28th Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics

Session

Public talk

15 Dec 2015, 19:30

International Conference Centre Geneva

498. Einstein’s legacy: 100 years of general relativity

Prof. Michael KRAMER (Max-Planck-Institut fuer Radioastronomie)

15/12/2015, 19:30

Talk

Einstein’s theory of general relativity revolutionised our understanding of the cosmos, its origin and its fate. Not surprisingly, it is one of the best tested theories, and so far all of its predictions have been confirmed. Einstein himself did not know many of the tests we can do today, 100 years after general relativity was presented by him. The most modern tests involve ultra-compact...