Conveners
Black Holes to probe General Relativity
- Matteo Della Rocca (University of Pisa)
- Michele Vacatello (University of Pisa)
Black holes in effective field theories, such as scalar-Gauss-Bonnet and dynamical Chern-Simons gravity, offer interesting alternatives to the Kerr solution that can be tested observationally. Interestingly, the deviations from GR can be not only quantitative but strong quantitative differences can also appear. This includes the appearance of jumps between stable branches of solutions,...
Extreme Mass Ratio Inspirals (EMRIs), binary systems with a secondary stellar mass compact object inspiralling into a massive black hole, are among the main targets for LISA, as they harbour the potential for precise strong gravity tests. Although the description of these systems in modified theories of gravity can be drastically complex, for a vast class of theories with additional scalar...
