Theoretical Physics Colloquium
Exact quantum entropy of black holes 1. From Bekenstein-Hawking to AdS_2 functional integrals
by Dr. Sameer Murthy (TIFR)
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
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(Asia/Kolkata)
at Colaba Campus ( AG-69 )
at Colaba Campus ( AG-69 )
Description |
The pioneering work of Bekenstein and Hawking in the 70's produced a universal area law for black hole entropy valid in the infinite size limit. Higher derivative and quantum corrections to the action induce finite size corrections to the black hole entropy. I shall describe a framework to take these effects into account in a systematic manner for extremal black holes . I shall then report on progress in the computation of the \emph{exact} quantum entropy of supersymmetric black holes in a supersymmetric theory of gravity. This involves computing a functional integral on $AdS_2$ pace. I will end by sketching the basic ideas in the computation of the quantum entropy for black holes in superstring theory. |
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Organised by | Dr. Vikram Tripathi |