Speaker
Michael Kramer
(Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie)
Description
This year marks the anniversary of the discovery of the Hulse-Taylor pulsar, which ushered in a a new era in the study of relativistic gravity. This Nobel Prize-winning discovery not only provided evidence for the existence of gravitational waves, but also led to the development of new methods and new studies of phenomena under strong field conditions. These included effects such as light propagation and gravitational redshift, as well as precession of orbits and spins. This talk will give a brief update on the current state of the field, highlighting the unique precision of these strong field field tests and their range of applications.
Primary author
Michael Kramer
(Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie)
