PIRSA:14110094

Colloquium - Testing gravity in the centre of the Galaxy

Kramer, M. (2014). Colloquium - Testing gravity in the centre of the Galaxy. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/14110094

Kramer, Michael. Colloquium - Testing gravity in the centre of the Galaxy. Perimeter Institute, Nov. 12, 2014, https://pirsa.org/14110094 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:14110094,
            doi = {10.48660/14110094},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/14110094},
            author = {Kramer, Michael},
            keywords = {Strong Gravity},
            language = {en},
            title = {Colloquium - Testing gravity in the centre of the Galaxy},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2014},
            month = {nov},
            note = {PIRSA:14110094 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Michael Kramer Max Planck Institute for Astronomy

DOI 10.48660/14110094
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Talk Type Scientific Series
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Abstract

The supermassive black hole in the centre of the Milky Way, Sgr A*, is an ideal target for testing the properties of black holes. A number of experiments are being prepared or conducted, such as the monitoring of stellar orbits, the search for radio pulsars or the recording of an image of the shadow of a event horizon. The talk puts these efforts in context with other tests of general relativity and its alternatives. I will also compare the approaches in the Galactic centre, while concentrating in particular on the prospects of using pulsars as probes, also in combination with event horizon imaging.