Symmetry and Gravitational Waves in Black Hole Physics
A special issue of Symmetry (ISSN 2073-8994). This special issue belongs to the section "Physics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 March 2026 | Viewed by 31
Special Issue Editors
Interests: black hole physics; gravitational waves; quasi-normal modes
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Black holes, the most dramatic predictions of General Relativity (GR), play a very important role in physics, astronomy, and mathematics. In astrophysics, massive stars collapse into black holes at the end of their lives due to the inability of the pressure of their internal matter to resist gravity. Their extremely strong gravitational fields warp spacetime to such a degree that even light cannot escape, creating environments where fundamental symmetries and dynamical processes collide.
The recent developments of gravitational wave astronomy, epitomized by groundbreaking observations from LIGO, Virgo, and KAGRA (LVK), as well as LISA, Tianji, and Tianjin that are in development, have revolutionized our ability to probe black hole physics in detail. These observations not only confirm the existence of binary black hole mergers but also provide a unique laboratory for testing the symmetries that underpin spacetime structure, gravitational radiation, and quantum gravity.
This Special Issue aims to explore the intersection of gravitational wave science, black hole dynamics, and symmetries, expecting to present theoretical, observational, and computational advances in understanding how symmetries govern black hole behavior and gravitational waves with refinements in our models of spacetime, quantum gravity, and cosmology. We wish to invite both original and review papers for this Special Issue.
Dr. Zhan-Feng Mai
Dr. Jinbo Yang
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- black holes
- gravitational waves
- holographic duality
- binary black holes
- quasinormal modes
- fundamental physics
- cosmology
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