C. Herdeiro was one of the presenters in the ECIU Collaborative project event, on May 22nd 2024, sharing the project NewFunFiCO coordinated by Aveiro U. with the consortium.
Gr@v members A. Morais, M. Finetti, J. Gonçalves and V. Oliveira visited CERN between the 13th and 16th May to participate in the 4th anual EuCAPT symposium, with the presentation of three posters and a lightning talk by M. Finetti.
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.
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.
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.
Our group coordinated the "Numerical Relativity and High Energy Physics" IRSES network (2012-2015). Here is a list of the global network meetings organized: