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.
3 units · Letter or Credit/No Credit
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.
Offered in Spring 2027 at Stanford University.