The recent detections of gravitational waves from binary systems of black holes are in remarkable agreement with the predictions of General Relativity. In this pedagogical mini-review, I go through the physics of the different phases of the evolution of black hole binary systems, providing a qualitative physical interpretation of each one of them. I also briefly describe how these phases would be modified if gravitation were described by a theory extending or deforming General Relativity, or if the binary components turned out to be more exotic compact objects than black holes.
Black Holes in General Relativity and Beyond / Barausse, Enrico. - In: PROCEEDINGS. - ISSN 2504-3900. - 17:1(2019), pp. 1-15. ((Intervento presentato al convegno Recent Progress in Relativistic Astrophysics tenutosi a Shanghai, China nel 6-8 May 2019 [10.3390/proceedings2019017001].
Black Holes in General Relativity and Beyond
Barausse, Enrico
2019
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The recent detections of gravitational waves from binary systems of black holes are in remarkable agreement with the predictions of General Relativity. In this pedagogical mini-review, I go through the physics of the different phases of the evolution of black hole binary systems, providing a qualitative physical interpretation of each one of them. I also briefly describe how these phases would be modified if gravitation were described by a theory extending or deforming General Relativity, or if the binary components turned out to be more exotic compact objects than black holes.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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