits", co-produced by RTP and the University of Aveiro. Episode 14 was devoted to space, and our group talked about gravitational waves and the possibility they can give us information on dark matter, based on this article.

A call for a 1 year postdoctoral grant in Strong Gravity or High Energy Physics, to integrate the Gravitational Geometry and Dynamics Group within the CIDMA research Unit, is open from 5 to 20 April 2021.  See attached document for details: call in Portuguese and English.

Talking about the Universe, black holes and what a scientist does was the challenge for the "Meeting with a Scientist" event, with Gr@v's C. Herdeiro, organized by Fábrica, the outreach centre in Aveiro (Centro Ciência Viva). The audience (fourth graders) really proved the famed curiosity of the young ones.

Two Gr@v projects, one led by A. Morais and another by C. Herdeiro, were funded in the FCT-CERN IC&DT call for proposals. More info here.