Lensing and Wave Optics in Strong Gravity

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. 

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Organizers

Name Affiliation
Pedro Cunha University of Aveiro
Marius A. Oancea University of Vienna
Miguel Zumalacárregui Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics

Attendees

Name Affiliation
Richard Brito Instituto Superior Técnico Lisboa
Xian Chen Peking University
Giulia Cusin Institut d’Astrophysique de Paris
Jose M. Ezquiaga Niels Bohr Institute
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
Alex Lupsasca Vanderbilt University
Volker Perlick University of Bremen
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
At a glance
Type:
Workshop
When:
Dec. 9, 2024 — Dec. 13, 2024
Where:
ESI Boltzmann Lecture Hall
Organizer(s):
Pedro Cunha (UAVR)
Marius A. Oancea (U of Vienna)
Miguel Zumalacárregui (MPIGP, Potsdam)