Title: Black Holes and the Holographic Principle

Abstract: Black holes are a current research focus due to recent discoveries and Nobel prizes. This talk explains what black holes are, how to discover them, and why they suggest the holographic principle, a milestone on our path toward the elusive theory of quantum gravity.

Profile: Daniel Grumiller is professor at the Institute for Theoretical Physics at TU Wien in Vienna, Austria. He is head of the black holes research group since 2009, after returning to his alma mater from postdoc positions with Roman Jackiw at MIT and Dmitri Vassilevich at Leipzig University. His research focus is on black holes and the holographic principle. For details of his research, see his home page.

Language: English, no interpretation.

Target audience: General audience / everyone at OIST and beyond.
Freely accessible to all OIST members and guests without registration.

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