Black Holes
Lecture
Main Campus
Course Description
Gravitational collapse; Schwarzschild, Reissner-Nordstorm and Kerr black holes. The initial value problem and the Hamiltonian formulation of general relativity. Penrose diagrams; causal structure; the singularity and area theorems. Black holes thermodynamics; Hawking radiation and the information problem. Quantum gravity as an effective field theory. AdS/CFT; black holes in AdS and dS. The QES prescription and islands.
PHYSICS 364
Units: 3
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Typically Offered
Spring
Grading Basis
Letter or Credit/No Credit
Class Level
Graduate
Instructional Mode
In Person
Gen Ed Requirement(s)
None