PIRSA:14110094 Scientific Series Strong Gravity

DOI10.48660/14110094

Series: Colloquium

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 

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  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}}
}

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.

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