The Comic Microwave Background is one of the most powerful cosmological observables, allowing to probe a variety of phenomena, from the Early Universe and high energy physics at scales
never achievable in earth facilities, to the evolution of the Universe at m…
We use the numerical continued fraction method to investigate quasinormal mode spectra of extremal and non-extremal Reissner-Nordström black holes in the low and intermediate damping regions. In the extremal case, we develop techniques that significantly expan…
? ChatGPT has been a highly discussed topic recently, capturing the attention of both professionals and the general public. It has sparked conversations about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the world. As physicists and astrophysicists, we are in…
In a growing number of recent works, it has been claimed that “gravitomagnetism”/frame-dragging
and/or non-linear general relativistic effects can play a leading role in galactic dynamics, partially or
totally replacing dark matter. Using the 1+3 “quasi-Maxwel…
In this talk, we will discuss the origins of Long-duration Gamma-Ray Bursts (LGRBs). Typically associated with Type-Ic Supernovae, LGRBs are linked to massive stars. However, it remains unclear
whether the progenitors are in binary systems or are effectively s…
Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) observations traditionally assume an isotropic and homogeneous infinite Universe. However, a growing number of large-scale anomalies and dipoles in the
literature suggest the need to revisit these assumptions. A physically wel…
We describe the connection between a traversable wormhole and the Casimir effect. With the help
of an equation of state we also discuss different forms of solutions related to the Casimir source. The
effect of including an electromagnetic field and a temperatu…
Causal discovery techniques have been introduced in the context of machine learning with the goal
of finding and constraining causal relations between variables. Multiple algorithms for this task
are available, amounting to different operational definitions of…
The chameleon-induced polarization modes of gravitational waves (GWs) are explored in f(R) gravity
arising due to scalar field. The chameleon mechanism works strongly in high density regions where
mass of the scalar field particle becomes high and the oscillat…
GRB jets are launched from rapidly spinning black holes (BHs), anchored by a strong magnetic field,
a process known as the Blandford–Znajek (BZ) mechanism. However, most BHs from core collapse are likely born slowly spinning, raising the question of what type…
In the late 1998, SN 1998bw, the supernova associated with GRB 980425, catapulted the collapsar engine (caused by the collapse of a massive rotating star to a black hole) to the top of the list of proposed engines for these cosmic explosions. Another engine ar…
Svetlana Voskresenskaia · Alex Meshcheryakov · Natalya Lyskova
Galaxy clusters are the most massive gravitationally bound systems consisting of dark matter, hot
baryonic gas and stars. They play an important role in observational cosmology and galaxy evolution
studies. We develop a deep learning model for segmentation of…
Gravitational waves (GWs) from the coalescence of compact binaries are among the most promising cosmological probes. Their signal can be used to study the late-time cosmic expansion of the
Universe independently from other known cosmological probes and without…
I will present a recently funded Open Science ERC AdG program that aims to implement a single
massively parallel end-to-end framework called “Commander4” for the joint analysis of past, present
and future CMB experiments. This framework will build on the exist…
The first detection of a gravitational-wave signal emitted by a compact binary coalescence was
achieved by the network of two LIGO detectors on September 14, 2015. The event, labelled GW150914,
is associated with a binary black hole merger. It ushered the era…
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is unveiling astounding results on the composition and
evolution of the cosmo at very high redshifts. In this talk, I develop a UV luminosity function model
for high-redshift galaxies, considering parameters such as the st…
Upcoming experiments of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) will reach unprecedented sensitivity to polarization, thus allowing to target the first detection of primordial CMB B-modes and
possibly shed new light on reionization history, cosmic birefringence,…
Conformal Field Theory in momentum space allows to investigate effective actions related to the Trace Anomaly of the Stress energy Tensor in great detail. The resulting action is nonlocal and can be investigated in general metric backgrounds. The method of rec…
We show that because in a curved spacetime parallel transportations of (r,s)- tensors with r+s>0
depend on paths, one cannot add up (r,s)-tensors at different points to get a definite sum
(r,s)-tensor when r+s>0. However, when restricted to an infinitesimal sp…
The orbital decay of binary pulsars is a very precise tool for testing general relativity and modified
theories of gravity and for constraining the existence of additional neutron star charges. The orbital
decay has been used for constraining scalar-tensor the…
Gravitational lensing of luminous matter that surrounds a black hole or some other sufficiently
compact object produces an infinite sequence of images. Besides the direct (or primary) image, it
comprises demagnified and deformed replicas of the original known…
The de Broglie-Proca theory, which endows the photon with a small, but finite rest mass, is the simplest extension of Maxwell’s electrodynamics. Over the last hundred years its consequences have
been investigated both theoretically and experimentally with ever…
Barbara Patricelli · Maria Grazia Bernardini · Matteo Ferro · Manuel Malheiro · Ronaldo Lobato · Jaziel Goulart Coelho …
The physical origin of Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs) is still unknown. Many models consider magnetars as possible FRB sources, supported by the observational association of FRBs with the galactic
magnetar SGR 1935+2154. Magnetars are also thought to be the source o…
We investigate the implications of decoherence induced by quantum spacetime properties on neutrino oscillation phenomena. We develop a general formalism where the evolution of neutrinos
is governed by a Lindblad-type equation and we compute the oscillation dam…
The search for continuous wave (CW) sources represents a new frontier of gravitational wave astronomy. The current and future LVK science runs may eventually reach the required sensitivities
for the first detection of a rotating, distorted NS. At the same time…