Gravitational lensing represents a characteristic feature of astrophysical systems in strong gravitational fields, such as the supermassive black holes recently observed by the Event Horizon Telescope. On the other hand, strong gravitational fields are also being probed by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observations of gravitational waves. With the rapidly increasing number of observed gravitational waves, it is expected that a small portion of these events will be gravitationally lensed. This workshop aims to bring together members of the astrophysical community working on lensing and wave effects in strong gravitational fields and to discuss physics relevant for both the Event Horizon Telescope and LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observations. We plan to discuss the current open problems and perspectives in the field, facilitate the transfer of techniques between the much more mature field of lensing of electromagnetic waves towards novel studies in the lensing of gravitational waves, as well as to see how wave effects beyond the standard lensing approaches could be incorporated.
Coming soon.
Organizers
Name | Affiliation |
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Pedro Cunha | University of Aveiro |
Marius A. Oancea | University of Vienna |
Miguel Zumalacárregui | Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics |
Attendees
Name | Affiliation |
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Parameswaran Ajith | International Center for Theoretical Sciences |
Ginevra Braga | Gran Sasso Science Institute |
Richard Brito | Instituto Superior Técnico Lisboa |
Xian Chen | Peking University |
Giulia Cusin | Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris |
Jose M. Ezquiaga | Niels Bohr Institute |
Serena Giardino | Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics |
Srashti Goyal | Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics |
Otto Hannuksela | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
Abraham Harte | Dublin City University |
Carlos A. R. Herdeiro | University of Aveiro |
Mikołaj Korzyński | Center for Theoretical Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences |
Tjonnie Li | Katholieke Universiteit Leuven |
Alex Lupsasca | Vanderbilt University |
Volker Perlick | University of Bremen |
Martin Pijnenburg | Universite de Geneve |
Luciano Rezzolla | Goethe University Frankfurt |
Johan Samsing | Niels Bohr Institute |
Richard Stiskalek | University of Oxford |
Oleg Tsupko | Center for Applied Space Technology and Microgravitation, University of Bremen |
Juan Urrutia | National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics |
Nezihe Uzun | Center for Theoretical Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences |
Hanxi Wang | University of Oxford |
Felix Willenborg | Center for Applied Space Technology and Microgravitation, University of Bremen |