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Testing General Relativity with black hole X-ray data: recent progress and future developments

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2021-03-23 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena

Abstract

The theory of General Relativity has successfully passed a large number of observational tests. The theory has been extensively tested in the weak-field regime with experiments in the Solar System and observations of binary pulsars. The past five years have seen significant advancements in the study of the strong-field regime, which can now be tested with gravitational waves, X-ray data, and mm Very Long Baseline Interferometry observations. Here I summarize the state-of-the-art of the tests of General Relativity with black hole X-ray data, discussing its recent progress and future developments.

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@article{arxiv.2103.11365,
  title  = {Testing General Relativity with black hole X-ray data: recent progress and future developments},
  author = {Cosimo Bambi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.11365},
  year   = {2021}
}

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4 pages, 2 figures; contribution to the 2021 Gravitation session of the 55th Rencontres de Moriond

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