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University of Vienna, Department of Astrophysics

The BRITE Side of Stars hybride conference will commemorate the ten successful years of BRITE-Constellation. Focus will be on science highlights of BRITE and similar space missions, follow-up projects in stellar astrophysics, data archives, and lessons learned for the next generation - researchers as well as technicians. It will be held in Vienna from August 20 to 23, 2024, and registration will allow you to propose topics which you want to be addressed.

Email: stars24.astro@univie.ac.at

Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics (ESI)

Gravitational lensing represents a characteristic feature of astrophysical systems in strong gravitational fields, such as the supermassive black holes recently observed by the Event Horizon Telescope. On the other hand, strong gravitational fields are also being probed by the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observations of gravitational waves. With the rapidly increasing number of observed gravitational waves, it is expected that a small portion of these events will be gravitationally lensed. This workshop aims to bring together members of the astrophysical community working on lensing and wave effects in strong gravitational fields and to discuss physics relevant for both the Event Horizon Telescope and LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observations. We plan to discuss the current open problems and perspectives in the field, facilitate the transfer of techniques between the much more mature field of lensing of electromagnetic waves towards novel studies in the lensing of gravitational waves, as well as to see how wave effects beyond the standard lensing approaches could be incorporated.

Mathematical Physics,    High Energy Physics, Particles and Fields

Erwin Schrödinger International Institute for Mathematics and Physics (ESI)

Courses and Events for Physics Students,    High Energy Physics, Particles and Fields