Record: YesLevel: Graduate & UndergraduateLanguage: EnglishPrerequisite:Differential Geometry, Riemannian GeometryIntroduction:Black holes play a central role in general relativity and astrophysics. The Kerr solution of the Einstein equations describes a spacetime containing an isolated, rotating black hole. Following a brief introduction to the Cauchy problem for the Einstein equations, I will...
PrerequisiteGeneral Relativity, Field Theory, String TheoryAbstractStarting with an overview of the classical/semi-classical aspects of black holes, this course will emphasise black hole quantum aspects. We will review the basic aspects of these objects and their thermodynamics, the derivation of Hawking radiation and examine different formulations/resolutions of the information paradox. Then w...