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HEP@VUB meetings

Thursday 10 Nov 2016, 12:00 → 13:00 Europe/Brussels

Jean Sacton seminar room (1G003) (Universe)

Jean Sacton seminar room (1G003)

Universe

Description

External speaker: Masaki Shigemori (Queen Mary University of London)

Participants

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Alberto Mariotti
Alex S
Anxo Biasi
Ben Craps
Chris Blair
David Vannerom
Denys Lontkovskyi
Diego Beghin
Dries Coone
Freya Blekman
Hugo Delannoy
Isabelle De Bruyn
Jonas Verhellen
Kentarou Mawatari
Krijn de Vries
Laura
Leonidas Kalousis
Lieselotte Moreels
Marine De Clerck
Matthias Vereecken
Nicolas Postiau
Quentin Python
Sarosi Gabor
Shimaa Abu Zeid
Sibylle Driezen
Tim De Jonckheere
Vincent Luyten
Wenxing Fang

- 12:00 → 13:00
  
  Black Hole Microstates and String Theory¶ 1h
  
  The black hole is one of the the most intriguing objects in our universe. Although its classical properties are well understood, its quantum, microscopic nature is poorly understood. String theory has been successful in explaining certain quantum aspects of black holes, but there still remain many unresolved problems. In this talk, I will first review the studies of black holes in string theory, in particular recent developments about what microscopic structure may be underlying macroscopic black holes. Then, I will discuss more recent developments in realizing black hole microstates in the framework of supergravity and string theory generalization thereof, as non-trivial configurations of string theory objects.
  
  Speaker: Masaki Shigemori