Speaker: 
David Turton
Speaker affiliation: 
University of Southampton
Date: 
Tuesday, May 7, 2019 - 12:00
Room: 
Seminar room (46/5081)
Title: 
Black Hole Microstates in Supergravity and String Theory
Abstract: 

The study of black hole internal structure in String Theory offers the potential to resolve the black hole information paradox. I will give an overview of recent work on constructing families of smooth horizonless supergravity solutions describing black hole microstates. I will also describe recent results on worldsheet descriptions of string dynamics in black hole microstate backgrounds, and holographic studies of black hole microstates. Slides can be found here.