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Aspects of Black Holes

Troels Harmark - Nordita, Stockholm
 
  The plan of the course is:  
 
    4D black holes.
  • BH mechanics.
  • BH thermodynamics
  • Information paradox.
      • Black holes and branes in higher dimensions.
  • Black branes.
  • Energy-momentum tensor
  • Dynamics of black branes: Effective long wave length description
  • Stationary blackfolds
  • New types of black holes in higher dimensions
      • Advanced topics
  • Gregory-Laflamme instability as an unstable sound mode.
  • Thermal DBI action and the hot BIon.
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      Lecture notes  
      Bibliography:
     
      R. Emparan, T. Harmark, V. Niarchos, N.A. Obers, Essentials of Blackfold Dynamics
      R. Emparan, T. Harmark, V. Niarchos, N.A. Obers, New horizons for black holes and branes
      R. Emparan, T. Harmark, V. Niarchos, N.A. Obers, Blackfold approach for higher-dimensional black holes Acta Phys. Polon. B40 (2009) 3459-3506
      J. Camps, R. Emparan, N. Haddad, Black brane viscosity and the Gregory-Laflamme instability
      G. Grignani, T. Harmark, A. Marini, N.A. Obers, M. Orselli, Heating up the BIon
      R. Emparan, T. Harmark, V. Niarchos, N.A. Obers, Blackfolds in supergravity and string theory
      G. Grignani, T. Harmark, A. Marini, M. Orselli, Thermal DBI action for the D3-brane at weak and strong coupling