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SUMMARY:Bumpy Black Holes and Extreme Mass-Ratio Inspirals - Nicolas Yunes
  (University of Montana)
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CONTACT:Pau Figueras
DESCRIPTION:Einstein's theory of General Relativity has passed all tests t
 o date in the quasi-stationary weak-field\, where the gravitational force 
 is weak and velocities are small. In the near future\, gravitational wave 
 detections will allow us to test Einstein's theory to new\, exciting level
 s in the strong-field regime\, such as in the neighborhood of black holes 
 and when compact objects collide. In particular\, the gravitational waves 
 emitted as a small object compact spirals into a supermassive black hole\,
  an extreme mass-ratio inspiral\, serve as a tracer of the latter's backgr
 ound geometry. Such a ``geometry'' map would\, for the first time\, allow 
 us to test the Kerr hypothesis and the black hole uniqueness theorems of G
 eneral Relativity. In this talk\, I will review recent work on black holes
  outside of General Relativity and extreme-mass ratio inspirals\, aimed at
  understanding how these new tests of Einstein's theory can be carried out
  in the coming era of precision gravitational wave astrophysics.
LOCATION:MR2\, Centre for Mathematical Sciences
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