Evidence for the Fifth Element: Astrophysical status of Dark Energy
Speaker
Alain Blanchard (University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France)
Event date
Venue
GAP room
Seminars
Group seminars are on Wednesdays at 11h00 in room Sousa Pinto (Maths Dept.), unless explicitly indicated. For more information please contact Jordan Nicoules (jnicoules@ua.pt) or Carlos Herdeiro (herdeiro@ua.pt).
This week at Gr@v
Other information [last update 14/9/2026]
Next Seminar
Effect of a Dark Matter Halo on Quasi-Spherical Accretion Flows: GRHD Simulations and Semi-analytical Solutions
Razieh Ranjbar (Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences, Iran)
Venue
Sala Sousa Pinto and Teams
Next Journal Club
TBA
Chenhao Hao (U. Aveiro)
Venue
Hybrid: Room Sousa Pinto and Microsoft Teams
Black Hole Workshops
Next workshop:
XIX Black Holes Workshop, Minho, 2026
17-18 December 2026
Previous workshops in the series:
I Black Holes Workshop, Porto, 2008
II Black Holes Workshop, Lisbon, 2009
III Black Holes Workshop, Minho, 2010
IV Black Holes Workshop, Aveiro, 2011
V Black Holes Workshop, Lisbon, 2012
VI Black Holes Workshop, Minho 2013
VII Black Holes Workshop, Aveiro 2014
VIII Black Holes Workshop, Lisbon 2015
IX Black Holes Workshop, Minho 2016
X Black Holes Workshop, Aveiro 2017
XI Black Holes Workshop, Lisbon, 2018
XII Black Holes Workshop, Minho, 2019
XIII Black Holes Workshop, Lisbon, 2020
XIV Black Holes Workshop, Aveiro, 2021
XV Black Holes Workshop, Lisbon, 2022
XVI Black Holes Workshop, Porto, 2023
XVII Black Holes Workshop, Aveiro, 2024
XVIII Black Holes Workshop, Lisbon, 2025
Numerical data
NewFunFICO network
Our group coordinates the Marie Sklodowska Curie Staff Exchange NewFunFiCO network (Jan 2023- Dec 2026)
More info here
FunFiCO Network
Our group coordinates the Marie Curie RISE FunFiCO network (Dec 2017- Dec 2023)
More info here
EuCAPT Consortium
GWVerse COST
StronGrHEP Network
Our group was part of the RISE StronGrHEP network (2016-2019)
Meetings:
Paris, 12-13 May 2016
Azores, 3-8 July 2017
Osaka, 4-8 September 2017
NRHEP Network Meetings
Our group coordinated the "Numerical Relativity and High Energy Physics" IRSES network (2012-2015). Here is a list of the global network meetings organized:
First Meeting:
9-13 July 2012, Aveiro, Portugal
Second Meeting:
11-14 March 2013, Lisbon, Portugal
Third Meeting:
6-10 January 2014, Mississippi, USA
Fourth Meeting:
7-10 July 2015, Rome, Italy
Fifth Meeting:
28 Sep-2 Oct 2015, Belém, Brazil
Ph.D. and Post-doctoral opportunities
Contact us If you are interested in pursuing graduate studies/research in our group.
Information for prospective Ph.D. students can be found here.
Past Ph.D. theses from our group can be found here.
Working as a researcher in Portugal - a quick guide.
Good Research Practices for New PhD students - a quick guide.