VP

Vaishak Prasad

Penn State, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics

ORCID iD 0000-0001-6712-2457
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One of the major successes of the current century is the achievement of stable, long-term non-linear numerical evolutions involving black holes. This is followed by the recent astrophysical detections of gravitational waves from merging black holes and other compact objects by LIGO-VIRGO-KAGRA, in which the numerical relativity simulations played a seminal role.

Although the physics of black holes has enticed researchers for decades, most progress in their understanding centres around scenarios involving stationary/static black holes, and perturbations thereof. In astrophysical scenarios such as binary black hole mergers, the black holes exist under the strong gravity influence of each other. They are highly dynamical, especially as they close in towards the merger.

One of my main interests is understanding black holes' physics and astrophysics in such highly dynamical scenarios. I study the physics of black holes and their horizons in dynamical regimes using dynamical horizons and numerical relativity, and their imprints in the gravitational radiation received at infinity where gravitational waves are detected. I am also interested in the associated observational and computational aspects

Employment

  • Penn State Post Doctoral Researcher
    2025 - 2025
  • International Centre for Theoretical Sciences Post Doctoral Fellow
    2023 - 2024
  • International Centre for Theoretical Sciences Visiting Fellow
    2022 - 2023
  • Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics Ph.D student and Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Fellow
    2016 - 2023

Education

  • Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India Kishore Vaigyanic Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) Fellowship
    2013 - 2016

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Publications (15)