Abstract:The analysis of the properties of the X-ray radiation emitted from geometrically thin accretion disks around black holes can be a powerful tool to test General Relativity in the strong field regime.Th...The analysis of the properties of the X-ray radiation emitted from geometrically thin accretion disks around black holes can be a powerful tool to test General Relativity in the strong field regime.This chapter reviews the state-of-theart of gravity tests with black hole X-ray data.So far, most efforts have been devoted to test the Kerr hypothesis -namely that the spacetime around astrophysical black holes is described by the Kerr solution -and X-ray data can currently provide among the most stringent constraints on possible deviations from the Kerr geometry.As of now, all X-ray analyses are consistent with the predictions of General Relativity.Read More
Publication Year: 2024
Publication Date: 2024-01-01
Language: en
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Title: $Testing Gravity with Black Hole X-Ray Data
Abstract: The analysis of the properties of the X-ray radiation emitted from geometrically thin accretion disks around black holes can be a powerful tool to test General Relativity in the strong field regime.This chapter reviews the state-of-theart of gravity tests with black hole X-ray data.So far, most efforts have been devoted to test the Kerr hypothesis -namely that the spacetime around astrophysical black holes is described by the Kerr solution -and X-ray data can currently provide among the most stringent constraints on possible deviations from the Kerr geometry.As of now, all X-ray analyses are consistent with the predictions of General Relativity.