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

Charged, rotating black holes in Einstein-Maxwell-dilaton theory, C. Herdeiro, E. Radu, E. S. C. Filho; arXiv:2506.15798 [gr-qc].

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Reducing the irreducible: the charged black hole bomb in a moving cavity, N. Sanchis-Gual, A. Belchí, C. Herdeiro, J. A. Font; arXiv:2506.06527 [gr-qc]

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Stability and collisions of excited spherical boson stars: glimpses of chains and rings, M. Brito, C. Herdeiro, E. Radu, N. Sanchis-Gual, M. Zilhão; arXiv:2506.06442 [gr-qc].

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Origin of the ring ellipticity in the black hole images of M87*, R. Dahale et al. (w/ H. Olivares); arXiv:2505.10333 [astro-ph.HE].

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First polarization study of the M87 jet and active galactic nuclei at submillimeter wavelengths with ALMA, C. Goddi et al. (w/ H. Olivares); arXiv:2505.10181 [astro-ph.GA]

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Latest Strong Gravity News & Events

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