General relativity and gravitation












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            * General relativity and gravitation, relativistic astrophysics and cosmology
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            The general theory of relativity and its applications in astrophysics and cosmology is a f

            has been taught and pursued at the FMP CU systematically since the 1970s and its advanceme
            associated primarily with the Institute of Theoretical Physics (ITP) and the name of Prof.
            A number of researchers active in the field today – working not only at the FMP CU but als

            universities and institutes of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, ASCR—began t
            carriers under his supervision. At present Profs. O. Semerák, P. Krtouš, J. Podolský, Drs.
            and T. Ledvinka from ITP and Profs. V. Karas, V. Pravda from Astronomical and Mathematical

            ASCR, and prof. Z. Stuchlík from the Silesian University have their own students and becam
            their specific fields. The research profile encompasses mainly mathematical problems of ge

            and its higher dimensional versions, particularly the search for and interpretation of exa
            of Einstein’s equations, investigation of spacetimes involving gravitational radiation, fo
            conservation laws and their relation to various types of symmetries, physics of black hole

            discs as gravitational sources, behaviour of particles and fields in curved spacetimes, th
            cosmological perturbations, various problems in relativistic astrophysics and, more recent
            application of computers to non?stationary problems involving very strong fields (numerica

            approximation methods in theories of gravitation, non?homogeneous cosmological models, and
            lenses. The group continues educating students in the fields of relativistic physics and a
            It has extensive international contacts and has completed successfully a number of grant p

            recent five years, until the end of 2018, its operation was supported particularly by Albe
            Center for Gravitation and Astrophysics, a Project of Excellence awarded by the Czech Scie
            Within the Center, the group has also enhanced its collaboration with colleagues from the 

            Institute of the ASCR, the Institute of Mathematics of the ASCR, and from Silesian Univers
            Although the Czech Science Foundation has not continued the program of the Centers of Exce
            keep the Albert Einstein Center alive. For more details, see http://www.albert-einstein-ce

            "http://www.albert-einstein-center.cz/"] . More recently, the group has been enriched by a
            docs from abroad (see http://utf.mff.cuni.cz/ [ URL "http://utf.mff.cuni.cz/"] )




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            * Selected outputs
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            • T. Ledvinka and J. Bičák: „Disk sources of the Kerr and Tomimatsu-Sato spacetimes: Const

              physical properties“, Phys. Rev. D 99, 064046 (2019)
            • R. Švarc, J. Podolský, V. Pravda, A. Pravdová: „Exact black holes in quadratic gravity w
              cosmological constant“, Phys. Rev. Lett. 121, 231104 (2018)

            • V. P. Frolov, P. Krtouš, D. Kubizňák, J. E. Santos: „Massive Vector Fields in Rotating B
              Spacetimes: Separability and Quasinormal Modes“, Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 231103 (2018)
            • W. Barker, T. Ledvinka, D. Lynden-Bell, J. Bičák J.: „Rotation of inertial frames by ang

              matter and waves“, Classical and Quantum Gravity 34, 205006 (2017)
            • P. Čížek, O. Semerák: „Perturbation of a Schwarzschild Black Hole Due to a Rotating Thin
              Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series 232 (2017) id.14

            • L. Ledvina, D. Heyrovský, M. Dovčiak: „ X-Ray Line Profile Variations during Quasar Micr
              Astrophysical Journal (2019) – to appear.