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The entropy of Hawking radiation
Juan Maldacena (Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton)
Auditorium (Bldg 5, DESY Hamburg) and Zoom, 16:00h
Black holes are fascinating spacetime configurations predicted by general relativity. When quantum mechanics is taken into account, black holes are found to emit thermal radiation, called "Hawking radiation”. Recently, an interesting area formula for the quantum entropy of black holes was derived. This also leads to a surprising new way to compute the entropy of Hawking radiation. This result indicates that the black hole formation and evaporation could be consistent with standard quantum mechanical laws.
We invite you to attend the presentation in person at the DESY Auditorium. We will also offer a webcast for this colloquium.
Connection details at https://desy.zoom.us/j/99616528733
Meeting ID: 996 1652 8733
Meeting Password: 733220
