Testing general relativity with accretion onto compact objects
Abstract
The X-ray emission of neutron stars and black holes presents a rich phenomenology that can help us answer: Does general relativity apply in the strong gravity regime? Are black holes described by the Kerr metric? We consider how to investigate these questions with a combination of high- spectral and high-timing resolution using TES arrays.
- Publication:
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Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society
- Pub Date:
- May 2019
- DOI:
- 10.48550/arXiv.1903.06760
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1903.06760
- Bibcode:
- 2019BAAS...51c.516C
- Keywords:
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- Astrophysics - High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
- E-Print:
- White paper submitted for Astro2020 Decadal Survey. 8 pages, 2 figures