New Frontiers in Strong Gravity

Organizers:

D. Blas (ICREA/IFAE), P. Figueras (Queen Mary University of London), S. Nissanke (University of Amsterdam), L. Stein (University of Mississippi), H. Witek (UIUC)

The highly nonlinear, strong-field regime of gravity holds the key to address long-standing puzzles in modern physics. These range from deeply theoretical questions concerning a consistent theory of quantum gravity and resulting modifications to general relativity, over the stability properties of black holes in traditional general relativity, to new insight into nuclear matter under extreme conditions in the context of neutron star and multimessenger astronomy.

In this two-week workshop we will bring together leading experts as well as junior scientists in these diverse research areas, to encourage communication and training across the fields and to foster new research collaborations

Invited speakers

- Tomás Andrade (ICCUB, Spain)
- Alessandra Buonanno (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Germany)
- Vitor Cardoso (CENTRA/IST, Portugal & Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark)
- Ramiro Cayuso (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics & Waterloo U., Canada)
- Pippa Cole (GRAPPA, U. Amsterdam, Netherlands)
- Isabel Cordero Carrión (Universitat de Valčncia, Spain)
- Maxence Corman (Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics & Waterloo U., Canada)
- Alex Grant (Virginia U., USA & Southampton U., UK)
- Lavinia Heisenberg (Institut für Theoretische Physik, Heidelberg, Germany)
- Aaron Held (Jena U., Germany & Princeton U., USA)
- Leah Jenks (Chicago U., KICP, USA)
- Andrea Mitridate (DESY, Germany)
- Jaki Noronha-Hostler (Illinois U., USA)
- Ornella Piccinni (IFAE, Spain)
- Jocelyn Read (Cal State, Fullerton, USA)
- Mikel Sánchez Garitaonandia (Ecole Polytechnique, France)
- Hector Silva (Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Germany)
- Justin Vines (UCLA, Spain)

The number of participants is limited and we will notify accepted participants by 22 May 2024.

Bus transportation for participants will be organized by the Center. In particular, there will be a bus connection between Barcelona (including airport) and Benasque. The trip takes approximately 6 hours. Alternatively the trip by car takes approximately 3,5 hours from Barcelona, and 3,2 hours from Toulouse (connected by high-speed train to Paris) or Zaragoza (connected by high-speed train to Paris). The CCBPP center can also be reached with public transportation, using buses that depart from Zaragoza's (4 hours) and Barcelona's (6 hours) high speed train stations. 

Registration fee information

The registration fee for this conference is:

One week fee: 300 eur.
Two weeks fee: 350 eur.

Pay by bank transfer

The registration fee must be paid to the account of the Centro de Ciencias de Benasque Pedro Pascual after your application has been accepted.

Ibercaja (account number): 2085 2310 3803 3004 4193
IBAN: ES44 2085 2310 3803 3004 4193
BIC: CAZRES2Z

Remember that your registration is complete only after the payment is made.

* Please, pay after your application has been accepted.
* Please, send a confirmation by e-mail to info@benasque.org.
* Please pay all bank charges
* Include as a subject in the transfer '2024relativity Your_Surname'
* In the comments section include:
      Full name of the conference and your name.

Pay by credit card

One week: Pay by credit card
Two weeks: Pay by credit card

* You have to be registered.
* Please, pay after your application has been accepted.

*Cancellation Policy*
A 30 euro charge will be applied for cancellations made up to 10 days before the conference start date.
A no refund policy will be applied to cancellations made after this date.

Bus transportation

The center provides free buses:
From Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 686, Metro: L3 Palau Reial at 15:00h (Note that the bus stops opposite University of Barcelona, Facultat de Física i Química)

From Barcelona airport ('El Prat', Terminal T2A: on leaving exit, turn left and you will find a police building called 'Mossos d'Esquadra'.
Cross the road using the zebra crossing and turn left. The bus will stop there) at 15:30h.

Return buses:
From Benasque to Barcelona airport and then university, departure at 9:00h.
The trip by bus to Barcelona takes 4-5h. approximately. The trip by car only takes 3h 30m.

Bus trajectories and dates:
- Barcelona-Benasque, Jul 07.
- Benasque-Barcelona, Jul 19.

Registration & accommodation

Application deadline is May 15

Further Information.

  • List of participants.
  • Scientific program.
  • Pictures