Black holes as gravity laboratories

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• Thomas Sotiriou (University of Nottingham)
• Friday 21 February 2014, 13:00-14:00
• Pavilion B Potter Room (B1.19).

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I will argue that black holes can act as natural laboratories for the gravitational interaction and for distinguishing between general relativity and alternative theories. In order to support this claim, I will consider black holes in scalar-tensor gravity and in Lorentz-violating theories as characteristic examples.

This talk is part of the DAMTP Friday GR Seminar series.

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