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  • Conference proceedings
  • © 2018

2nd Karl Schwarzschild Meeting on Gravitational Physics

  • Covers a broad range of black hole physics
  • With contributions of leading experts in the field
  • Including a panel discussion with the Nobel laureate Gerard 't Hooft and other leading experts in the field

Part of the book series: Springer Proceedings in Physics (SPPHY, volume 208)

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Table of contents (22 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xix
  2. Panel Discussion, “The Duel”: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Gravity and Information

    • G. ’t Hooft, S. B. Giddings, C. Rovelli, P. Nicolini, J. Mureika, M. Kaminski et al.
    Pages 13-35
  3. Black Holes in Classical General Relativity, Numerical Relativity, Astrophysics, Cosmology and Alternative Theories of Gravity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 37-37
    2. A Menagerie of Hairy Black Holes

      • E. Winstanley
      Pages 39-46
    3. Black Holes Sourced by a Massless Scalar

      • M. Cadoni, E. Franzin
      Pages 47-52
    4. Rotating Black Hole Solutions in f(R)-Gravity

      • M. De Laurentis, R. Farinelli
      Pages 53-59
    5. Symplectic Structure of Extremal Black Holes

      • K. Hajian, A. Seraj
      Pages 61-68
    6. Einstein-Charged Scalar Field Theory: Black Hole Solutions and Their Stability

      • S. Ponglertsakul, S. Dolan, E. Winstanley
      Pages 69-74
  4. Black Holes in Quantum Gravity and String Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
    2. Super-Entropic Black Holes

      • R. B. Mann
      Pages 105-113
    3. A Quantum Cosmic Conjecture

      • R. Casadio, O. Micu
      Pages 125-132
    4. Generalized Uncertainty Principle and Extra Dimensions

      • S. Köppel, M. Knipfer, M. Isi, J. Mureika, P. Nicolini
      Pages 141-147
    5. Perihelion Precession and Generalized Uncertainty Principle

      • F. Scardigli, R. Casadio
      Pages 149-155

About this book

This book presents the proceedings of the 2nd Karl Schwarzschild Meeting on Gravitational Physics, focused on the general theme of black holes, gravity and information.
Specialists in the field of black hole physics and rising young researchers present the latest findings on the broad topic of black holes, gravity, and information, highlighting its applications to astrophysics, cosmology, particle physics, and strongly correlated systems.


Editors and Affiliations

  • Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

    Piero Nicolini

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, USA

    Matthias Kaminski

  • Seaver Science Center, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, USA

    Jonas Mureika

  • Institut für Theoretische Physik, Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, Germany

    Marcus Bleicher

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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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