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Jianzhi Yang (U. Aveiro)
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Sala Sousa Pinto and online
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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 News & Events
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Speaker
Alberto Saa (IMECC - UNICAMP)
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Only on campus (Sala Sousa Pinto)
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Questions on Quantum Gravity
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Renate Loll (Radboud University)
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Online (only)
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I will sketch motivations, ambitions and challenges of quantum gravity, how we have got to where we are, and discuss promising current and future direction, focusing on nonperturbative quantum field-theoretic approaches. No expert knowledge on quantum gravity will be required.
The fate of the light-ring instability in PRL
The recent Gr@v work on the fate of the Light Ring instability (arXiv:2207.13713) will appear in the prestigious Physical Review Letters.
Visits of Blazquez-Salcedo, Gervalle, Khoo and Tchrakian
Jose Blázquez-Salcedo (Complutense, Madrid), Romain Gervalle (Tours), Fech Scen Khoo (Oldenburg) and Tigran Tchrakian (DIAS, Dublin) visited us in the week of Dec. 5 2022, and lectured in the 1 day Strong Gravity Workshop our group organized.