Seminário de Teoria de Cordas  

23/11/2009, 16:30 — 17:30 — Sala P3.10, Pavilhão de Matemática
Miguel Vazquez-Mozo, Universidad de Salamanca

Gravitational Collapse, Criticality and Holography

Critical gravitational collapse has been a central subject in numerical general relativity for a long time. In this talk I will review the basic ideas of critical gravitational collapse and discuss the possible relevance of this phenomenon in the context of holography. In particular, I will discuss critical formation of trapped surfaces resulting from the collision of gravitational waves in AdS and its holographic implications.