Testing black hole candidates with electromagnetic radiation
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2017-04-10 v4 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
Abstract
Astrophysical black hole candidates are thought to be the Kerr black holes of general relativity, but there is not yet direct observational evidence that the spacetime geometry around these objects is described by the Kerr solution. The study of the properties of the electromagnetic radiation emitted by gas or stars orbiting these objects can potentially test the Kerr black hole hypothesis. In this paper, I review the state of the art of this research field, describing the possible approaches to test the Kerr metric with current and future observational facilities and discussing current constraints.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1509.03884,
title = {Testing black hole candidates with electromagnetic radiation},
author = {Cosimo Bambi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1509.03884},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
47 pages, 26 figures. Invited review paper for Reviews of Modern Physics. v3: refereed version. v4: minor typos corrected