Strong Gravity research at Perimeter Institute is devoted to understanding both the theoretical and observational aspects of systems in which gravity is very strong (i.e., spacetime is highly curved or dynamical). On one hand, this means studying extreme astrophysical systems, like black holes and neutron stars, as well as making and testing predictions for existing and forthcoming gravitational wave detectors, electromagnetic telescopes, and particle astrophysics experiments. On the other hand, it also includes a range of non-astrophysical topics, such as the instabilities of higher-dimensional black holes or the dynamics of strongly-coupled quantum field theories (via holography).
The goal of strong gravity researcher is to test the validity of Einstein's theory of gravity, constrain proposed alternatives, understand the most extreme astrophysical systems, and investigate the ways in which highly curved or dynamical spacetimes are linked with a range of other problems in fundamental physics.
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What Can We Learn From Event Horizon Telescope Movies?
Charles Gammie University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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From non-singular black holes spacetimes in quantum gravity towards observational signatures
Heloise Delaporte University of Southern Denmark
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TBA
Tessa Baker Queen Mary - University of London (QMUL)
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An Asymptotic Framework for Gravitational Scattering
Sam Gralla University of Arizona
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Fundamental physics from the strong-field regime of gravity
Josu Aurrekoetxea University of Oxford
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Magnetar Eruptions and Electromagnetic Fireworks
Jens Mahlmann Princeton University
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The spherical ejecta of AT2017gfo
Albert Sneppen Niels Bohr Institute
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Mysteries of fast radio bursts
Dongzi Li California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
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Hypermassive neutron stars: from numerical relativity simulations to gamma-ray data
Cecilia Chirenti Universidade Federal do ABC
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Scalar fields in strong gravity: black holes, neutron stars and wormholes
Georgios Antoniou University of Nottingham