Celebration dinner
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!
Strong Gravity News & Events
CIDMA meeting 2025
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.
Discussion of the paper "On turbulence for spacetimes with stable trapping", by G. Benomio et al.
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Pedro Cunha (U. Aveiro)
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Hybrid: Room 11.2.21 and Zoom
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Discussion of the paper "Blandford-Znajek process in vacuo and its holographic dual", by T. Jacobson, and M. J. Rodriguez
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Ivo Sengo (U. Aveiro)
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Hybrid: Room Sousa Pinto and Zoom
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Blandford-Znajek process in vacuo and its holographic dual
Ted Jacobson, Maria J. Rodriguez
Nuno Santos Ph.D. exam
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!
XVII Black Holes Workshop
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.
Computing project approved at Deucalion
Interdisciplinary research from Gr@v
Gr@v co-authored the article in the journal Computers in Biology and Medicine, with title “Next-generation chemotherapy treatments based on black hole algorithms: From cancer remission to chronic disease management”. This is an interdisciplinary research applying ideas from black hole physics to create a new methodology in chemotherapy treatments. See here the UA coverage.
Workshop at the Erwin Schrödinger Institute
Gr@v members C. Herdeiro, H. Olivares, and J. Novo delivered talks in the workshop "Lensing and Wave Optics in Strong Gravity", held at the Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics (ESI) in Vienna, Austria, from December 9-14th. The workshop also featured contributions from Gr@v members I. Sengo and P. Cunha, with P. Cunha additionally serving as a co-organizer.
Post-doctoral grant
An 8-month post-doctoral grant is open within the project 2024.05617.CERN, "Towards precision tests of ultralight dark matter with imaging and gravitational waves". Applications should be submitted between 15 December 2024 and 5 January 2025. More info in the attached files and the Euraxess site.