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Extremal and Nonextremal Kerr/CFT Correspondences
Mathematical Physics| Speaker: | Steve Carlip, Phys Dept, UCDavis |
| Location: | 2112 MSB |
| Start time: | Wed, Jan 26 2011, 3:10PM |
Description
The recently proposed extremal Kerr/CFT correspondence describes
black hole thermodynamics in terms of a dual conformal field
theory at the horizon. As originally formulated, the method
applies only to extremal black holes, that is, black holes with
the maximum possible spin. I will describe two variations
applicable to nonextremal black holes, one in which the entropy
is split between the inner and outer horizons and one in which
the relevant degrees of freedom live on a stretched Killing
horizon.