Black Hole Thermodynamics, Then and Now

Edward Witten (IAS)

10-Jun-2021, 16:00-17:00 (5 years ago)

Abstract: I will review some the high points of black hole thermodynamics as it developed in the 1970's, and then try to give at least a hint of modern developments that involve a microscopic definition of entropy.

HEP - theorymathematical physics

Audience: researchers in the topic


QFT and Geometry

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Organizers: Ibou Bah, Jonathan Heckman, Ken Intriligator, Sara Pasquetti, Shlomo Razamat, Sakura Schafer-Nameki*, Alessandro Tomasiello
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