Gravitational physics in the context of Indian astronomy: A vision document

Abstract

Contributions from the Indian gravity community have played a significant role in shaping several branches of astronomy and astrophysics. This document reviews some of the most important contributions and presents a vision for gravity research in the context of astronomy \& astrophysics in India. This is an expanded version of one of the chapters in the recently released Vision Document of the Astronomical Society of India.

Published in JoAA special issue "Indian Astronomy in the Global Context: A compendium of white papers submitted towards the Astronomical Society of India Vision Document (2024"

References in corpus (17)

• Monitoring stellar orbits around the Massive Black Hole in the Galactic Center
• Neutron Star Structure and the Equation of State
• Measuring Distance and Properties of the Milky Way's Central Supermassive Black Hole with Stellar Orbits
• Swope Supernova Survey 2017a (SSS17a), the Optical Counterpart to a Gravitational Wave Source
• Horizon-scale tests of gravity theories and fundamental physics from the Event Horizon Telescope image of Sagittarius A${}^{\ast }$
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• The Neutron Star Mass-Radius Relation and the Equation of State of Dense Matter
• Universal Interferometric Signatures of a Black Hole's Photon Ring
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• Black hole flares: ejection of accreted magnetic flux through 3D plasmoid-mediated reconnection
• Constraining the neutron star equation of state with gravitational wave signals from coalescing binary neutron stars
• The Raychaudhuri equations: a brief review
• Extracting black-hole rotational energy: The generalized Penrose process
• Reference Array and Design Consideration for the next-generation Event Horizon Telescope
• A brief overview of black hole-neutron star mergers
• Nanohertz Gravitational Wave Astronomy during the SKA Era: An InPTA perspective