Testing the nature of dark compact objects: a status report
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Testing the nature of dark compact objects : a status report. / Cardoso, Vitor; Pani, Paolo.
I: Living Reviews in Relativity, Bind 22, 4, 08.07.2019.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Review › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Testing the nature of dark compact objects
T2 - a status report
AU - Cardoso, Vitor
AU - Pani, Paolo
PY - 2019/7/8
Y1 - 2019/7/8
N2 - Very compact objects probe extreme gravitational fields and may be the key to understand outstanding puzzles in fundamental physics. These include the nature of dark matter, the fate of spacetime singularities, or the loss of unitarity in Hawking evaporation. The standard astrophysical description of collapsing objects tells us that massive, dark and compact objects are black holes. Any observation suggesting otherwise would be an indication of beyond-the-standard-model physics. Null results strengthen and quantify the Kerr black hole paradigm. The advent of gravitational-wave astronomy and precise measurements with very long baseline interferometry allow one to finally probe into such foundational issues. We overview the physics of exotic dark compact objects and their observational status, including the observational evidence for black holes with current and future experiments.
AB - Very compact objects probe extreme gravitational fields and may be the key to understand outstanding puzzles in fundamental physics. These include the nature of dark matter, the fate of spacetime singularities, or the loss of unitarity in Hawking evaporation. The standard astrophysical description of collapsing objects tells us that massive, dark and compact objects are black holes. Any observation suggesting otherwise would be an indication of beyond-the-standard-model physics. Null results strengthen and quantify the Kerr black hole paradigm. The advent of gravitational-wave astronomy and precise measurements with very long baseline interferometry allow one to finally probe into such foundational issues. We overview the physics of exotic dark compact objects and their observational status, including the observational evidence for black holes with current and future experiments.
KW - Black holes
KW - Event horizon
KW - Gravitational waves
KW - Quantum gravity
KW - Singularities
KW - SUPERMASSIVE BLACK-HOLE
KW - BOSON-FERMION STARS
KW - X-RAY BINARIES
KW - QUASI-NORMAL MODES
KW - EQUATION-OF-STATE
KW - GENERAL-RELATIVITY
KW - GRAVITATIONAL-RADIATION
KW - ANISOTROPIC STARS
KW - MULTIPOLE MOMENTS
KW - WAVE-EQUATIONS
U2 - 10.1007/s41114-019-0020-4
DO - 10.1007/s41114-019-0020-4
M3 - Review
VL - 22
JO - Living Reviews in Relativity
JF - Living Reviews in Relativity
SN - 2367-3613
M1 - 4
ER -
ID: 299199557