XVIII Black Holes Workshop
The XVIII edition of the Black Holes Workshop will take place at the Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal, on December 18-19, 2025.
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
Science and art in the "Traces of curvature" exhibit
As part of the celebrations marking 10 years of gravitational wave observations, the Aveiro outreach centre Fábrica presents the exhibition Traces of Curvature (Traços de curvatura). This artistic retrospective reflects on the scientific work in strong gravity carried out at the University of Aveiro, which now celebrates its 15th anniversary.
"Shadows of Kerr black holes with scalar hair" reaches 500 cites
The 2015 Gr@v paper "Shadows of Kerr black holes with scalar hair", published in Physical Review Letters (making the cover of the publication issue), has reached 500 citations in the INSPIRE database.
10 years of gravitational waves observations
The scientific community is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the first detection of gravitational waves. The outreach centre in Aveiro, Fábrica, will promote a one day event on Sunday, September 14th, in partnership with Gr@v. Check the programme here.
Portuguese Maths Society Summer School
The 2025 summer school of the Portuguese Mathematics Society takes place in Mirandela. C. Herdeiro is one of the invited speakers.