Hector O. Silva
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Dissertation and thesis
BSc. degree thesis:
Solução exata para a densidade de energia dentro de uma cavidade não-estacionária com um estado inicial arbitrário do campo e aplicações
Supervisor: Danilo T. Alves
Institution: Universidade Federal do Pará
MSc. degree dissertation:
Efeito Casimir dinâmico em 1+1 dimensões
Supervisor: Danilo T. Alves and Carlos Farina
Institution: Universidade Federal do Pará
PhD. degree dissertation:
Compact objects in relativistic theories of gravity
Supervisor: Emanuele Berti
Institution: University of Mississippi
Papers in peer-reviewed journals
Quantum radiation force on the moving mirror of a cavity, with Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions for a vacuum, finite temperature, and a coherent state
Danilo T. Alves, Edney R. Granhen, Hector O. Silva, and Mateus G. Lima
Phys. Rev. D 81 025016 (2010)
Exact behavior of the energy density inside an one-dimensional oscillating cavity with a thermal state
Danilo T. Alves, Edney R. Granhen, Hector O. Silva, and Mateus G. Lima
Phys. Lett. A 374 3899-3907 (2010)
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arXiv:1002.2238
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Simple model for the dynamical Casimir effect for a static mirror with time-dependent properties
Hector O. Silva and C. Farina
Phys. Rev. D 84 045003 (2011)
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arXiv:1102.2238
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New signatures of the dynamical Casimir effect in a superconducting circuit
Andreson L. C. Rego, Hector O. Silva, Danilo T. Alves, and C. Farina
Phys. Rev. D 90 025003 (2014)
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arXiv:1405.3720
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Torsional oscillations of neutron stars in scalar-tensor theory of gravity
Hector O. Silva, Hajime Sotani, Emanuele Berti, and Michael Horbatsch
Phys. Rev. D 90 124044 (2014)
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arXiv:1410.2511
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Slowly rotating anisotropic neutron stars in general relativity and scalar-tensor theory
Hector O. Silva, Caio F. B. Macedo, Emanuele Berti, and Luís C. B. Crispino
Class. Quantum Grav. 32 145008 (2015)
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arXiv:1411.6286
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Post-Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff formalism for relativistic stars
Kostas Glampedakis, George Pappas, Hector O. Silva, and Emanuele Berti
Phys. Rev. D 92 024056 (2015)
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arXiv:1504.02455
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Tensor-multi-scalar theories: relativistic stars and 3+1 decomposition
Michael Horbatsch, Hector O. Silva, Davide Gerosa, Paolo Pani, Emanuele Berti, Leonardo Gualtieri, and Ulrich Sperhake
Class. Quantum Grav. 32 204001 (2015)
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arXiv:1505.07462
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Slowly rotating black hole solutions in Horndeski gravity
Andrea Maselli, Hector O. Silva, Masato Minamitsuji, and Emanuele Berti
Phys. Rev. D 92 104049 (2015)
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arXiv:1508.03044
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Low-mass neutron stars: universal relations, the nuclear symmetry energy and gravitational radiation
Hector O. Silva, Hajime Sotani, and Emanuele Berti
MNRAS 459 4378 (2016)
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arXiv:1601.03407
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Relativistic stars in scalar-tensor theories with disformal coupling
Masato Minamitsuji and Hector O. Silva
Phys. Rev. D 93 124041 (2016)
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arXiv:1604.07742
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Neutron stars in Horndeski gravity
Andrea Maselli, Hector O. Silva, Masato Minamitsuji, and Emanuele Berti
Phys. Rev. D 93 124056 (2016)
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arXiv:1603.04876
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Astrophysical applications of the post-Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff formalism
Kostas Glampedakis, George Pappas, Hector O. Silva, and Emanuele Berti
Phys. Rev. D 94 044030 (2016)
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arXiv:1606.05106
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Chosen as Editor's Suggestion.
Post-Kerr black hole spectroscopy
Kostas Glampedakis, George Pappas, Hector O. Silva, and Emanuele Berti
Phys. Rev. D 96 064054 (2017)
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arXiv:1706.07658
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I-Love-Q to the extreme
Hector O. Silva and Nicolás Yunes
Class. Quant. Grav. 35 015005 (2017)
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arXiv:1710.00919
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Evidence for a maximum mass cut-off in the neutron star mass distribution and constraints on the equation of state
Justin Alsing, Hector O. Silva, and Emanuele Berti
MNRAS 478 1377 (2018)
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arXiv:1709.07889
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Spontaneous scalarization of black holes and compact stars from a Gauss-Bonnet coupling
Hector O. Silva, Jeremy Sakstein, Leonardo Gualtieri, Thomas P. Sotiriou, and Emanuele Berti
Phys. Rev. Lett. 120, 131104 (2018)
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arXiv:1711.02080
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Neutron star pulse profiles in scalar-tensor theories of gravity
Hector O. Silva and Nicolás Yunes
Phys. Rev. D 99, 044034 (2019)
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arxiv:1808.04391
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On the stability of scalarized black hole solutions in scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity
Hector O. Silva, Caio F. B. Macedo, Thomas P. Sotiriou, Leonardo Gualtieri, Jeremy Sakstein, and Emanuele Berti
Phys. Rev. D 99, 064011 (2019)
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arXiv:1812.05590
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Self-interactions and spontaneous black hole scalarization
Caio F. B. Macedo, Jeremy Sakstein, Emanuele Berti, Leonardo Gualtieri, Hector O. Silva, and Thomas P. Sotiriou
Phys. Rev. D 99, 104041 (2019)
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arXiv:1903.06784
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Neutron star x-ray burst oscillations as extreme gravity probes
Hector O. Silva and Nicolás Yunes
Class. Quantum Grav. 36, 17LT01 (2019)
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arXiv:1902.10269
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Finite size effects on the light curves of slowly-rotating neutron stars
Hajime Sotani, Hector O. Silva, and George Pappas
Phys. Rev. D 100, 043006 (2019)
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arXiv:1905.07668
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The exterior spacetime of relativistic stars in scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity
Alexander Saffer, Hector O. Silva, and Nicolás Yunes
Phys. Rev. D 100, 044030 (2019)
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arXiv:1903.07779
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Eikonal quasinormal modes of black holes beyond general relativity
Kostas Glampedakis and Hector O. Silva
Phys. Rev. D 100, 044040 (2019)
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arXiv:1906.05455
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More than the sum of its parts: combining parameterized tests of extreme gravity
Hector O. Silva and Nicolás Yunes
Phys. Rev. D 100, 084034 (2019)
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arXiv:1906.00485
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Fundamental physics implications for higher-curvature theories from binary black hole signals
in the LIGO-Virgo Catalog GWTC-1
Remya Nair, Scott Perkins, Hector O. Silva, and Nicolás Yunes
Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 191101 (2019)
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Phys. Rev. Lett. 124, 169904(E) (2020)
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arXiv:1905.00870]
Cosmological attractors to general relativity and spontaneous scalarization with disformal coupling
Hector O. Silva and Masato Minamitsuji
Phys. Rev. D 100, 104012 (2019)
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arXiv:1909.11756
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Eikonal quasinormal modes of black holes beyond general relativity II: generalized scalar-tensor perturbations
Hector O. Silva and Kostas Glampedakis
Phys. Rev. D 101, 044051 (2020)
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arXiv:1912.09286
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Spin-induced scalarized black holes
Carlos A. R. Herdeiro, Eugen Radu, Hector O. Silva, Thomas P. Sotiriou, and Nicolás Yunes
Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 011103 (2021)
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arXiv:2009.03904
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The surface of rapidly-rotating neutron stars: implications to neutron star parameter estimation
Hector O. Silva, George Pappas, Nicolás Yunes, and Kent Yagi
Phys. Rev. D 103, 063038 (2021)
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arXiv:2008.05565
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The role of strong gravity and the nuclear equation of state on neutron-star common-envelope accretion
A. Miguel Holgado, Hector O. Silva, Paul M. Ricker, and Nicolás Yunes
Astrophys. J. Lett. 910 L22 (2021)
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arXiv:2101.08267
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Astrophysical and theoretical physics implications from multimessenger neutron star observations
Hector O. Silva, A. Miguel Holgado, Alejandro Cárdenas-Avendaño, and Nicolás Yunes
Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 181101 (2021)
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arXiv:2004.01253
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Chosen as Editor's Suggestion. See also Viewpoint
article
in
Physics
by Daniela Doneva.
A square peg in a circular hole: choosing the right ansatz for isolated black holes in generic gravitational theories
Yiqi Xie, Jun Zhang, Hector O. Silva, Claudia de Rham, Helvi Witek, and Nicolás Yunes
Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 241104 (2021)
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arXiv:2103.03925
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Dynamical descalarization in binary black hole mergers
Hector O. Silva, Helvi Witek, Matthew Elley, and Nicolás Yunes
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 031101 (2021)
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arXiv:2012.10436
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Improved gravitational-wave constraints on higher-order curvature theories of gravity
Scott E. Perkins, Remya Nair, Hector O. Silva, and Nicolás Yunes
Phys. Rev. D 104, 024060 (2021)
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arXiv:2104.11189
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Eikonal quasinormal modes of black holes beyond general relativity III: scalar Gauss-Bonnet gravity
Albert Bryant, Hector O. Silva, Kent Yagi, and Kostas Glampedakis
Phys. Rev. D 104, 044051 (2021)
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arXiv:2106.09657
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Ghost of vector fields in compact stars
Hector O. Silva, Andrew Coates, Fethi M. Ramazanoglu, and Thomas P. Sotiriou
Phys. Rev. D 105, 024046 (2022)
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arXiv:2110.04594
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Quasinormal modes of slowly-rotating black holes in dynamical Chern-Simons gravity
Pratik Wagle, Nicolás Yunes, and Hector O. Silva
Phys. Rev. D 105, 124003 (2022)
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arXiv:2103.09913
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Black hole sensitivities in Einstein-scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity
Félix-Louis Julié, Hector O. Silva, Emanuele Berti, and Nicolás Yunes
Phys. Rev. D 105, 124031 (2022)
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arXiv:2202.01329
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Spin-induced dynamical scalarization, de-scalarization and stealthness in scalar-Gauss-Bonnet gravity during black hole coalescence
Matthew Elley, Hector O. Silva, Helvi Witek, and Nicolás Yunes
Phys. Rev. D 106, 044018 (2022)
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arXiv:2205.06240
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Black-hole ringdown as a probe of higher-curvature gravity theories
Hector O. Silva, Abhirup Ghosh, and Alessandra Buonanno
Phys. Rev. D 107, 044030 (2023)
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arXiv:2205.05132
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Tests of general relativity in the nonlinear regime: a parametrized plunge-merger-ringdown gravitational waveform model
Elisa Maggio, Hector O. Silva, Alessandra Buonanno, and Abhirup Ghosh
Phys. Rev. D 108, 024043 (2023)
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arXiv:2212.09655
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Gravitoelectric dynamical tides at second post-Newtonian order
Manoj K. Mandal, Pierpaolo Mastrolia, Hector O. Silva, Raj Patil, and Jan Steinhoff
J. High Energ. Phys. 2023, 67 (2023)
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arXiv:2304.02030
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Gravitational radiation from a particle plunging into a Schwarzschild black hole: frequency-domain and semi-relativistic analyses
Hector O. Silva, Giovanni Tambalo, Kostas Glampedakis, and Kent Yagi
Phys. Rev. D 109, 024036 (2024)
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arXiv:2308.14823
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Renormalizing Love: tidal effects at the third post-Newtonian order
Manoj K. Mandal, Pierpaolo Mastrolia, Hector O. Silva, Raj Patil, and Jan Steinhoff
J. High Energ. Phys. 2024, 188 (2024)
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arXiv:2308.01865
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Manuscripts under review or accepted
Breaking black-hole uniqueness at supermassive scales
Astrid Eichhorn, Pedro G. S. Fernandes, Aaron Held, and Hector O. Silva
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arXiv:2312.11430
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Review papers
Testing General Relativity with present and future astrophysical observations
Emanuele Berti, (47 authors), Hector O. Silva, (5 authors)
Class. Quantum Grav. 32 243001 (2015)
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arXiv:1501.07274
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Spontaneous scalarization
Daniela D. Doneva, Fethi M. Ramazanoglu, Hector O. Silva, Thomas P. Sotiriou, and Stoytcho S. Yazadjiev
Rev. Mod. Phys. 96, 015004 (2024)
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arXiv:2211.01766
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Papers in conference proceedings
Time evolution of the energy density inside a one-dimensional non-static cavity with a vacuum, thermal and a coherent state
Danilo T. Alves, Edney R. Granhen, Mateus G. Lima, Hector O. Silva, and Andreson R. L. Rego
J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 161 012032 (2009)
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arXiv:0903.1305
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Time-dependent Robin boundary conditions in the dynamical Casimir effect
C. Farina, Hector O. Silva, Andreson L. C. Rego, and Danilo T. Alves
Int. J. Mod. Phys. Conf. Ser. 14 306 (2012)
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arXiv:1201.3846
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Compact objects in Horndeski gravity
Hector O. Silva, Andrea Maselli, Masato Minamitsuji, and Emanuele Berti
Int. J. Mod. Phys. D 25 1641006 (2016)
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arXiv:1602.05997
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Public code contributions
Canuda: a public numerical relativity library to probe fundamental physics
Helvi Witek, Miguel Zilhão, Gabriele Bozzola, Matthew Elley, Giuseppe Ficarra, Taishi Ikeda, Nicolas Sanchis-Gual, Hector O. Silva
10.5281/zenodo.7791842