Relativistický seminář
Ústavu teoretické fyziky


Seminář se koná v úterý ve 13:10 v posluchárně ÚTF MFF UK
v 10. patře katedrové budovy v Tróji, V Holešovičkách 2, Praha 8


16. června 2026
Gravitational Faraday Rotation in General Spacetimes
Kiana Salehi
Perimeter Institute/University of Waterloo
(seminář v angličtině)

I examine gravitational Faraday rotation in a general, model-agnostic spacetime introduced by Johannsen (2013). This spacetime is of Petrov type I and therefore lacks the Penrose–Walker constant. In contrast to the Kerr case—where the existence of the Penrose–Walker constant reduces the problem to a straightforward algebraic derivation—the absence of this constant requires a different approach. I construct a suitable tetrad at the critical photon orbit of the compact object described by these spacetimes and track the evolution of the polarization vector of null rays within this tetrad. By following the polarization through half an orbit around the central mass, I aim to quantify the resulting rotation and highlight how the loss of hidden symmetries modifies the polarization transport relative to the Kerr limit.

7. července 2026
Dr. Alejandro Torres Orjuela
BIMSA, Beijing
(seminář v angličtině)

TBA

22. září 2026
TBA
Dr. Sk Jahanur Hoque
TBA
(seminář v angličtině)

TBA


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