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 7-8 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 mm Very Long Baseline Interferometry observations. In my talk, I will summarize the state-of-the-art of the tests of General Relativity with black hole X-ray data, discussing its recent progress and future developments.
BIOGRAPHY
Prof. Cosimo Bambi is currently Xie Xide Junior Chair Professor at the Department of Physics at Fudan University. He received the Laurea degree from Florence University in 2003 and the PhD degree from Ferrara University in 2007. He worked as a postdoctoral research scholar at Wayne State University, IPMU/The University of Tokyo, and LMU Munich. He joined Fudan University at the end of 2012 under the 1000 Young Talents Program. His main research interests focus on theoretical and observational studies on black holes. He has published about 200 papers on high impact factor journals as first or corresponding author, he has over 10,000 citations, and his h-index is 56. He has published several books with Springer, either as author and editor. He has received a number of awards, including the Magnolia Gold Award in 2022, the Magnolia Silver Award in 2018 from the Municipality of Shanghai, the International Excellent Young Scientists Award from NSFC in 2022, and the Xu Guangqi Prize in 2018.
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