New horizons for fundamental physics with LISA

KG Arun, E Belgacem, R Benkel, L Bernard… - Living Reviews in …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract The Laser Interferometer Space Antenna (LISA) has the potential to reveal wonders
about the fundamental theory of nature at play in the extreme gravity regime, where the …

Black holes, gravitational waves and fundamental physics: a roadmap

L Barack, V Cardoso, S Nissanke… - … and quantum gravity, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
70 AIM, UMR 7158, CEA/DRF, CNRS, Université Paris Diderot, Irfu/Service d'Astrophysique,
Centre de Saclay, FR-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Horizon-scale tests of gravity theories and fundamental physics from the Event Horizon Telescope image of Sagittarius A

S Vagnozzi, R Roy, YD Tsai, L Visinelli… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Horizon-scale images of black holes (BHs) and their shadows have opened an
unprecedented window onto tests of gravity and fundamental physics in the strong-field …

Constraints on black-hole charges with the 2017 EHT observations of M87

P Kocherlakota, L Rezzolla, H Falcke, CM Fromm… - Physical Review D, 2021 - APS
Our understanding of strong gravity near supermassive compact objects has recently
improved thanks to the measurements made by the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT). We use …

Prospects for fundamental physics with LISA

E Barausse, E Berti, T Hertog, SA Hughes… - General Relativity and …, 2020 - Springer
In this paper, which is of programmatic rather than quantitative nature, we aim to further
delineate and sharpen the future potential of the LISA mission in the area of fundamental …

Testing general relativity with present and future astrophysical observations

E Berti, E Barausse, V Cardoso… - … and Quantum Gravity, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
One century after its formulation, Einstein's general relativity (GR) has made remarkable
predictions and turned out to be compatible with all experimental tests. Most of these tests …

Theoretical physics implications of the binary black-hole mergers GW150914 and GW151226

N Yunes, K Yagi, F Pretorius - Physical review D, 2016 - APS
The gravitational wave observations GW150914 and GW151226 by Advanced LIGO provide
the first opportunity to learn about physics in the extreme gravity environment of coalescing …

Black hole hair in generalized scalar-tensor gravity: An explicit example

TP Sotiriou, SY Zhou - Physical Review D, 2014 - APS
In a recent paper we showed that in shift-symmetric Horndeski theory the scalar field is
forced to obtain a nontrivial configuration in black hole spacetimes, unless a linear coupling …

Can environmental effects spoil precision gravitational-wave astrophysics?

E Barausse, V Cardoso, P Pani - Physical Review D, 2014 - APS
No, within a broad class of scenarios. Gravitational-wave (GW) astronomy will open a new
window on compact objects such as neutron stars and black holes (BHs). It is often stated …

Black hole based tests of general relativity

K Yagi, LC Stein - Classical and Quantum Gravity, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
General relativity has passed all solar system experiments and neutron star based tests,
such as binary pulsar observations, with flying colors. A more exotic arena for testing …