The Gravitational Physics Division of the EPS represents and provides a forum for European scientists interested in any aspect of gravitational physics.

Some of the topics to be covered by the GPD:
-  the issue of time and space in fundamental physics
-  gravitational waves (theory & experiment)
-  quantum gravity (theory & experiment)
-  gravitational astrophysics
-  gravity theories beyond General Relativity
-  cosmology
-  analogues of gravity

Board members of the Gravitational Physics Division

• Nelson Christensen: Nelson.Christensen@oca.eu
• Toni Font: j.antonio.font@uv.es
• Renate Loll: r.loll@hef.ru.nl
• Philippe Jetzer: jetzer@physik.uzh.ch
• Jürgen Müller: mueller@mbox.ife.uni-hannover.de
• Alena Pravdova: pravdova@math.cas.cz
• Dionysios Anninos: dionysios.anninos@kcl.ac.uk
• Daniela Doneva: daniela.doneva@uni-tuebingen.de
• Michael Kramer: michael@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de
• Giovanni Losurdo: losurdo@pi.infn.it
• Sigbjorn Hervik: sigbjorn.hervik@uis.no
• Monica Colpi:monica.colpi@unimib.it
• Nick Stergioulas:niksterg@astro.auth.gr

Past members:

• Karsten Danzmann: karsten.danzmann@aei.mpg.de
• Fulvio Ricci: fulvio.ricci@roma1.infn.it
• Mairi Sakellariadou: mairi.sakellariadou@kcl.ac.uk
• Stefano Vitale: stefano.vitale@unitn.it
• David Wands: david.wands@port.ac.uk

Becoming a member of the Gravitational Physics Division

We strongly encourage to become a member of EPS and thus of the Gravitational Physics Division. To become a member either go on the following website: https://www.eps.org/general/register_start.asp or click on « join EPS » on the EPS website (top right of the website, displayed on every web pages).

News

The Fifth EPS Conference on Gravitation on the topic of Unlocking Gravity Through Computation took place on the premises of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague from 9-11 Dec 2024. Seventy scientists from fifteen different countries participated in an action-packed program of three full days, consisting of 17 plenary talks, 18 contributed talks, and three panel discussions. One plenary slot was dedicated to the memory of Jiří Bičák, the founding father of gravitational research in Prague. In line with previous events in this conference series, the emphasis was on a broad representation of the field of gravitational science, to allow for interactions and encounters between researchers who do not necessarily meet during typical, more specialized conferences. Early career researchers were an integral part of the program, presenting 14 of the contributed talks and 12 of the posters.

The 4th European Physical Society Conference on Gravitation, organised by the Gravitational Physics Division was held in person in Valencia (Spain) on November 13-15, 2023. The aim of the conference was to showcase the rich landscape of current research in black hole physics and to stimulate exchange of ideas and discussion among the participants. Once regarded as a mathematical curiosity of Einstein’s general relativity, the importance of black holes in fundamental physics is now incontrovertible. Black holes play a prominent role across many branches of physics, from astrophysics and cosmology to high-energy physics, from information theory to quantum gravity. Many such aspects of black hole physics were covered at the 4th EPS Conference on Gravitation, and from a theoretical, observational and phenomenological perspective.

The conference was organised in three days, each one focused around three key topics — theory, observations, phenomenology — introduced by invited speakers and contributed talks followed by round table discussions. There will also be a poster session.

The conference took place at ADEIT, the University-Enterprise Foundation of the University of Valencia. 

The registration fee for the conference is 50€. The fee includes access to all sessions, all coffee breaks and lunches, the Monday Welcome cocktail,the conference dinner, and the certificate of participation issued online.

Congratulations to Dr. Daniela Doneva from University of Tuebingen, who got the

"GUSTAV-HERTZ-PRICE 2024 of the German Physical Society (DPG)"

See the following homepage for the motivation: