Dynamical symmetries and applications in gravity

• Grant number: 12/13893-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: September 01, 2012
• End date: June 30, 2014
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - General Physics
• Principal Investigator: George Emanuel Avraam Matsas
• Grantee: Gabriel Cozzella
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Teórica (IFT). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São Paulo. São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 07/55449-1 - Physics in curved spacetimes, AP.TEM

Abstract

This project aims at a study of symmetries in physical systems, more specifically dynamic symmetries, and how these can be used to understand problems involving gravitation. The work will be done specifically on the Kerr metric and on how a dynamic symmetry can be useful in studies of similar systems that simulate this space-time geometry (such as sonic holes, analogs of black holes in condensed matter).(AU)