Strong Gravity

The group's research on strong gravity involves finding analytical and numerical solutions of Einstein's theory of general relativity, and many of its extensions, either in vacuum or coupled to various types of matter. For our latest developments/activities in this area, please see the listing at the end of this article.

The prime examples of (relativistic) strong gravitational systems are Black Holes. They are truly unifying objects of all physics. The understanding of their formation and dynamics requires the laws of all four fundamental forces, and their physics is relevant not only for astrophysics and cosmology but for a variety of topics within high energy physics.

See here a movie made by the COST action `Black holes in a violent universe', in which our group participates, for a visual overview of different types of black holes.

Latest Strong Gravity Publications

Reissner-Nordström dyonic black holes with gauged scalar hair, C. Herdeiro, E. Radu, Y. Shnir; arXiv:2406.10643 [hep-th].

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 Universal Relations for Rotating Scalar and Vector Boson Stars, C. Adam, J. C. Mourelle, E. S. C. Filho, C. A. R. Herdeiro, A. Wereszczynski; arXiv:2406.07613 [gr-qc].

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 Spinning Proca-Higgs balls, stars and hairy black holes, C. Herdeiro, E. Radu, E. S. Costa Filho; arXiv:2404.03552 [gr-qc].

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Static boson stars in the Einstein-Friedberg-Lee-Sirlin theory and their astrophysical images, P. L. Brito de Sá, H. C. D. Lima Jr., C. A. R. Herdeiro, L. C. B. Crispino; arXiv:2406.02695 [gr-qc].

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In this webpage you can find supplementary numerical data accompanying the article "Analytical proxy to families of numerical solutions: the case study of spherical mini-boson stars", by Jianzhi Yang, Pedro V. P. Cunha and Carlos A. R. Herdeiro [to appear soon]. Please  to the article for further details.

 

The zip file below "spacetime_data.zip" contains two folders, respectively for region A and region B mentioned in the article.

Both folders contain a .txt containing the coefficient data

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Latest Strong Gravity News & Events

12 million CPU-hours awarded to our group

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A computing proposal prepared by S. Gimeno-Soler, P. Cunha, I. Sengo and C. Herdeiro, and led by H. Olivares was awarded with 12 million CPU-hours at the supercomputer Mare Nostrum 5.
The project, titled "Exploring accretion and spacetime models for event-horizon-scale observations of low-luminosity active galactic nuclei", will explore new models of accretion flows and spacetime geometries for the targets of the Event Horizon Telescope using simulations as the one shown in the picture (Image credit: H. Olivares and P. Cunha).
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