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Organizing committee:
Local: Dr. Elías Castellanos Alcántara, Dra. Celia Escamilla Rivera, Dr. Peter Sloane (Chair).
Scientific Committee:
Prof. George Papadopoulos, King’s College London, UK. (Co-chair)
Prof. Antoine van Proeyen , KU Leuven, Belgium. (Co-chair)
Director Prof. Nathan Berkovits, ICTP-SAIFR, Brazil.
Prof. Mariano Chernicoff, UNAM, México.
Prof. Hugo Compean, CINVESTAV, IPN, México.
Prof. Oscar Loaiza Brito, Universidad de Guanajuato, México.
Prof. Mario Trigiante, Politecnico de Torino, Italy.
Since the discovery of the first black hole solutions of the theory of general relativity
an immense effort of countless researchers all over the world has gone into understanding
their nature. Indeed, the quest for a quantum theory of gravity is motivated by the need to
understand these objects. The discovery of Hawking radiation, leading to the evaporation of
black holes, led to the information paradox, which is still debated in the literature today. With
the discovery of string theory and the AdS/CFT correspondence, tools have become
available to work towards a microscopic description of the thermodynamic properties of
black holes. The detection of black holes at the centre of galactic nuclei by astrophysicists,
and the detection of gravitational waves, lends an impetus to fully understand these
theoretical considerations, to underpin advances in the modelling of observable objects, and
may even, with luck, allow the observation of new extremely high energy fundamental
physics. This school will equip its participants with the necessary tools to understand current
research in black hole physics, this year in the context of string theory and its low energy
limit supergravity and related theories.
Prof. Sarah Kaufmann (MCTP) will also give an accessible talk (O) on astrophysical
black holes and their observation. Participant discussion sessions (tutorials) in smaller
groups of up to 10 students will be led by the local organizers.
The school is directed at researchers at any level, Postdocs, Phd and Masters
students, and, exceptionally, final year undergraduate (licenciatura) students. Students will
be required to have studied first courses in general relativity, and quantum field theory, or, in
exceptional cases, provide ample evidence of self study having previously completed
courses in special relativity and quantum mechanics, such as work on an undergraduate
thesis, or participation in a relevant school. This school will equip its participants with the
necessary tools to understand current research in black hole physics in the context of string
theory and its low energy limit supergravity and related theories.