At the eXtreme Gravity Institute (XGI) at MSU I study the impact of Einstein’s theory of general relativity, and many of its extensions, either in vacuum or coupled to various types of matter, on astrophysical phenomena. I came to MSU to join one of the oldest gravity-related research groups in the US, whose roots trace back to the late 60’s with the pioneering development of the full Parameterized Post-Newtonian formalism by Kenneth Nordtvedt, Jr.
Before moving to the XGI, I was invited to spend one winter in Cosimo Bambi's group at Fudan University in China, where we did several projects on testing the Kerr black hole hypothesis and one project related to wormholes in alternative theories of gravity with Diego Rubiera-Garcia.
Preprints:
1. A. Cardenas-Avendano, A. Gutierrez, L. A. Pachon, N. Yunes, “The exact dynamical Chern Simons metric for a spinning black hole possesses a fourth constant of motion: A Dynamical-Systems-Based Conjecture”. ArXiv preprint: arXiv:1804.04002
Publications as first author or in alphabetical order:
That is me working on my laptop while Aitana gets bored.
Publications as co-author:
6. Z. Cao, A. Cardenas-Avendano, M. Zhou, C. Bambi, C. A. R. Herdeiro, E. Radu, “
Iron K\alpha line of boson stars”. Journal Of Cosmology And Astroparticle Physics, 10 (2016) 003.