Scientists / Open questions
Kip S. Thorne
General relativity; black holes; gravitational waves
2017 Nobel Prize in Physics
28 questions
Gauge dependence and numerical verification of momentum flow in black-hole-binary mergers: extending the Landau–Lifshitz post-Newtonian analysis through plunge, merger, and ringdown
Are massive black holes Kerr? Determining the spacetime geometry of galactic-center compact objects through EMRI mapping with LISA
Physical realizability of macroscopic traversable wormholes: exotic matter, stability, formation, safety, and chronology protection (the Morris-Thorne open questions)
Completing the systematic study of gravitational lensing for a camera near a fast-spinning Kerr black hole: caustics, critical curves, and multiple-image counts