Bethe Forum
Lecture Series on
Black Holes in String Theory
February 25 to March 1, 2019
Bethe Center for Theoretical Physics
Bonn, Germany
by
Iosif Bena
IPhT, CEA Saclay
Abstract:
The physics of black holes puts in sharp conflict Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity, the two founding pillars of modern physics.
I will review the construction of black holes in String Theory, and several important development steps towards solving this conflict, such as the counting of black hole entropy using D-branes, the construction of horizonless solutions that correspond to the microstates of black holes, and the AdS$_3$ and AdS$_2$ holographic analysis of black holes and their microstates.