Finn Larsen - Thermodynamics of near extremal black holes in AdS5

Mathematical and Theoretical Physics Seminar, October 12, 2023

Finn Larsen, University of Michigan

The phase diagram of near extremal black holes is surprisingly rich.  In some regimes quantum effects are so strong that they dominate. On the supersymmetric locus there is a large ground state degeneracy protected by a gap. Throughout, there is an intricate classical interplay between charge and rotation. The talk reviews some of the physical mechanisms and highlights some unresolved tensions between claims in the literature.