
Core-Collapse Supernovae as Laboratories for Fundamental Physics
Evan O'Connor California Institute of Technology
Strong Gravity research at Perimeter Institute is devoted to understanding both the theoretical and observational aspects of systems in which gravity is very strong (i.e., spacetime is highly curved or dynamical],. On one hand, this means studying extreme astrophysical systems, like black holes and neutron stars, as well as making and testing predictions for existing and forthcoming gravitational wave detectors, electromagnetic telescopes, and particle astrophysics experiments. On the other hand, it also includes a range of non-astrophysical topics, such as the instabilities of higher-dimensional black holes or the dynamics of strongly-coupled quantum field theories (via holography). The goal of strong gravity researcher is to test the validity of Einstein's theory of gravity, constrain proposed alternatives, understand the most extreme astrophysical systems, and investigate the ways in which highly curved or dynamical spacetimes are linked with a range of other problems in fundamental physics.
Evan O'Connor California Institute of Technology
Jerome Orosz San Diego State University
Po-Ning Chen University of California, Riverside
Spyros Alexakis University of Toronto
Xinyu Li Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA)
Paz Beniamini California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Haixing Miao University of Birmingham
Paul Chesler Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Department of Physics
Bin Liu University of Waterloo
Hector Okada da Silva Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics (Albert Einstein Institute)
Sayak Datta IUCAA - The Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Maya Fishbach Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA)