Foundations of Physics @Harvard - Black Holes (January 19, 2021)

Mini-Workshop on the Implications of Black Holes

Tuesday, January 19, 2021
12:00pm (noon)–4:00pm (East Coast time)

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• This is a free Zoom event (no registration fee)
• The meeting ID and password will be shared with those who register
• Each talk will be 45 minutes, followed by 15 minutes for questions
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Questions or comments: Jacob Barandes, firstname_lastname(at)harvard.edu (organizer)

11:45–12:00
Informal introductions

12:00–1:00
“Singularities in Classical and Semi-Classical Gravity—Theory Failure or New Physics?”
Erik Curiel – LMU Munich
Slides (PDF), Video (YouTube)

1:00–2:00
“Illuminating Black Holes”
Mina Himwich – Harvard University
Slides (PDF), Video (YouTube), Paper (arXiv)

2:00–3:00
“Theories and Parameters: Building a Testing Framework for Black Hole Astronomy”
Lydia Patton – Virginia Tech
Slides (PDF), Slides (Canva), Video (YouTube)

3:00–4:00
Open discussion
Video (YouTube)

Participants

Shannon Abelson, Emily Adlam, Valia Allori, Christopher Arledge, Dave Baker, Jacob Barandes (organizer), Babak Beheshti, Nora Boyd, Clara Bradley, Samuel Buckley-Bonanno, Jeremy Butterfield, Sean Carroll, Justin Cavitt, Konner Childers, Enrico Cinti, Daniel College, Karen Crowther, Elise Crull, Erik Curiel (speaker), Sebastian De Haro, Heather Demarest, Maaneli Derakhshani, Foad Dizadji-Bahmani, Juliusz Doboszewski, John Earman, Jamee Elder, Johannes Fankhauser, Benjamin Feintzeig, Grace Field, Henrique Gomes, Vesselin Gueorguiev, Guy Hetzroni, Mina Himwich (speaker), Carl Hoefer, Karen Hovhannisyan, Nick Huggett, Jenann Ismael, Ding Jia, David Kagan, Greg Kestin, Anisa Kureishi, Klaas Landsman, Xavier Laurent, Dennis Lehmkuhl, Niels Linnemann, Joanna Luc, Niels Martens, Alex Mathie, Logan McCarty, Colin McLarty, Alexander Meehan, Xiangyi Meng, Helen Meskhidze, Damon Moley, F.A. Muller, George Musser, Siddharth Muthu Krishnan, Tannaz Najafi, Pedro Naranjo, Makinde Ogunnaike, Elias Okon, Hans Christian Öttinger, Lydia Patton (speaker), Harrison Payne, Francisco Pipa, Tomasz Placek, Felipe Portales, Josh Quirke, Pascal Rodríguez Warnier, Daniel Rohrlich, Jerome Romagosa, Alberto Roper Pol, Robert Rynasiewicz, Jan Sbierski, Jonathan Schonfeld, John Sipe, Jeremy Steeger, Susan Sterrett, Jeroen van Dongen, Alice van Helden, Antonio Vassallo, Francesca Vidotto, Niranjana Warrier

Mini-Workshop on the Implications of Black Holes

Tuesday, January 19, 202112:00pm (noon)–4:00pm (East Coast time)

[Registration Form]

11:45–12:00Informal introductions

12:00–1:00“Singularities in Classical and Semi-Classical Gravity—Theory Failure or New Physics?”Erik Curiel – LMU MunichSlides (PDF), Video (YouTube)

1:00–2:00“Illuminating Black Holes”Mina Himwich – Harvard UniversitySlides (PDF), Video (YouTube), Paper (arXiv)

2:00–3:00“Theories and Parameters: Building a Testing Framework for Black Hole Astronomy”Lydia Patton – Virginia TechSlides (PDF), Slides (Canva), Video (YouTube)