Video URL
https://pirsa.org/14110094Colloquium - Testing gravity in the centre of the Galaxy
APA
Kramer, M. (2014). Colloquium - Testing gravity in the centre of the Galaxy. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/14110094
MLA
Kramer, Michael. Colloquium - Testing gravity in the centre of the Galaxy. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Nov. 12, 2014, https://pirsa.org/14110094
BibTex
@misc{ scivideos_PIRSA:14110094, doi = {10.48660/14110094}, url = {https://pirsa.org/14110094}, author = {Kramer, Michael}, keywords = {Strong Gravity}, language = {en}, title = {Colloquium - Testing gravity in the centre of the Galaxy}, publisher = {Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics}, year = {2014}, month = {nov}, note = {PIRSA:14110094 see, \url{https://scivideos.org/index.php/pirsa/14110094}} }
Michael Kramer Max Planck Institute for Astronomy
Abstract
The supermassive black hole in the centre of the Milky Way, Sgr A*, is an ideal target for testing the properties of black holes. A number of experiments are being prepared or conducted, such as the monitoring of stellar orbits, the search for radio pulsars or the recording of an image of the shadow of a event horizon. The talk puts these efforts in context with other tests of general relativity and its alternatives. I will also compare the approaches in the Galactic centre, while concentrating in particular on the prospects of using pulsars as probes, also in combination with event horizon imaging.