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strong-field gravity

(gravity much stronger than in the solar system such as near a black hole)

Strong-field gravity is gravity in the region of an object of sufficient mass that the effects of general relativity (GR), such as gravitational waves, are pronounced. The solar system shows the effects of general relativity, but only through very precise measurement. Near a black hole or neutron star, these effects are striking and Newtonian mechanics produce a very poor estimate at best. Strong-field gravity physics is the study of physical laws in this regime.


(physics,gravity,neutron stars,black holes)
Further reading:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_relativity
https://sci.esa.int/documents/33859/36320/1567254233332-Barret_final_2.pdf
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021PhRvX..11d1050K/abstract

Referenced by pages:
areal coordinate system
black hole shadow
Chern-Simons gravity
extreme mass ratio inspiral (EMRI)
gravitational collapse
gravitational potential energy
gravitomagnetic field
Kelvin-Helmholtz mechanism (KH mechanism)
Kepler's laws
LARES
Lense-Thirring effect
numerical relativity (NR)
Penrose Compton scattering (PCS)
photon sphere
relativistic astrophysics
surface gravity (g)
tidal force
ZAMO frame

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