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Black Holes in Twistor Space

Twistor theory is a mathematical formalism which can be used to solve certain differential equations in terms of free analytic data. While twistor theory boasts many important achievements, a long-standing difficulty has been describing non-self-dual field configurations, a challenge referred to as “the googly problem.” In this talk, I will describe a resolution of the googly problem for some black hole solutions of the Einstein equations, and try to convince you that this is interesting from several different perspectives.

Monday, October 26, 2026 11:00 AM

Inperson
G10

Virtual
Zoom