Vitor Cardoso appointed Center Leader of new Center of Excellence
Danish National Research Foundation appoints Vitor Cardoso Center Leader of new Center of Excellence.
The Niels Bohr Institute will host a new DNRF Center of Excellence, the Center of Gravity (CoG). The CoG will bring together forefront research in observations of black holes and in the formal theory and quantum aspects of gravity, completing the visions of Bohr and Einstein for the gravitational interaction. The research endeavor will span from data analysis to theoretical disciplines within astrophysics and high-energy physics, driving gravitational wave physics to an exciting future. The Center will capitalize on the remarkable talent at the Niels Bohr Institute, to promote synergies linking fundamental physics with observations.
The Center of Gravity will be run by Center leader, Prof. Vitor Cardoso and his co-PIs: Prof. Emil Bjerrum-Bohr (NBI), Prof. Alessandra Buonanno (AEI), Prof. Troels Harmark (NBI), Prof. Niels Obers (NBI) and Assist. Professor Maarten van de Meent (NBI/AEI).
The Center will focus on five research themes: 1) Motion in curved spacetimes, 2) Spectroscopy of black holes, 3) Quantum effects for black holes and gravity, 4) Precision tools for understanding astrophysical environments, and 5) Templates and new data analysis tools for gravitational waves.
A Center of Excellence is a center funded by the Danish National Research Foundation (DNRF) for a 6-year period with the possibility of a 4-year extension. In the coming months, NBI will enter into contract negotiations with the DNRF for the first 6-year period.