Foundations Seminar
Erik Curiel
Description
Title: Part I: Black Hole Entropy
Abstract: What can it mean to attribute a physical entropy to a vacuum region of spacetime—such as a black hole—in the semi-classical regime, where the spacetime geometry is treated classically? In this talk, I give an exposition and analysis of a number of conceptual and foundational problems attending such attributions. I address, inter alia, questions about: how one might try to justify such attributions; the type of entropy at issue (thermodynamical, Gibbsian, Boltzmannian, entanglement, holographic,…); and what the physical significance of such attributions may be. I conclude with speculative remarks on a few larger philosophical issues about the nature of entropy and of spacetime that the attribution raises.”
To come!: Part II: The Generalized Second Law
Zoom Link: https://harvard.zoom.us/j/99070741125?pwd=KzJPNzF4cDZPdit4SXp6N0twQm5aZz09
When
Monday, February 5, 2024 9:30 - 10:30 AM
Where
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