Nominator's project description
| Prof. Jiri Bicak is well known internationally for his research in
general relativity theory and related astrophysical topics. He has made
important contributions to the theory of the formation of black holes
through gravitational collapse and various properties of black holes.
Partly in connection with this work he constructed models of systems
emitting gravitational waves. Prof. Bicak is the leading figure in the
efforts to use exact solutions of Einstein's field equations to
illustrate characteristic consequences of general relativity which, in
realistic cases, can be treated only approximately or numerically.
During his stay in Germany, Prof. Bicak intends to extend the last
mentioned work and to elaborate a class of relativistic gravitational
fields with a special symmetry related to particle motion as well as
gravitational waves; he is co-organizing a workshop on these questions,
to be held at the Einstein Institute next January.
Prof. Bicak combines a large variety of mathematical methods with
intuitive physical insight.
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