Physics and Astrophysics of Black Holes with eXTP

Cosimo Bambi

Physics and Astrophysics of Black Holes with eXTP

High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena 2026-07-10 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Authors: Cosimo Bambi

Abstract

The enhanced X-ray Timing and Polarimetry (eXTP) mission will combine spectral, timing, and polarimetric techniques to study accreting black holes, measure their masses and spins, and test Einstein's theory of General Relativity in the strong-field regime. In this contribution, I review the capabilities of eXTP to advance our current understanding of black hole physics and astrophysics.

Keywords

eXTP black holes X-ray timing X-ray polarimetry general relativity accretion strong-field gravity

Cite

@article{arxiv.2607.09112,
  title  = {Physics and Astrophysics of Black Holes with eXTP},
  author = {Cosimo Bambi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2607.09112},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

12 pages, 3 figures. Talk given at the workshop "Frontier Research in Astrophysics - V" (Palermo, Italy, 15-20 June 2026)