Quantum and classical fields interacting with geometry, Paris

Mini-course: Geometry of Killing horizons and applications to black hole physics

Mar 18, 2024, 11:00 AM

1h

amphithéâtre Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat (new building - bâtiment Perrin)

Speaker

Eric Gourgoulhon (LUTH, Observatoire de Paris)

Description

II. Killing horizons

1. Isometry groups and Killing vectors
2. Definition and examples of Killing horizons
3. Killing horizons as non-expanding horizons
4. Vanishing of the shear
5. Surface gravity
6. Zeroth Law of black hole dynamics
7. Bifurcate Killing horizons