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
2019-01-01

Abstract

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.
2019
Recent Progress in Relativistic Astrophysics, Shanghai, China, 6-8 May 2019.
17
1
1
15
https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.09199
MDPI
Barausse, Enrico
File in questo prodotto:
File Dimensione Formato  
proceedings-17-00001 (3).pdf

accesso aperto

Descrizione: DOAJ Open Access
Tipologia: Versione Editoriale (PDF)
Licenza: Creative commons
Dimensione 344.42 kB
Formato Adobe PDF
344.42 kB Adobe PDF Visualizza/Apri

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11767/92918
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus ND
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? ND
social impact