Sean Ressler · Bart Ripperda · Huan Yang · Luciano Combi · Xinyu Li
Detecting and interpreting electromagnetic counterparts to binary black hole mergers will require a
detailed understanding of the complex plasma dynamics governing the surrounding accretion flow,
particularly for binaries including at least one supermassive bl…
We present the spectrum of quasinormal modes of rapidly rotating black holes. We apply a spectral decomposition on the perturbations of the metric and other dynamical fields. We compare our
results with the modes computed using other methods, study the accurac…
Yaser Tavakoli · Ali Parvizi · Jerzy Lewandowski · Tomasz Pawlowski
I will present the quantum evolution of scalar field modes on a quantum spacetime of a collapsing,
homogeneous dust ball. Without field backreaction, quantum gravity resolves classical singularities, causing a bounce on the collapse background. Including backr…
GOUTAM MANNA · Debashis Gangopadhyay · Arijit Panda
We demonstrate that the Raychaudhuri equation remains unchanged for certain solutions of scalar
fields ϕ that have a non-canonical Lagrangian of the form L(X, ϕ) = −V (ϕ)F(X), with X =
1
2 gµν∇µ
ϕ∇ν
ϕ and V (ϕ) represents the potential. There are several solut…
We review some recent advances in connection with the energy-momentum tensor and the semiclassical Einstein equations, symmetries and anomalies, effective actions, the renormalization group
and other questions in the context of quantum field theory in curved s…
IceCube is a cubic kilometer neutrino observatory at the geographic South Pole whose sensitivity from PeV down to GeV, or MeV using a special DAQ, has spawned a diverse scientific program. It discovered and continues to characterize the astrophysical neutrino…
Reconstructing the expansion history of the universe and properties of dark energy have been among
the main goals of physical cosmology. I will discuss about reconstructing dark energy in light of
most recent cosmological observations including DESI-2024 BAO o…
Particle detector models have been recently proven to be an effective mean to know how curved
spacetimes affect quantum systems. For example, particles generated by the Unruh effect could be
detected by an accelerating system and can provide a reliable communi…
Hongguang Liu · Kristina Giesel · Parampreet Singh · Stefan Weigl
In this talk we present the analysis of the embedding of a large class of generalized LTB models in effective spherically symmetric spacetimes. We introduce a reconstruction algorithm that allows, for
a large class of models, to construct from a given metric i…
Nicolò Burzillà · Breno Loureiro Giacchini · Leonardo Modesto · Tibério de Paula Netto
We present a detailed analysis of the static spherically symmetric solutions of a sixth-derivative
gravity model with complex conjugate poles ( Lee-Wick gravity ) in the effective delta source approximation. The solutions exhibit an interesting structure that…
A common criticism to deparametrised quantum gravity formalisms, where a time variable is selected before quantisation, is that covariance seems to be lost. In this talk, I will resolve this concern
for the group field theory (GFT) approach to quantum gravity…
Costantino Sigismondi · Paolo Ochner · Maria Dal Pian
Lyceum Brocchi, Bassano del Grappa, Italy The particles ejected from the Sun during some particularly powerful eruptions (X-ray flare class X)
reach the Earth in twenty minutes, immediately after the photons that carry the image and information of the event.
T…
We develop a model formalism to study the structure of a relativistic, viscous, optically thin, advective accretion flow around a rotating black hole in presence of radiative coolings. We use this model
to examine the physical parameters of four black hole Ult…
Alessandro Granelli · Andrea Giovanni De Marchi · Filippo Sala · Jacopo Nava
The existence of a relic neutrino backgorund (RνB) is a major prediction of the standard cosmological
model, but its detection is one of the hardest tasks in neutrino physics. The main challenge arises
because of its extremely low energy, as a consequence of i…
Extreme Mass Ratio binaries are systems containing a massive black hole (>10,000 Msolar) and a closely orbiting smaller object (0.1-1000 Msolar). If the companion is also a compact object they can produce gravitational waves potentially detectable with the spa…
We evaluate the effects of repulsive gravity using first order geometric invariants for regular black
holes. We compare the repulsive regions with the predictions got from singular solutions. Notable
characteristics and pathologies of regular black holes are t…
We present the results of a comprehensive spectro-polarimetric analysis of nine black hole X-ray
binaries namely Cyg X−1, 4U 1630−47, 4U 1957+115, Cyg X−3, LMC X−1, LMC X−3, Swift
J1727.8−1613, Swift J151857.0−572147 and GX 339−4 using quasi-simultaneous IXPE,…
Shibata and Sasaki [Phys. Rev. D 60, 084002 (1999)] introduced the so-called compaction function.
Since then, it has been empirically established that the maximum value of this function (or its volumeaveraged counterpart) in the long-wavelength solutions gives…
One of principal aspects in which the effects of quantum gravity are hoped to manifest itself through
possible modification to a dispersion relation of electromagnetic (e-m) waves. By combining (i) the
symmetry reduced approaches to spacetime quantization, inc…
Gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) exhibit a diversity of spectra. Several spectral models (e.g., Band, cutoff
power-law, and blackbody) and their hybrid versions (e.g., Band+blackbody) have been widely used
to fit the observed GRB spectra. Here, we attempt to collect al…
CMB lensing provides a powerful way to measure the mass of the neutrinos. Traditional analyses of
CMB lensing can suffer from biases in neutrino mass constraints if the wrong dark energy model or
parametrization is assumed. In this talk, I will present a metho…
What has everyone so excited about the H0 tension is the potential for discovering new physics, such
as the physics of dark energy. In particular, the question of new physics explanations for this tension
are often divided into whether the new physics plays a…
The observations of the so-called S-stars together with the dust-enshrouded objects, the G-stars, can
help to further corroborate Einstein’s General Relativity theory and to better constrain the nature
of the supermassive black hole (SMBH) candidate, SgrA. In…
for Advanced Study, Princeton
We present a sample of 99 dwarf galaxies (stellar mass < 10^9.5 M ) with X-ray activity in their
central regions. The sample was obtained from a match of the SRG/eROSITA X-ray catalogue in
the eastern galactic hemisphere with the…