Visitors in July
In July 2025 we had several Group visitors, including Rui Santos (U. Lisbon), António Morais (U. Minho) and Kunihito Uzawa (Keio University and Kwansei Gakuin University).
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
Spring Meeting - Brazilian Physics Society
The Spring Meeting of the Brazilian Physics Society will take place in São Luis do Maranhão (Brazil), from 30 Set - 3 Oct 2025. C. Herdeiro is one of the invited speakers.
Discussion of the paper "BHaHAHA: A Fast, Robust Apparent Horizon Finder Library for Numerical Relativity", by Z. B. Etienne et al.
Speaker
Jordan Nicoules (U. Aveiro)
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Hybrid: Room 11.2.21 and Zoom
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BHaHAHA: A Fast, Robust Apparent Horizon Finder Library for Numerical Relativity
Zachariah B. Etienne, Thiago Assumpção, Leonardo Rosa Werneck, Samuel D. Tootle
XV School of the Division of Gravitation and Mathematical Physics
The NewFunFiCO network, is co-organizing the XV School of the Division of Gravitation and Mathematical Physics of the Mexican Physics Society, in Cancun, Mexico, 3-7 November 2025. More information in the attached file.
Ana Bokulić
Name: Ana Bokulić