Luis Lehner

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Carlo Fidani Rainer Weiss Chair in Theoretical Physics
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Research Faculty
Areas of research:
Strong Gravity
Other
(519) 569-7600 x6571
If you are interested in pursuing a MSc degree, please apply to the Perimeter Scholars International (PSI) masters program. If you are interested in working with me as a PhD student, please submit an application directly to my department at the University of Waterloo and indicate that you would like to be supervised by me. Perimeter Institute is committed to diversity within its community and I welcome applications from underrepresented groups.
Understanding gravity in strong/highly dynamical regimes. In particular study of systems able to produce strong gravitational and electromagnetic signals. Tests of alternative theories of gravity and how to do so with upcoming gravitational wave detectors. Understanding gravitating systems in higher dimensional scenarios. Explorations of AdS/CFT in dynamical settings (quantum quenches and gravity/fluid correspondence) Understanding of bubble collisions in non-linear regimes. AdS instability and implications on thermalization. Turbulence, relativistic hydrodynamics and gravity With the era of gravitational wave astronomy already started I'm also placing considerable focus on the development of a framework with which to test General Relativity through possible subtle effects of possible deviations. As well, increasing efforts on multimessenger astronomy
  • Faculty Chair, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, 2018-2021
  • Theorist in Residence, Gravitational Wave International Committee, 2018-present
  • Advisory Board Member, KITP. UCSB, 2017-2020
  • Member of the Scientific Council, ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research (ICTP- SAIFR), 2015-2019
  • Deputy Faculty Chair, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, 2014-2017
  • Associate Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, University of Guelph, 2012-present
  • Adjunct Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, 2011-present
  • Research Associate Faculty, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, 2009-2012
  • Associate Professor of Physics, Department of Physics., University of Guelph, 2009-2012
  • Adjunct Professor of Physics, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, 2009-present
  • Fellow, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, 2009-present
  • Associate Professor of Physics, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, 2006-2009
  • Assistant Professor of Physics, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Louisiana State University, 2002-2006
  • Gravity at the Extreme Universe, CIFAR, 2023-2023
  • Discovery Grant, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), 2021
  • TD's 10 Most Influential Hispanic Canadians, TD, 2019
  • Buchalter Cosmology Prize, 3rd Place, Buchalter Cosmology Prize, Dr. Ari Buchalter, 2014
  • Fellow, International Society on General Relativity and Gravitation, 2013
  • Fellow, American Physical Society, 2011
  • Kavli Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, 2008
  • Rainmaker Award, Louisiana State University, 2008
  • Top 40 under 40, Baton Rouge Business Report, 2007
  • Phi-Kappa-Phi Non-tenured Faculty Award in Natural Sciences, Louisiana State University, 2004
  • Fellow, Institute of Physics, UK, 2004
  • Alfred P. Sloan Fellow, Sloan Foundation, 2003
  • Nicholas Metropolis Award, American Physical Society, 1999
  • Abbott, R., Abe, H., Acernese, F., Ackley, K., Adhicary, S., Adhikari, N., . . . Zweizig, J. (2023). Open Data from the Third Observing Run of LIGO, Virgo, KAGRA, and GEO. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 267(2), 29. doi:10.3847/1538-4365/acdc9f
  • Dideron, G., Mukherjee, S., & Lehner, L. (n.d.). New framework to study unmodeled physics from gravitational wave data. Physical Review D, 107(10). doi:10.1103/physrevd.107.104023
  • Cayuso, R., Figueras, P., França, T., & Lehner, L. (2023). Modelling self-consistently beyond General Relativity. arxiv:2303.07246v1
  • Redondo-Yuste, J., & Lehner, L. (n.d.). Non-linear black hole dynamics and Carrollian fluids. Journal of High Energy Physics, 2023(2). doi:10.1007/jhep02(2023)240
  • Franchini, N., Bezares, M., Barausse, E., & Lehner, L. (n.d.). Fixing the dynamical evolution in scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity. Physical Review D, 106(6). doi:10.1103/physrevd.106.064061
  • Whittaker, T., East, W. E., Green, S. R., Lehner, L., & Yang, H. (n.d.). Using machine learning to parametrize postmerger signals from binary neutron stars. Physical Review D, 105(12). doi:10.1103/physrevd.105.124021
  • Georgiev, B., Pesce, D. W., Broderick, A. E., Wong, G. N., Dhruv, V., Wielgus, M., . . . Zhao, S. -S. (2022). A Universal Power-law Prescription for Variability from Synthetic Images of Black Hole Accretion Flows. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 930(2), L20. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/ac65eb
  • Sberna, L., Bosch, P., East, W. E., Green, S. R., & Lehner, L. (n.d.). Nonlinear effects in the black hole ringdown: Absorption-induced mode excitation. Physical Review D, 105(6). doi:10.1103/physrevd.105.064046
  • Ortiz, N., Carrasco, F., Green, S. R., Lehner, L., Liebling, S. L., & Westernacher-Schneider, J. R. (2022). Gamma-radiation sky maps from compact binaries. Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2022(02), 027. doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2022/02/027
  • Danielsson, U., Lehner, L., & Pretorius, F. (n.d.). Dynamics and observational signatures of shell-like black hole mimickers. Physical Review D, 104(12). doi:10.1103/physrevd.104.124011
  • Reitze, D., Punturo, M., Couvares, P., Katsanevas, S., Kajita, T., Kalogera, V., . . . Brand, J. V. D. (2021). Expanding the Reach of Gravitational Wave Astronomy to the Edge of the Universe: The Gravitational-Wave International Committee Study Reports on Next Generation Ground-based Gravitational-Wave Observatories. arxiv:2111.06986v1
  • Kalogera, V., Sathyaprakash, B. S., Bailes, M., Bizouard, M. -A., Buonanno, A., Burrows, A., . . . Brand, J. V. D. (2021). The Next Generation Global Gravitational Wave Observatory: The Science Book. arxiv:2111.06990v1
  • Liebling, S. L., Palenzuela, C., & Lehner, L. (2021). Effects of high density phase transitions on neutron star dynamics. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 38(11), 115007. doi:10.1088/1361-6382/abf898
  • Bailes, M., Berger, B. K., Brady, P. R., Branchesi, M., Danzmann, K., Evans, M., . . . Vitale, S. (n.d.). Gravitational-wave physics and astronomy in the 2020s and 2030s. Nature Reviews Physics, 3(5), 344-366. doi:10.1038/s42254-021-00303-8
  • East, W. E., Lehner, L., Liebling, S. L., & Palenzuela, C. (2021). Multimessenger Signals from Black Hole–Neutron Star Mergers without Significant Tidal Disruption. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 912(1), L18. doi:10.3847/2041-8213/abf566
  • Toubiana, A., Babak, S., Barausse, E., & Lehner, L. (n.d.). Modeling gravitational waves from exotic compact objects. Physical Review D, 103(6). doi:10.1103/physrevd.103.064042
  • Cayuso, R., & Lehner, L. (n.d.). Nonlinear, noniterative treatment of EFT-motivated gravity. Physical Review D, 102(8). doi:10.1103/physrevd.102.084008
  • Bosch, P., Green, S. R., Lehner, L., & Roussille, H. (n.d.). Excited hairy black holes: Dynamical construction and level transitions. Physical Review D, 102(4). doi:10.1103/physrevd.102.044014
  • Liebling, S. L., Palenzuela, C., & Lehner, L. (2020). Toward fidelity and scalability in non-vacuum mergers. Classical and Quantum Gravity, 37(13), 135006. doi:10.1088/1361-6382/ab8fcd
  • Arvanitaki, A., Dimopoulos, S., Galanis, M., Lehner, L., Thompson, J. O., & Van Tilburg, K. (n.d.). Large-misalignment mechanism for the formation of compact axion structures: Signatures from the QCD axion to fuzzy dark matter. Physical Review D, 101(8). doi:10.1103/physrevd.101.083014
  • Benítez, F., Gambini, R., Lehner, L., Liebling, S., & Pullin, J. (n.d.). Critical Collapse of a Scalar Field in Semiclassical Loop Quantum Gravity. Physical Review Letters, 124(7). doi:10.1103/physrevlett.124.071301
  • Gravitational Wave Theory, TRISEP 2023, 2023/06/30, PIRSA:23060083
  • Gravitational Wave Theory, TRISEP 2023, 2023/06/29, PIRSA:23060082
  • Gravitational Wave Theory, TRISEP 2023, 2023/06/28, PIRSA:23060081
  • Gravity for fluids and back, KAVLI, UCSB, 2023/06/08
  • Inquiring through Black Holes, University of Californa Davis, Physics, 2023/06/05
  • Gravitational waves in EFT gravity and beyond 'modeled signals', CIFAR, Annual Meeting, 2023/04/14
  • CLAPping for Jorge, non linearities and black hole relaxation, Louisiana State University Agricultural Center, physics, Baton Rouge, United States, 2023/03/19
  • Numerical Relativity, University of Waterloo, Applied Mathematics, 2022/12/05
  • Gravitational waves, contrasting the ’standards’ (BHs/NSs in GR) with ‘beyond standard scenarios (ECOs and/or extensions to GR), Japanese General Relativity Society, 2022/10/26
  • Horizons, fluid and what non-linearities might await, Quantum Gravity Around the Corner, 2022/10/06, PIRSA:22100021
  • Testing GR in the era of 3rd Generation Detectors, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, United States, 2022/08/01
  • Extensions to GR: Roadblocks & potential way through, Imperial College (online), 2021/01/01
  • Ubiquitous black holes and gravity in the 21st century (online), Research Institute for Fundamental Sciences, Tubitak, 2020/12/17
  • Hydro "inspirations" for beyond GR theories, Relativistic Hydrodynamics: Foundations, Novel Applications and Interdisciplinary Connections Program (online talk), Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam, 2020/12/01