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Gravity Seminar: The calm after the storm: the black hole ringdown beyond linear perturbation theory, Laura Sberna, AEI
ZoomWhen a binary merges to form a single black hole, the merger product emits a final burst of gravitational waves known as the “ringdown”. Ringdowns are [...]
Les ones gravitacionals, les noves viatgeres de l’Univers
We inform you that on Friday, April 8th at 20h in the Jerónimo Marqués Hall Alicia Sintes will give a coference called "Gravitational waves, the [...]
Seminar: Hunting from transient to continuous gravitational wave signals
On 9 May 2022 Alicia Sintes will give a seminar at the Instituto de Física Teórica, UAM-CSIC, entitled Hunting from transient to continuous gravitational wave [...]
Gravity Seminar: Challenges and opportunities in the first EHT results of the galactic center, Boris Georgiev, University of Waterloo and Perimeter Institute
ZoomOn May 12, 2022 the Event Horizon Telescope announces its first scientific release about the Milky Way galactic center. The EHT is a global radio [...]
Conferència: Ones gravitacionals: d’Einstein a una nova ciència
Alicia Sintes donarà una conferència en l'entrega de premis 11F 2022 (guanyadors de secundària i batxillerat) titulada "Ones gravitacionals: d'Einstein a una nova ciència". Aquesta conferència tendrà [...]
Gravity Seminar: Gravitational waves from eccentric binary black holes, Antoni Ramos-Buades, AEI Potsdam
ZoomThe successful observation campaigns by the global gravitational wave detectors network and the expectation of hundreds of new systems detected in the upcoming observation run, [...]
Gravity Seminar: Measuring black hole spins from gravitational-wave observations, Krishnendu Naderi Varium, AEI Hannover
ZoomThe observed gravitational-wave transient catalog includes binaries of varying intrinsic properties, mainly masses, and spins. We have enough evidence for asymmetric mass distributions and slow [...]
Jornada de cleonda MENTORiment: “Ones gravitacionals: d’Einstein a una nova ciència”
Alicia Sintes donarà una xerrada pública en la Jornada de cloenda de MENTORimant, la xerrada tendrà per nom "Ones gravitacionals: d'Einstein a una nova ciència" [...]
Black holes as a tool to study the dynamics of spacetime, Maxence Corman, Perimeter Institute
Aula 5b, Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, UIB , SpainBlack holes, through theoretical predictions or more recently observations of gravitational waves, have allowed us to gain an understanding of the strongly curved spacetime originally predicted [...]
Detection of Gravitational wave sources and gravitational lensing effects, Anupreeta More, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, India
ZoomDetection of gravitational wave sources consisting of massive binary black holes (BBH), in particular, is still a challenge due to contamination from noise transients called [...]
Seminar: High-order numerical methods for solving the M1 neutrino formalism
Author: Manuel Rodríguez Izquierdo Supervisors: Dr Carlos Palenzuela y Dr. Joan Masso Date: 19 July 2022, 12h. Place: Sala de Seminaris 3r pis Dpt. Física. Mateu [...]
Seminar: Spherical Einstein Field Equations on Hyperboloidal Slices: A Generalized Harmonic Gauge Formalism
Title: Spherical Einstein Field Equations on Hyperboloidal Slices: A Generalized Harmonic Gauge Formalism Author: Shalabh Gautam Hour: 12.00 Place: Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, aula [...]
A new GPU-accelerated global fitting algorithm for LISA data analysis, Michael Katz, AEI Potsdam
ZoomThe global fit of LISA data is one of the most challenging analysis tasks in the field of gravitational waves. In this talk, I will [...]
Defensa de Treball de Fi de Màster de Francisco Alejandro Torres Juan
27 Juliol 2022 10:00h Sala 5b Ed. Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda (seu del CEP) Alumne: Francisco Alejandro Torres Juan Títol Treball: Transition maps on [...]
PhD thesis defence: Accurate models of gravitational wave signals from precessing black holes
Title: Accurate models of gravitational wave signals from precessing black holes Author: Hector Estellés Directors: Sasch Husa and Marta Colleoni Date: 28/07/2022, 10.30 h
Defensa de Treball de Fi de Màster de Maria Rosselló Sastre
29 Juliol 2022 9:00h Sala 5b Ed. Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda (seu del CEP) Alumna: Maria Rosselló Sastre Títol Treball: Gravitational wave memory: comparing [...]
Seminar: Brain-inspired nanophotonic spike-based computing: challenges and prospects
The next 5th of Setember Bruno Romeira from International Iberian Nanotechnology Laboratory Braga ( Portugal) will give a Seminar entitled Brain-inspired nanophotonic spike-based computing: challenges [...]
PhD Seminar: Searching for long-duration transient continuous waves from glitching pulsars using Convolutional Neural Networks
On Friday 23rd September 2022 at 15:00 Luana Michela Modaffer will give the annual seminar for the PhD control. The seminar will be online. Title: [...]
Seminar: Non-Hermitian Turbulence Control in Nonlinear Optics
The next 12th Setember 2022 the Prof. Kestutis Stalinas (ICREA Research Professor at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)) will give a Seminar. The seminar will [...]
PhD Seminar: Overdense threads generated by torsional Alfvén waves in a coronal environment
On 20 September Sergio Diaz will give a seminar entitled "Overdense threads generated by torsional Alfvén waves in a coronal environment". The seminar will take [...]
Conferencia: Predicción a corto plazo de la incidencia diaria de la COVID-19
El próximo día 21 de septiembre a las 12.30 tendrá lugar la primera conferencia dentro de las actividades culturales del grado de Matemáticas. Esta conferencia [...]
Seminar: Searching for long-duration transient gravitational waves from glitching pulsars using Convolutional Neural Networks
Author: Luana Modafferi Title: Searching for long-duration transient gravitational waves from glitching pulsars using Convolutional Neural Networks Place: Institut d’Astrophysique et de Géophysique, Université de [...]
PhD Seminar: Precession in black hole binary systems: towards calibrating precessing phenomenological waveform models to numerical relativity
The upcoming 22 of Setember maria by Lluc Planas Llompart will hold a seminar titled: Precession in black hole binary systems: towards calibrating precessing phenomenological [...]
Gravity Seminar: Looking for signatures of boson-star mergers in gravitational-wave signals, Juan Calderon Bustillo, University of Santiago de Compostela
Edifici Antoni Maria Alcover, UIB Aula 03BGravitational waves provide us with an unique opportunity to observe ultra compact objects, such as black-holes, in a highly dynamical state, as pairs of these [...]
Arriba la Nit Europea de la Recerca, organitzada per la UIB
L’esdeveniment de divulgació científica més multitudinari d’Europa es durà a terme el divendres 30 de setembre simultàniament en quasi 400 ciutats europees. A Palma tindrà [...]
Gravity Seminar: Some recent results on rotating and charged boson stars, Miguel Alcubierre, UNAM
Edifici Antoni Maria Alcover, UIB AULA 2AI will talk about the so called l-boson stars, which are self gravitating stationary solutions of the Einstein-Klein-Gordon equations for an odd number of fields [...]
Gravity Seminar: A brief survey of EMRIs and IMRIs, Sarp Akcay, University College Dublin
Edifici Antoni Maria Alcover, UIB AULA 2AI will begin by defining what {Extreme, Intermediate} Mass Ratio Inspirals are. I will delve into a detailed discussion of EMRIs starting with formation channels [...]
Xerrada pública: Naukas 360º de Ciència
El dia 15 d'octubre Alicia Sintes farà una xerra publica al palau de congressos en l'esdeveniment Naukas Palma, 360º de ciència. Més info aquí
Seminari ESPOS de Física Solar
Author: Michaela Brchnelova Title: Coronal modelling: the good, the bad and the ugly Abstract: Space weather forecasting is a complex problem which involves modeling of the [...]
PhD Thesis defense: Geometrical image characterization and multi-exposure imaging
The next 21th October of 2022 Onofre Martorell will present his thesis: Geometrical image characterization and multi-exposure imaging Abstract In this thesis we propose novel [...]
Public Talk: Ondas gravitacionales: nuevas mensajeras del universo
JAJE 2022: Cruzando Fronteras, Madrid
Gravity Seminar: Ringdown modelling and quasi-normal mode overtones: horizon dynamics and gravitational waves, Pierre Mourier UIB
Edifici Antoni Maria Alcover, UIB AULA 2AThe last phase of a black hole merger is accompanied by a train of damped gravitational radiation known as the ringdown. At late enough times, [...]
ESPOS seminar: Insights into the solar spicule forest from simulations and laboratory experiments, Piyali Chatterjee, Online
Thursday 3 November 2022, 11h. Sala de Seminaris 3rd floor, Dept. Física. Author: Piyali ChatterjeeIndian Institute of Astrophysics, IIA, India Title: Insights into the solar [...]
Gravity Seminar: Critical phenomena in general relativity: Beyond spherical symmetry, Isabel Suárez, UIB
Edifici Antoni Maria Alcover, UIB AULA 2AThere is numerical evidence implying that in general relativity solutions near the threshold of black hole formation in spherical symmetry follow critical behavior, this is, [...]
ESPOS seminar: Heating and non-thermal motions in a coronal loop, Cosima Breu, Online
Thursday 17 November 2022, 11h. Sala de Seminaris 3rd floor, Dept. Física. Author: Cosima Breu Title: Heating and non-thermal motions in a coronal loop Abstract: Observed spectral [...]
PhD thesis defense: Large Eddy Simulations of Binary Neutron Star Mergers: Turbulent Amplification of Magnetic Field
The following 24th of November 2022 Rigard Aguilera Miret will present his thesis entitled: Large Eddy Simulations of Binary Neutron Star Mergers: Turbulent Amplification of [...]
PhD Seminar: Data-based strategies for the detection of continuous gravitational waves
Title: Data-based strategies for the detection of continuous gravitational waves Author: Rodrigo Tenorio Abstract: Continuous gravitational waves (CW) are a (to date) undetected kind of [...]
PhD Seminar: Data-based strategies for the detection of continuous gravitational waves
Title: Data-based strategies for the detection of continuous gravitational waves Author: Rodrigo Tenorio Abstract: Continuous gravitational waves (CW) are a (to date) undetected kind of [...]
Gravity Seminar: Conditions for preserving constraints in well posed theories: application to gravitation, Julio Fernando Abalos, UIB
Edifici Antoni Maria Alcover, UIB AULA 2AWe use partial differential equations (PDEs) to describe physical systems; in general, these equations include evolution and constraint equations. One method used to find solutions [...]
Online Seminar ESPOS: New insights about the past, present and future of solar magnetism
Title: New insights about the past, present and future of solar magnetism Author: Quentin Noraz Abstract: The magnetic field of solar-type stars is generated and [...]
Inauguración del mural de Alicia Sintes en el marco del proyecto: Dones de ciència de la Universitat Politècnica de València
El próximo día 5 de diciembre tendrá lugar la inauguración del mural en honor a Alicia Sintes en Valencia. Alicia irá ella misma a la inauguración de dicho mural que se ha creado dentro del [...]
Gravity Seminar: Gravitational waveforms in general relativity and scalar-tensor theories, Laura Bernard, Observatoire de Paris
ZoomSince the first gravitational wave (GW) detection by the LIGO-Virgo collaboration, more than fifty GW signals from compact binary systems (made of black hole or [...]
Online Seminar ESPOS: Interaction of solar jets with filaments: Triggering of large-amplitude filament oscillations
Title: Interaction of solar jets with filaments: Triggering of large-amplitude filament oscillations Author: Manuel Luna Bennasar Abstract: Some observations show that jets impact solar filaments [...]
Gravity Seminar: Electromagnetic Transients in the Disks of Active Galactic Nuclei, Rosalba Perna, Stony Brook University
Edifici Antoni Maria Alcover, UIB AULA 2AThe disks of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGNs) have emerged as interesting environments for the evolution of stars and the compact objects they leave behind. The very high [...]
PhD Seminar: Super Mode-Locking in Passively Mode-Locked Vertical External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers
Title: Super Mode-Locking in Passively Mode-Locked Vertical External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers Author: Denis Hessel Abstract: We analyze the dynamics of mode-locking in Vertical External-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers [...]
Gravity Seminar: Modeling compact binary waveforms using Machine learning methods
Author: Maria Teresa Mateu Luceca Abstract: Machine learning methods are rapidly becoming more important in gravitational wave science, to distinguish signals from noise, for parameter [...]
Gravity Seminar: Búsqueda a ciegas de ondas gravitacionales continuas del tercer período de observación de Advanced LIGO: Últimos resultados y nuevos desarrollos
Author: Rafel Jaume Amengual Abstract: Las ondas gravitacionales continuas son una de las posibles formas de radiación gravitacional de larga duración, cuya fuente principal se [...]
Alicia Sintes dona la conferència en el sopar-col·loqui per a socis del Cercle d’Economia de Mallorca
Aquest dijous 12 de gener a les 19.30h en la Fundació Sa Nostra tindrà lloc el sopar col·loqui per a socis del Cercle d’Economia de [...]
PhD seminar: Temperature diagnostics of dark chromospheric fibrils
Title: Temperature diagnostics of dark chromospheric fibrils" Author: Matheus Aguiar-Kriginsky Silva Date: 18/01/2023, 10h Place: Sala de Seminaris, 3rd floor Dpt. Física, UIB
Gravity Seminar: A new GPU-accelerated global fitting algorithm for LISA data analysis, Michael Katz, Albert Einstein Institute Potsdam
ZoomThe global fit of LISA data is one of the most challenging analysis tasks in the field of gravitational waves. In this talk, I will [...]
Webinar: “CONECTANDO MENTES PARA UN FUTURO MEJOR” en ocasión del Día Internacional de la Mujer y la Niña en la Ciencia.
Alicia SIntes ha sido invitada por la embajadora de Nepal en Madrid a participar como en el Webinar "CONECTANDO MENTES PARA UN FUTURO MEJOR" en [...]
Alicia Sintes impartirá una charla en el ciclo de conferencias: “Mensarejos siderales. Exploración del Universo”
Alicia Sintes ha sido invitada a dar una charla con el CSIC en València, dentro del ciclo de conferencias titulado: Mensajeros siderales. Exploración de Universo. [...]
Gravity Seminar: Extracting astrophysics from spin precession in binary black holes, Anuradha Gupta, University of Mississippi
ZoomOne of the important parameters that can provide clues about the formation of binary black hole mergers detected by ground-based gravitational wave detectors such as LIGO [...]
Seminar: “Les ones gravitacionals: Les noves missatgeres de l’Univers”
Title: les ones gravitacionals: Les noves missatgeres de l'Univers Author: Alicia Sintes Date: 22/02/2023 Place: Seminaris de Física. UIB
Gravity Seminar: Numerical construction of non-linear initial data sets for cosmological models, Alejandro Estrada Llesta, Universidad del Valle, Colombia
Edifici Antoni Maria Alcover, UIB AULA 2AWe explore the Algebraic-Hyperbolic Formulation (AHF) or 2+1 decomposition of the constraint equations in cosmological scenarios. We propose a pseudo-spectral method based on the Fourier [...]
Conferència “Amalie (Emmy) Nother i la Física” a càrrec del Dr. Carles Bona, catedràtic de Física Teòrica de la UIB.
Aquest dimecres, dins del Curs Noether del Grau de Matemàtiques, s’oferirà la conferència “Amalie (Emmy) Noether i la Física” a càrrec del Dr. Carles bona. Us [...]
Public Talk: “Escuchando al Universo, últimos avances con las ondas gravitacionales”
Alicia Sintes impartirá el 14 de marzo de 2023 a las 12:19 en la Sala de Grados de la Facultad de ciencias de la Universidad [...]
Gravity Seminar: All-sky searches for continuous gravitational waves from unknown neutron stars in binary systems, Pep Blai Covas Vidal, AEI, Hannover
Edifici Antoni Maria Alcover, UIB Aula 03BUnknown neutron stars in binary systems might be one of the best sources of continuous gravitational waves (yet to be detected), due to their millisecond [...]
Gravity Seminar: ExaHyPE: An Exascale Hyperbolic PDE Engine, Anne Reinarz, Durham University
Edifici Antoni Maria Alcover, UIB AULA 2AExaHyPE is a hyperbolic PDE engine capable of solving systems of first order hyperbolic PDEs. The project provides a space-tree discretization of the computational domain, [...]
ESPOS Seminar: Solar corona diagnostics with Metis observations
“Solar corona diagnostics with Metis observations” Abstract: The solar corona has been investigated in the last decades through observations coming from several spacecraft. The [...]
Gravity Seminar: Scalar wave emission in theories with kinetic screening, Dina Traykova, AEI Potsdam
Edifici Antoni Maria Alcover, UIB Aula 03BI will discuss a recent work studying the gravitational wave emission and in particular the scalar wave monopole and quadrupole modes in a scalar-tensor theory [...]
Alicia Sintes donarà diverses xerrades a l’aulmnat del CEIP Nova Cabana (Pont d’Inca)
El proper 18 d'abril de 2023 Alicia Sintes impartirà diverses xerrades sobre ones gravitacionals a l'alumnat del CEIP Nova Cabana del pont d'inca. Concretament donarà [...]
Gravity Seminar: Gravitational Wave Merger catalog (4OGC) with open data, applications and future challenges, Sumit Kumar, AEI Hanover
Edifici Antoni Maria Alcover, UIB Aula 03BOver the past few years, with the help of LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA detector network, the catalog of Gravitational Waves (GW) merger events have grown to about 90 [...]
Seminar: Curvas invariantes y ciclos límite de ecuaciones diferenciales de Abel
Fecha: Viernes, 19 de mayo a las 11:00amPonente: Luis Ángel Calderón PérezTítulo: Curvas invariantes y ciclos límite de ecuaciones diferenciales de Abel Resumen: Buscar criterios que permitan acotar [...]
Gravity Seminar: Tidal deformability of neutron stars in scalar tensor theories of gravity, Stephanie Brown, AEI Hannover
ZoomGravitational waves from compact binary coalescence are valuable for testing theories of gravity in the strong field regime. By measuring neutron star tidal deformability in [...]
Gravity Seminar: Numerical relativity surrogates and recent applications for gravitational wave astronomy, Vijay Varma, AEI Potsdam
Aula 5b, Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, UIB , SpainData-driven methods like surrogate modeling can capture the full physics of binary black hole simulations, including complex effects like spin precession and recoil kicks. As [...]
Seminar: Unmasking Cancer Heterogeneity and Personalizing Treatment with Radiology and AI
Date: Monday, 5th of June, 11:00amSpeaker: Olivia Prior PalomaresTitle: Unmasking Cancer Heterogeneity and Personalizing Treatment with Radiology and AI Place: Anselm Turmeda Building, A10 Abstract: This seminar highlights [...]
Gravity Seminar: Critical phenomena of a complex scalar field using bamps, Krinio Marouda, Instituto Superior Técnico (CENTRA)
Aula 5b, Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, UIB , SpainIt has been thirty years since the first breakthrough paper of M. Choptuik on critical phenomena in the gravitational collapse of a real scalar field [...]
Seminar:Are multipolar magnetic fields necessary to model the X-ray emission observed with NICER?
The following 20 of June 2023 at 15h Federrico Carrasco from the Universidad de Cordoba will give a seminar entittle "Are multipolar magnetic field necessary [...]
Seminar: Modelling Force-Free Neutron Star Magnetospheres using Physics-Informed Neural Networks
The following 22 of June 2023 at 12h Jose Pons professor in the Universidad de Alicante will give a seminar entittle "Modelling Force-Free Neutron Star [...]
PhD Seminar: Torsional Alfvén waves can(not) trigger turbulence in nonuniform coronal loops
The following 30 of June 2023 at 12h Sergio Diaz from the Universitat de les Illes Balears will give a seminar entittle “Torsional Alfvén waves [...]
PhD Seminar: Construction of an analytical model for the (l=2, m=0) spherical harmonic containing the memory effect
Title: Construction of an analytical model for the (l=2, m=0) spherical harmonic containing the memory effect Author: Maria Rosselló Sastre Date: 03/07/2023 Abstract: An interesting [...]
Gravity Seminar: A radio eye on galaxy clusters, Marie-Lou Gendron-Marsolais, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía-CSIC, Spain
Aula 5b, Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, UIB , SpainAbstract: The central black hole of active galaxies accretes large amounts of matter and powers jets of relativistic particles that can propagate beyond the host [...]
Defensa tesi Sra. Maria Teresa Mateu Lucena
El proper 25 de juliol de 2023 Maria Teresa Mateu Lucenad defensarà la seva tesi titulada: Understanding gravitational wave data with Bayesian inference and machine [...]
PhD Seminar: A generic algorithm for hybrid waveforms from compact systems.
Author: Joan Llobera-Querol Title: A generic algorithm for hybrid waveforms from compact systems. Date: 19/07/2023 Abstract: The pipelines utilized in the detection and parameter estimation of [...]
Defensa Treball de fi de Màster: A New Amplitude Model for NSBH Coalescences
Alumne: Felip Antoni Ramis Vidal Títol Treball: A New Amplitude Model for NSBH Coalescences Directora:Dra. Marta Colleoni Data: Dijous 21 setembre 2023 10h Lloc: Sala de Graus, Ed. Antoni [...]
Gravity Seminar: Machine learning for gravitational wave parameter estimation: towards waveform systematics, Sama Al-Shammari, Cardiff University, U.K.
ZoomWhen performing parameter estimation for gravitational-wave (GW) data, Bayesian techniques provide a powerful framework to describe said parameters. These techniques are consistent with both our prior [...]
Gravity Seminar: Free hyperboloidal evolutions: current numerical efforts, Alex Vañó Viñuales, Instituto Superior Técnico (CENTRA), Lisbon, Portugal
Edifici Antoni Maria Alcover, UIB AULA 2AGravitational wave radiation is only unambiguously defined at future null infinity - the location in spacetime where light rays arrive and where global properties of [...]
Defensa de tesi doctoral: Searching for long-duration transient gravitational waves from spinning neutron stars.
Doctoranda: Luana Michela Modafferi Títol: Searching for long-duration transient gravitational waves from spinning neutron stars. Directors: Dr. David Benjamin Keitel i Dra. Alicia Magdalena Sintes Olives Programa [...]
Seminar: Constant nonlocal mean curvature Delaunay cylinders induced by a general kernel.
Date: Wednesday, 18th of October, 13:00. Place: Aula 4, Anselm Turmeda Speaker: Maties Francesc Alcover Borràs Title: Constant nonlocal mean curvature Delaunay cylinders induced by a general kernel. [...]
Gravity Seminar: Neutrino transport in neutron star mergers simulations, Manuel Rodríguez Izquierdo, UIB
Edifici Antoni Maria Alcover, UIB AULA 2AAccurate modeling of neutrino transport plays a crucial role in understanding astrophysical phenomena such as core-collapse supernovae and neutron star mergers. This talk will review [...]
Gravity Seminar: Continuous gravitational waves: looking for a tiny signal in a sea of noise, Lorenzo Mirasola, University of Cagliari, Italy
Edifici Antoni Maria Alcover, UIB AULA 2AAlthough the gravitational wave signal emitted by the merging of compact objects, such as black holes or neutron stars, has almost become “normal”, we are [...]
Gravity Seminar: Moving towards the analysis of gravitational-wave data in the next-generation detector era, Justin Janquart, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Edifici Antoni Maria Alcover, UIB AULA 2ASince 2015, the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration has been detecting and analyzing gravitational-wave signals, with about 90 observations of compact binary coalescence signals after the third-observing runs. [...]
Gravity Seminar: Exploring the Impact of Wave Effects in the Lensing of Gravitational Waves from Chirping Binaries, Anuj Mishra, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Pune, India
Edifici Antoni Maria Alcover, UIB Aula 03BWith increasing sensitivities of the current ground-based gravitational wave (GW) detectors, the prospects of detecting a gravitationally lensed GW signal are going to improve in [...]
Seminar: Regularity of maximal functions and operator semigroups
Title: Regularity of maximal functions and operator semigroups Date: 22/11/2023 Author: Daniel Torres Abstract: We study regularity of the maximal function associated with the solution [...]
Gravity Seminar: An overview of gravitational waveforms beyond general relativity, Laura Bernard, Observatoire de Paris, France
Edifici Antoni Maria Alcover, UIB Aula 03BThe analytical modelling of gravitational waves in general relativity has been one of the key element to allow the numerous detections by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA collaboration. [...]
Gravity Seminar: Investigating mysteries in modern physics with gravitational waves, Helvi Witek, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, U.S.A.
Edifici Antoni Maria Alcover, UIB AULA 2AThe detection of 90+ gravitational wave signals produced by coalescing black holes or neutron stars have opened up a rich discovery space for astrophysics, gravitation, [...]
Gravity Seminar: Dynamics in UV extensions of k-essence and scalar Gauss-Bonnet theory, Guillermo Lara, Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam, Germany
Edifici Antoni Maria Alcover, UIB AULA 2AIn recent years there has been an increased interest in modelling the nonlinear dynamics in theories beyond general relativity. Recent work by different groups has [...]
Gravity Seminar: Two types of nuclear transients – tidal disruption events and disruptive collisions, Taeho Ryu, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany
Edifici Antoni Maria Alcover, UIB AULA 2AGalactic nuclei are extreme environments where stars are densely packed around a supermassive black hole (SMBH). Occasionally, dynamical interactions in the galactic center lead the [...]
Seminar: Neuronal piecewise linear models reproducing bursting dynamics
Aula 7, Anselm Turmeda, UIBDate: Monday, 18th of December Speaker: Jordi Penalva Vadell Title: Neuronal piecewise linear models reproducing bursting dynamics Abstract: In this thesis, we propose a piecewise linear version [...]
Gravity Seminar: Black hole perturbations and phase-amplitude methods, Hector Okada da Silva, AEI Potsdam, Germany
Edifici Antoni Maria Alcover, UIB Aula 03BThe inference of quasinormal modes frequencies from the ringdown part of gravitational-wave signals produced by the coalescence of black hole binaries can be used to [...]
PhD thesis defense: Neuronal piecewise linear models reproducing bursting dynamics
The next 24th January of 2024 Jordi Penalva will present his thesis: Neuronal piecewise linear models reproducing bursting dynamics. Abstract In this thesis, we propose a [...]
Pas endavant per fer realitat el primer observatori espacial d’ones gravitacionals, amb participació de la UIB
Els investigadors de la Universitat de les Illes Balears que participen en la missió espacial europea LISA atendran els mitjans de comunicació per explicar els [...]
Invited Lecture: “Escuchando al Universo, últimos avances con las ondas gravitacionales”
Agrupación Astronómica de SabadellAlicia Sintes impartirá el 31 de enero de 2024 a las 19:00 en la Agrupación Astronómica de Sabadell una conferencia titulada: Escuchando al Universo, últimos [...]
Seminar: Tècniques d’optimització per a l’obtenció d’imatges i pel·lícules d’objectes astronòmics: Resolent un problema invers mal posat amb milers de variables
Aula 10, Anselm Turmeda, UIBDate: Wednesday, 7th of February Speaker: Alejando Mus Mejías Title: Tècniques d'optimització per a l'obtenció d'imatges i pel·lícules d'objectes astronòmics: Resolent un problema invers mal [...]
ESPOS Seminar: MHD Wave Propagation and Kelvin–Helmholtz Instability in Asymmetric Magnetic Slab Systems
Balazs Asztalos ELTE University, Hungary “MHD Wave Propagation and Kelvin–Helmholtz Instability in Asymmetric Magnetic Slab Systems” Abstract: Magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) waves are regularly observed in [...]
Gravity Seminar: Gravitational waves and multi-messenger astronomy, Neha Singh, UIB
Aula 5b, Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, UIB , SpainThe growing number of gravitational wave detections in recent years has established Gravitational waves astronomy as a strong contributor to multi messenger astronomy. In this [...]
Seminar: Quartic rigid systems in the plane and in the Poincaré sphere
Aula 10, Anselm Turmeda, UIBDate: Wednesday, 14th of February, 12:00 Speaker: Luis Ángel Calderón Pérez Title: Quartic rigid systems in the plane and in the Poincaré sphere Resumen: We consider the [...]
Gravity seminar: Pierre Mourier, Universitat de les Illes Balears
Aula 5a, Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, UIBTitle: The averaging problem in relativistic cosmology: the consequences of spatial inhomogeneity and the choice of space+time split Abstract: The standard model in cosmology relies [...]
Seminar: Beyond Variational Model and Self-Similarity in Super-Resolution: Unfolding Models and Multi-Heat Attention
Aula 10, Anselm Turmeda, UIBDate: Thursday, 22nd of February, 15:00 Speaker: Iván Pereira Title: Beyond Variational Model and Self-Similarity in Super-Resolution: Unfolding Models and Multi-Heat Attention Abstract: Classical variational [...]
Seminar: Two Nonlocal Variational Models for Retinex Image Decomposition
Aula 10, Anselm Turmeda, UIBDate: Thursday, 22nd of February Speaker: Frank W. Hammond Title: Two Nonlocal Variational Models for Retinex Image Decomposition Abstract: Retinex theory assumes that an image can [...]
Gravity seminar: Luis Lehner, Perimeter Institute — Beyond General Relativity and the strongly gravitating/dynamical regime
Aula 5b, Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, UIB , SpainThe goal of understanding extensions to General Relativity is hampered by mathematical and formal issues that require new approaches for a successful scrutiny of chosen theories. This talk [...]
Seminar: Unraveling neuronal dynamics under the effects of synaptic plasticity
Date: Monday, 18th of March, 11:00 Speaker: Rosa M. Delicado Moll Title: Unraveling neuronal dynamics under the effects of synaptic plasticity. Resumen: In this talk we will present a [...]
Gravity seminar — Gravitational wave memory as a tool for observational science: Michael Ebersold, Annecy, LAPP
Aula 5b, Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, UIB , SpainGravitational wave memory is a fascinating phenomenon that adds a low-frequency component to gravitational waves. Although the effect is subtle, it can yield complementary information [...]
Gravity seminar: Charlie Hoy, University of Portsmouth — From LVK to LISA: Extending BILBY to perform Bayesian inference with space-based gravitational-wave observatories
Aula 5b, Antoni Maria Alcover i Sureda, UIB , SpainThe Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) is scheduled to launch in the mid 2030s, and is expected to observe gravitational-wave candidates from massive black-hole binary [...]
Gravity seminar: Francois Foucart, University of New Hampshire — From chirps to gold: colliding neutron stars as a laboratory for extreme physics
Aula 4, The Complexe, ParcBit , SpainColliding neutron stars provide us with a remarkable laboratory to test the laws of physics in conditions generally inaccessible to earth-based experiments. These rare but [...]
Gravity seminar: Sophie Bini, University of Trento — Search for hyperbolic encounters of compact objects in the third LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run
Aula 4, The Complexe, ParcBit , SpainSince 2015, about 90 gravitational-waves (GW) events have been observed. The totality of the events originated from the coalescence of compact binary systems. As the [...]
Seminar: More limit cycles for complex differential equations with three monomials (Authors: M.J. Álvarez; B. Coll; A. Gasull; R. Prohens)
Seminario 012, Complexe I+D+I, Parc BitDate: Wednesday, 8th of May, 11:00 Speaker: María Jesús Álvarez Torres Title: More limit cycles for complex differential equations with three monomials (Authors: M.J. Álvarez; B. Coll; A. [...]
Gravity seminar: Lionel London, King’s College London — Learning more from Teukolsky’s radial equation for quasi-normal modes
Aula 4, The Complexe, ParcBit , SpainAlthough solutions to Teukolsky’s radial equation play a key role in black hole perturbation theory, there are limitations in our understanding that obscure our practical [...]
Gravity seminar: Daniela Doneva, Univesität Tübingen — Black holes in effective field theories: dynamics and new observational signatures
Aula 4, The Complexe, ParcBit , SpainBlack holes in effective field theories, such as scalar-Gauss-Bonnet theory, offer interesting alternatives to the Kerr solution that can be tested observationally. In the present [...]
Gravity seminar: Shrobana Ghosh, AEI Hannover — Inspiral-Merger-Ringdown waveform modeling to estimate spins of astrophysical black holes
Aula 4, The Complexe, ParcBit , SpainThe LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA (LVK) collaboration has published about 90 gravitational wave observation since the first detection in 2015, majority of which have been from binary black [...]
Gravity seminar: David Hilditch, CENTRA Lisboa — The Black Hole Threshold
Aula 4, The Complexe, ParcBit , SpainNumerical evolutions show that, in spherical symmetry, as we move through the solution space of GR to the threshold of black hole formation, the resulting [...]
PhD seminar: Ángel Garrón, Estudiant del Programa de Doctorat de Física — Improved analysis of gravitationally lensed gravitational waves
Aula 4, The Complexe, ParcBit , SpainThe sensitivity of gravitational waves detectors keeps improving and we should expect to find gravitationally lensed gravitational waves soon. Since the number of detections is [...]
PhD seminar: Joan René Mérou Mestre, Estudiant del Programa de Doctorat de Física — All-sky searching for continuous gravitational-wave signals from unknown neutron stars in binary systems in the O4a run data
Aula 4, The Complexe, ParcBit , SpainRapidly spinning, non-axisymmetric neutron stars (NSs) are expected to emit continuous gravitational waves (CWs). Detecting such signals would significantly improve our understanding of the galactic [...]
PhD Seminar: Maria de Lluc Planas Llompart, Estudiant del Programa de Doctorat de Física — Towards building a phenomenological aligned spin eccentric model: PhenomTEHM
Aula 4, The Complexe, ParcBit , SpainThe increase in sensitivity and detector upgrades planned in the coming years will challenge existing waveform models and demand considerable improvements in accuracy, parameter space [...]
PhD Seminar: Maria Rosselló Sastre, Estudiant del Programa de Doctorat de Física — Modeling the full (l=2, m=0) spherical harmonic: memory effect and ringdown oscillations
Aula 4, The Complexe, ParcBit , SpainThe current phenomenological waveform models for binary black hole mergers do not include the (l=2, m=0) spherical harmonic, which is the only mode with l=2 [...]
PhD Seminar: Joan Llobera Querol, Estudiant del Programa de Doctorat de Física — Aligning and Constructing Hybrid Waveforms for Precessing Binaries
Aula 4, The Complexe, ParcBit , SpainPrecessing binaries exhibit complex dynamics that significantly modulate the emitted gravitational waveform. Describing such systems is challenging due to the lack of a canonical choice [...]
Gravity Seminar: Rita Santos, Support Scientist UIB – Characteristic Critical Collapse with Null Infinity
Aula 4, The Complexe, ParcBit , SpainSolutions to the Einstein Equations that are close to the threshold of black hole formation exhibit features that resemble critical phenomena in statistical mechanics. We [...]
PhD Seminar: Jorge Valencia Gómez, Estudiant del Programa de Doctorat de Física — Mind the step: On the frequency-domain analysis of gravitational-wave memory waveforms
Aula 4, The Complexe, ParcBit , SpainGravitational wave memory is characterized by a signal component that persists after a transient signal has decayed. Treating such signals in the frequency domain is [...]
PhD Seminar: Guillem Castelló Barceló, Estudiant del Programa de Doctorat de Física — Fast Bayesian spectral analysis using Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN): Applications over GONG Hα data
Solar filaments (also called prominences when seen off-disk) are solar atmospheric structures that consist of dense, cool plasma clouds floating within the sun's corona. Since [...]
PhD Seminar: Jesús Yébana Carrilero, Estudiant del Programa de Doctorat de Física — Bridging the gap between extreme and comparable mass ratios in black-hole binaries
Aula 4, The Complexe, ParcBit , SpainState-of-the-art gravitational waveform models need input from many frameworks tackling the relativistic two-body problem. Among them are the gravitational self-force approach, which was designed to [...]
PhD Seminar: Llorenç Melis, Estudiant del Programa de Doctorat de Física — Surface waves and KHi in a prominence-corona interface: effect of the ambipolar diffusion
There are a wide variety of phenomena in solar prominences, such as waves, instabilities or mass flows. Observations have shown the ubiquitous presence of MHD [...]
PhD thesis defense: Nonlinear evolution of torsional Alfvén waves in solar atmospheric flux tubes
Sala de Graus (Bloc B) de l'edifici Gaspar Melchor de JovellanosThe next 17th July of 2024 Sergio Díaz will present his thesis: Nonlinear evolution of torsional Alfvén waves in solar atmospheric flux tubes.
PhD thesis defense: On the physical nature of chromospheric spicules and coronal rain
Sala de Graus (Bloc A) de l'edifici Gaspar Melchor de JovellanosThe next 19th July of 2024 Matheus Aguiar Kriginsky will present his thesis: On the physical nature of chromospheric spicules and coronal rain.
Gravity seminar: Andrew Miller, Nikhef — Long-lived sources of gravitational waves: (mini) extreme mass ratio inspirals, inspiraling primordial black holes and neutron stars
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitStandard stellar-mass binary black holes inspiral and merge in just a few seconds when observed in ground-based gravitational-wave detector data. However, future detectors will probe [...]
Gravity seminar: Philipp Moesta, University of Amsterdam — Magnetically-powered explosions in the multimessenger era
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitMagnetic fields, turbulence, and jet-driven outflows play a critical role in core-collapse supernovae and compact-object mergers. These transients belong to the most luminous and energetic [...]
Seminar: Regularity Theory for Linear and Nonlinear Poisson-Type Equations
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitBartomeu Garau Verger Abstract: In this seminar, we will review classical results related to second-order divergence form elliptic partial differential equations, leading up to L^p [...]
Gravity seminar: Nina Kunert, University of Potsdam — NMMA: A nuclear-physics and multi-messenger astrophysics framework to analyze binary neutron star mergers
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitThe multi-messenger detection of the gravitational-wave signal GW170817, the corresponding kilonova AT2017gfo and the short gamma-ray burst GRB170817A, as well as the observed afterglow has [...]
Seminars on Image Processing & Learning – Huawei
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitWe organize several talks on image processing and deep learning at the room on the ground floor of the IAC3 building. These talks take part [...]
Gravity seminar: Sayak Datta, Gran Sasso Science Institute — Tidal heating: hunt for the horizon
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitWith the observation of the multiple binary inspirals, we begin to question whether the components of the binary are black holes or some exotic compact objects (ECOs). The "black hole [...]
Ciència a Tot Tren 2024: “Einstein i les seves ones revolucionant l’Univers”
Aquest 9 de novembre tornen les minixerrades científiques dins el tren de Sóller! Amb l’objectiu de donar a conèixer diversos avanços científics, disset investigadors d'institucions [...]
Seminar: Observation of Defect Motions in Active Mode-locked Laser Systems
Edifici Mateu Orfila Aula 6, Palma, UIB, Mallorca Illes Balears, SpainRuiling Weng Abstract: Active mode-locking system achieved by semiconductor lasers has been a popular topic in the field of laser technology. In this work we [...]
Gravity seminar: Shichao Wu, AEI Hannover- LISA+3G coherent multiband parameter estimation of SOBHB and IMBHB using PyCBC
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitIn this talk, I will introduce the latest development of our PyCBC pipeline for LISA data analysis, focusing especially on optimizing the combination of the [...]
Gravity seminar: Prerna Rana, University of Cape Town — Pulsar Timing Arrays and ultra-low-frequency Gravitational Waves
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitPulsar Timing Arrays (PTAs) opened a new window in ultra-low-frequency gravitational wave astronomy last year, as global PTA experiments independently reported evidence of a stochastic [...]
Gravity seminar: Shubhanshu Tiwari, University of Zurich — Reconstructing binary black hole properties without waveforms models : Case of wobbly orbits
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitIn this talk, I will present the reconstruction of a generic transient gravitational wave signal using the principles of coherent energy collection in the time-frequency [...]
Seminar: Dinámica discreta y continua de campos vectoriales nilpotentes
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitSalomón Rebollo Perdomo Abstract: Los campos vectoriales nilpotentes están íntimamente relacionados con la conjetura Jacobiana y la conjetura de Markus-Yamabe. El estudio de estos campos [...]
Gravity seminar: Miquel Trias, Google — Transitioning from a PhD in the LSC to a Google Sales Account Executive: Exploring Career Paths for Physics PhDs and the Interplay Between Public Research and the Private Sector
Following a 4-year PhD within the Relativity and Gravitation group at UIB as a member of the LIGO Scientific Collaboration, and a subsequent 1.5-year postdoctoral [...]
Gravity Seminar: Martina Di Cesari, Universitat de les Illes Balears — All-sky analysis for continuous gravitational waves from neutron stars with the Frequency Hough pipeline and Convolutional Neural Network (CNNs)
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitGravitational Waves (GWs) are ripples in space-time, theorized by Albert Einstein in 1916 but detected only in 2015 through a coalescence of a binary black [...]
Gravity Days @UIB
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitHere com the Gravity Days! A two-day meeting on recent progress in research on gravitation and gravitational waves. The sessions will be structured as follows. [...]
Gravity seminar : Alicja Bulik, University Autònoma de Barcelona — TITLE: Quantum chemical insights into the adsorption of interstellar icy species and their spectral features
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitIn the coldest, densest regions of the Interstellar Medium (ISM) dust grains are covered by thick ice mantles dominated mainly by water. Although, more than [...]
Seminar: Two Simple Unfolded Residual Networks for Single Image Dehazing
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitSpeaker: Bartomeu Garau Verger Summary: Haze is an environmental factor that impairs visibility for outdoor imaging systems, presenting challenges for computer vision tasks. In this paper, [...]
Gravity seminar : Narenraju Nagarajan, University of Glasgow – Identifying and Mitigating Machine Learning Biases for the Gravitational Wave Detection Problem
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitOur work identifies the sources of 11 interconnected machine learning (ML) biases that hinder the generalisation of supervised learning models in the context of gravitational [...]
cWB@UIB 2025 Workshop
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitWe are excited to welcome you to the cWB Face-to-Face Workshop (cWBf2f) 2025, hosted at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB). This workshop aims [...]
Gravity seminar : Vasileios Skliris, Cardiff University — Using machine learning to detect unmodelled GW signals fast. MLy Pipeline and O5.
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitThe search for unmodeled gravitational wave (GW) transients, or "bursts," presents unique challenges. In a morphology-agnostic approach, any signal that cannot be identified as a [...]
Gravity seminar : Marcelo Salgado, Instituto de Ciencias Nucleares — Scalar Clouds and Rotating Hairy Black Holes (BH)
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitI will focus mainly in describing (neutral) cloud solutions around Kerr BH, where the complex-valued scalar field that characterizes these solutions is a test field in [...]
Gravity seminar : Tim Dietrich, University of Potsdam
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitModeling and Interpreting the Multimessenger Picture of Neutron Star Mergers The multimessenger detection of gravitational waves and electromagnetic signals from binary neutron star mergers provides [...]
Gravity seminar : Lorenzo Speri, European Space Agency — Unlocking the science of Asymmetric Binaries with LISA
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitThe future mission Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) will be the first space-based gravitational wave observatory, opening a new window in the millihertz regime. Among [...]
Gravity seminar : Laura Sberna, University of Nottingham — Perturbation theory with black hole quasinormal modes
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitI will introduce a new method to study perturbations around black holes, using the black hole’s characteristic (quasinormal, quasibound or superradiant) modes. The new method hinges [...]
Gravity seminar : Stephen Green, University of Nottingham — Accelerating Gravitational Wave Science with Simulation-Based Inference
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitObservations of gravitational waves by LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA occur every few days, with detection rates set to rise sharply in the future. This surge in detections offers [...]
Gravity seminar : Gang Wang, Ningbo University — Enhancing Gravitational Wave Data Analysis with Alternative Time-Delay Interferometry Configurations
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitTime-delay interferometry (TDI) is a crucial technique in space-based gravitational wave (GW) missions, enabling suppression of laser frequency noise by synthesizing equal-arm interferometry from inter-spacecraft [...]
Gravity seminar : Otto Hannuksela, The Chinese University of Hong Kong — Gravitational-wave lensing
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitGravitational waves, similar to light, can be lensed by massive celestial bodies, encoding lensing signatures within their precisely modelled waveforms. Recent forecasts by several independent [...]
Applied Mathematics Seminars: Remote Sensing and 3D Image Analysis
Seminari 1, PB-004, Complexe I+D+I, ParcBitSpeaker 1: Pereira Sánchez, Iván Title: Referring Image Segmentation for Remote Sensing Summary: This seminar presents preliminary work on applying Referring Image Segmentation (RIS) to [...]
Analysis of slow-fast dynamics in evolutionary trends
Hotel Cala SantanyiAnalysis of slow-fast dynamics in evolutionary trends. In honor of the 60th birthday of Antonio E. Teruel Scientific meeting with the main collaborators of the [...]
New Frontiers 2025: past, current and future challenges in Numerical Relativity
Universitat de les Illes Balears Carretera Valldemossa km 7.5, Palma de Mallorca, Baleares, SpainIn the history of numerical (or computational) general relativity, the “Frontiers” meeting in 1988 at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (USA), played a pivotal role [...]
10th Anniversary of the Discovery of Gravitational Waves
Auditori Son Espanyol Auditorium Parc BIT, Centre Empresaria, Palma, Illes Balears, SpainTo celebrate the 10th anniversary of the momentous first detection of gravitational waves, GW150914, a three-day event will be held in Mallorca, Spain. Monday, September [...]