Emergent IR CFTs in black hole physics

Emergent IR CFTs in black hole physics

Mon, 28/11/2011
12:00 		Joan Simon (University of Edinburgh) String Theory Seminar Add to calendar L3
Emergent IR CFTs in black hole physics
I will discuss the dynamical emergence of IR conformal invariance describing the low energy excitations of near-extremal R-charged global AdS$ {}_5 $ black holes. To keep some non-trivial dynamics in the sector of $ {\cal N}=4 $ SYM captured by the near horizon limits describing these IR physics, we are lead to study large N limits in the UV theory involving near vanishing horizon black holes. I will consider both near-BPS and non-BPS regimes, emphasising the differences in the local AdS$ {}_3 $ throats emerging in both cases. I will compare these results with the predictions obtained by Kerr/CFT, obtaining a natural quantisation for the central charge of the near-BPS emergent IR CFT describing the open strings stretched between giant gravitons.