SPS Journal Club: “Journey to the Centre of the Black Hole” by Matthew J. Blacker

Strings, Pheno and the Swampland (SPS) Journal Club. Every Thursday at 12:00 in the Red Room.

Title: “Journey to the Centre of the Black Hole”

Venue & Time: Red Room / 12:00

Speaker: Matthew J. Blacker

Abstract: What can we say about holographic theories, given what we know about the bulk? Conversely, how can we use holographic theories to probe regions of the bulk where classical physics breaks down? This talk will explore the link between bulk canonical quantum gravity and holographic theories, using radial Wheeler-DeWitt states as the bridge. We will discuss how Wheeler-DeWitt states can be used a) to constrain putative holographic duals to de Sitter space, and b) to probe the interior of black holes and the (chaotic) approach to the singularity. Finally, we will explain how these radial states relate to $T^2(+ \Lambda_2)$ deformed field theories.