Black Holes

Scientific organizers:
Prof. Dr. Domenico Giulini (ITP, University of Hannover & ZARM, University of Bremen), Dr. Eva Hackmann (ZARM, University of Bremen), Prof. Dr. Claus Lämmerzahl (ZARM, University of Bremen)

September 4 - 9, 2022, Physikzentrum Bad Honnef, Germany
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Black holes are among the most astonishing predictions of Einstein’s theory of gravitation. For the existence of these objects, which has long been questioned, there is now convincing evidence from observations from orbits of stars in the center of our Milky Way, from gravitational waves of merging ultracompact objects, as well as from the observed shadow of the supermassive Black Hole in M87. Both the theoretical prediction and the observation of black holes were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics of the Year 2020.
The proposed School is dedicated to the observational, theoretical and also epistemological aspects of Black Hole physics and will cover the following topics: tentative definition of a Black Hole, observational evidence and possible alternative explanations for Black Holes, formation of Black Holes, global structure and causality of Black Hole spacetimes, rigorous definition of a Black Hole, singularity theorems, uniqueness of Black Hole solutions (no-hair theorems), stability properties, Black Holes in generalised theories of gravity, modelling Black Holes in analog-gravity models, quantum fields in Black Hole-spacetimes, Black Holes in quantum gravity proper, epistemological and philosophical aspects of Black Holes.

This school is aimed at doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers. Contributed posters of the participants are welcome.

Lecturers and topics:

• Stefan Gillessen (MPI for extraterrestrial physics, Garching, Germany): The Black Hole in the Center of the Milky Way
• Guy Perrin (CNRS, Observatoire de Paris): The GRAVITY interferometer
• Eva Hackmann (ZARM, University of Bremen, Germany): Stellar orbits in Black Hole space-times
• Silke Britzen (MPI for radio astronomy, Bonn, Germany): Exploring supermassive binary black hole candidates with high-energy cosmic neutrinos
• Heino Falcke (Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands): Observation of the shadow of Black Holes
• Gerhard Schäfer (University of Jena, Germany): Gravitational waves from binary black holes
• Badri Krishnan (Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands): Status of black hole spectroscopy with gravitational wave observations
• Volker Perlick (ZARM, University of Bremen, Germany): Light propagation in Black Hole space-times
• Monika Moscibrodzka (Radboud University, the Netherlands): A polarimetric view of black hole accretion flows and jets
• Beatrice Bonga (Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands): Multiple black holes and resonances
• Gustav Holzegel (University of Münster, Germany): On the stability of Black Hole solutions of the Einstein feld equations
• Piotr Chruściel (University of Vienna, Austria): Stationary black holes with or without a cosmological constant
• Domenico Giulini (ITP, University of Hannover & ZARM, University of Bremen, Germany): Singularity theorems
• Jutta Kunz (University of Oldenburg, Germany): Black Holes in generalized theories of gravity
• Vitor Cardoso (Instituto Superior Técnico Portugal & Niels Bohr Institute Denmark): Testing the existence of black hole horizons
• Elizabeth Winstanley (University of Sheffield, Great Britain): Quantum Aspects of Black Holes
• Carlo Rovelli (Centre de Physique Théorique, Marseille, France): The end of a black hole evaporation
• Silke Weinfurtner (University of Nottingham, UK): Black hole simulators
• Juliusz Doboszewski (University of Bonn, Germany): Philosophy of science and black holes

⇒ Schedule

FEES: 200 € full board and lodging (for DPG* members 100 € )
* The German Physical Society (DPG)