In the workshop we plan to discuss the recent progress in understanding the classical and quantum properties of black holes. In particular, the progress towards the solving the so-called information puzzle and the identification of the microscopic degrees of freedom of black holes.
CONVENORS
LE STUDIUM RESEARCH PROFESSOR
FROM: University of Cambridge, UK
IN RESIDENCE AT: LMPT, CNRS, Université François-Rabelais, Tours, FR
Pr Sergey Solodukhin
LMPT, CNRS, Université François-Rabelais, Tours, FR
Invited speakers
- Pr Christopher Pope - Texas A&M University
- Pr Gabriele Veneziano - College de France
- Pr Georgi Dvali - Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munchen
- Pr Nicholas Warner - University of Southern California
- Pr Mirjam Cvetic - University of Pennsylvania
- Pr Carlo Rovelli - Aix-Marseille Université
- Pr Michael Volkov - University of Tours
- Dr Karim Noui - University of Tours
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Programme
Day 1 – Monday 30/05/2016
- 09:00-09:30: Welcome coffee
- 09:30-10:00: Openning by LE STUDIUM
- 10:00-11:00: Pr Gary Gibbons
"Black Hole Theory: where is it going?" - 11:00-11:30: Coffee break
- 11:30-12:30: Pr Michael Volkov - University of Tours
"Hairy black holes in the XX-th and XXI-st centuries" - 12:30-14:30: Lunch
- 14:30 -15:30: Pr Mirjam Cvetic - University of Pennsylvania
"Black hole thermodynamics from variational principle: Asymptotically conical backgrounds" - 15:30-16:00: Coffee break
- 16:00-17:00: Pr Christopher Pope - Texas A&M University
"Black Holes In Einstein Scalar, Proca and Higher-Derivative Theories" - 17:00-18:00: Pr Nicholas Warner - University of Southern California
"Solitons and black-hole microstate structure" - 18:00-18:30: Wine & Cheese cocktail
Day 2 - Tuesday 31/05/2016
- 09:00-09:30: Coffee
- 09:30-10:00: Pr Sergey Solodukhin
"Newton constant, entanglement entropy and black holes " - 10:00-11:00: Pr Carlo Rovelli - Aix-Marseille Université
"How long does a black hole take to decay via quantum gravitational tunneling?" - 11:00-11:30: Coffee break
- 11:30-12:30: Dr Karim Noui - University of Tours
"Microstates of Black Holes from the point of view of Loop Quantum Gravity" - 12:30 -14:30: Lunch
- 14:30-15:30: Pr Georgi Dvali - Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munchen
"Black hole quantum computing (in labs and in the sky)" - 15:30-16:00: Coffee break
- 16:00-17:00: Pr Gabriele Veneziano - College de France
"S-matrix approach to gravitational scattering, bremsstrahlung, and collapse” - 17:00-18:00: General discussion
- 18:00: Closing
