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Jianzhi Yang (U. Aveiro)
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Hybrid: Room Sousa Pinto and Zoom
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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
Testing General Relativity with Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals
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Susanna Barsanti (University College Dublin)
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On-site: Sala Sousa Pinto
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Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals (EMRIs) - asymmetric binary systems composed by a stellar mass compact object inspiralling into a massive black hole - are promising candidates for probing new fundamental physics.
New post-Newtonian results for compact binaries in general relativity and scalar-tensor theories
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David Trestini (University of Southampton)
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Online (Zoom)
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In the first part of my talk, I give on overview of some recent results concerning the two-body problem in general relativity at high post-Newtonian (PN) order. I will present the energy flux at 4.5PN order, the equations of motion at 4.5PN order, and the memory contributions to the 3.5PN order waveform.
Colloquium at Scuola Superiore Meridionale
C. Herdeiro gave an invited colloquium at Scuola Superiore Meridionale, in Naples, overlooking the powerful Vesuvius. The colloquium took place in the premises of Accademia Pontaniana, the oldest Academy in Europe
Discussion of the paper "Impact of theoretical uncertainties on model parameter reconstruction from GW signals sourced by cosmological phase transitions", by Marek Lewicki, et al.
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João Pedro Pino (U. Aveiro)
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Hybrid: Room Sousa Pinto and Zoom
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Impact of theoretical uncertainties on model parameter reconstruction from GW signals sourced by cosmological phase transitions
Marek Lewicki, Marco Merchand, Laura Sagunski, Philipp Schicho, Daniel Schmitt