TESTING GENERAL RELATIVITY IN THE STRONG GRAVITY REGIME

最近由LIGO直接探测到的引力波标志着重力新时代的开始。用引力波观测来对抗广义相对论和其他理论的预测是一个新的前沿。在这个方向上的第一步是理解黑洞和致密恒星的结构和动力学，因为它们是引力波的主要来源。这是这个项目的主要目标。更具体的目标包括静止黑洞和致密恒星的研究，引力坍缩和黑洞形成的建模，以及双星系统动态演化的研究。

The recent direct detection of gravitational waves by LIGO marks the beginning of a new era in gravity. Confronting the predictions of general relativity and of alternative theories with gravitational wave observations is a new frontier. The first in this direction is to understand the structure and the dynamics of black holes and compact stars in alternative theories of gravity, as these are the primary source of gravitational waves. This is the main goal on this project. More specific objective include the study of quiescent black holes and compact stars, modelling of gravitational collapse and black hole formation, and the study of the dynamical evolution of binary systems.