Three dimensional gravity, its black holes, conformal symmetry and the remarkable application of the Cardy formula

Three dimensional gravity, its black holes, conformal symmetry and the remarkable application of the Cardy formula

Mon, 23/11/2009
12:00 		Max Banados (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and Oxford) String Theory Seminar Add to calendar L3
Three dimensional gravity, its black holes, conformal symmetry and the remarkable application of the Cardy formula
We give a review of several aspects of three dimensional gravity which were discovered long ago but remain active and present in the literature up to today.