Speaker
Pedro Fernandes
(University of Heidelberg)
Description
In general relativity, all vacuum black holes are described by the Kerr metric. However, beyond general relativity, there is a prevailing expectation that deviations from the Kerr solution are more likely to manifest with increasing horizon curvature, making solar-mass black holes more promising grounds to test general relativity. In this talk I will challenge this expectation and discuss a model where black holes differ from Kerr only in a finite mass range, bounded from above and below. In particular, black-hole uniqueness can be broken at supermassive black-hole scales, while solar-mass black holes remain well-described by the Kerr solution.
Primary author
Pedro Fernandes
(University of Heidelberg)
Co-authors
Dr
Aaron Held
Prof.
Astrid Eichhorn
(University of Heidelberg)
Hector Silva
