THE WORKSHOP

The Extreme Gravity of Astrophysical Compact Objects is a workshop organised by the NewFunFiCO node in Frankfurt am Main.

The workshop will bring together experts on various research aspects involving the astrophysics of Compact Objects, from black holes and neutron stars to exotic configurations like gravastars and boson stars, and adopting different approaches from fundamentally theoretical, to phenomenological and numerical simulations.

In June, many of the members of the NewFunFiCO network will converge in Frankfurt and have the opportunity to present their research and establish new collaborations.

The workshop is particularly useful for Master and PhD researchers, with lectures and talks that will provide state of the art knowledge on Relativistic Astrophysics, Strong Gravity, Numerical Relativity, Gravitational Wave Astronomy, and Numerical methods.

THE NEWFUNFICO NETWORK

NewFunFiCO is an international network funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2021 research and innovation programme (Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant No 101086251)

Over its four years of activity, the network has successfully established a global collaboration with complementary expertise. This was achieved by supporting the exchange of researchers among the various nodes around the globe: Aveiro University (Portugal, coordinator), University of Valencia (Spain), Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt Am Main (Germany), Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (Mexico), Universidade Federal do Pará (Brazil) and the Chinese University of Hong Kong (China).

Research within NewFunFiCO spans from the theoretical foundations and phenomenology of compact objects such as black holes, neutron stars, and other exotic compact objects (Gravastars, Boson stars and Proca stars), to the comparison with gravitational-waves and astrophysical observations and the interaction of compact objects with environment, using numerical simulations, building GW libraries as well as data/Bayesian analysis and parameter estimation.