The Maryland Gravitation Group has participated since the 1960s in the exciting development of the subject of General Relativity Theory. The discovery of this theory by Einstein in 1915 involved far reaching insights on the nature of gravity and the dynamical structure of space and time. General Relativity has come to play a central role in understanding the most energetic astrophysical processes in the universe, the history and dynamics of the cosmos as a whole, and in the puzzles that lie today at the frontiers of fundamental physics.
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- Classical Gravity
- Gravitational Waves
- Numerical Relativity
- Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime
- Early Universe Cosmology
- Black Hole Thermodynamics
- Condensed Matter Analogs
- Quantum Gravity
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Researchers Imagine Novel Quantum Foundations for Gravity
Questioning assumptions and imagining new explanations for familiar phenomena are often necessary steps on the way to scientific progress. For example, humanity’s understanding of gravity has been...
Buonanno to Receive Oskar Klein Medal
Research Professor Alessandra Buonanno will receive the 2023 Oskar Klein Medal by the Stockholm University and the Nobel Committee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Each year, a...
Buonanno Elected to Italian National Academy of Sciences
Alessandra Buonanno has been elected a member of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, the Italian National Academy of Sciences . Buonanno is the director of the Astrophysical and Cosmological...
