Bryn Mawr College Physics Colloquium

Black holes and the many faces of holography

Dr. Sera Cremonini
Cambridge University and Texas A&M
Monday 7 November 2011

Abstract:  The past decade has seen the emergence of a holographic duality relating certain gravitational theories to quantum field theories.  The duality has lead to new insights into quantum gravity and most notably into the microscopic nature of black holes.  It has also proven to be a useful tool for probing the dynamical behavior of field theories that are strongly coupled, with applications ranging from QCD to condensed matter systems.  In this talk I will review some of these developments, and focus on recent progress in the context of applications to hydrodynamics.