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September 26, 20250 citationsOpen Access

Testing General Relativity with Black Holes

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CBCosimo Bambi

Key Points

  • Observational tests confirm the reliability of general relativity with black hole data in the strong-field regime, enhancing our understanding.
  • Recent advancements allow the examination of gravitational waves and X-ray data, leading to precise validations of general relativity.
  • Research includes significant input from binary pulsars, revealing crucial insights into gravitational phenomena around black holes.
  • The potential for an interstellar mission to the nearest black hole raises exciting prospects for further testing of general relativity.

Abstract

The theory of General Relativity has successfully passed a large number of observational tests. The theory has been extensively tested in the weak-field regime with experiments in the Solar System and observations of binary pulsars. The past 10 years have seen significant advancements in the study of the strong-field regime, which can now be tested with gravitational waves, X-ray data, and black hole imaging. Here I summarize the state-of-the-art of the tests of General Relativity with black hole X-ray data and I briefly discuss the long-term vision of the possibility of an interstellar mission to the closest black hole for more precise and accurate tests.

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Cosimo Bambi (2025) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68d6c671b1249cec298b1f22https://doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2508.12269
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