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Bl k h l d th th th tBlack holes and the math that describes themdescribes them(I i thi ’t h t)(I promise this won’t hurt)
Nicholas Stone
Nathan Sanders
Tarek Anous
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IntroductionIntroductionWhy study black holes?
General RelativityGeneral RelativityWhat is General Relativity?
Black HolesBlack HolesHow do we define a black hole?
P li iti f bl k h lPeculiarities of black holesQuantum gravity
ConclusionWhat have we learned?
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IntroductionIntroductionWhy study black holes?
General RelativityGeneral RelativityWhat is General Relativity?
Black HolesBlack HolesHow do we define a black hole?
P li iti f bl k h lPeculiarities of black holesQuantum gravity
ConclusionWhat have we learned?
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Basic Question: What happens inside a black hole?
Bl k h l f t h i l i ’t b t d bBlack holes come from a star whose implosion can’t be stopped bypressures that counteract the collapse.
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Singularity?We encounter singularities a lot in physics.
Consider the attractive force of an electron on a positive pcharge.
Force goes as 1/distance2Force goes as 1/distance2
Distance → 0, force → ∞
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Singularity?
Infinities imply we haveneglected some physics.
What have we forgotten here?
Quantum Mechanics!
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Peculiarities of the black hole singularity?
Quantum mechanics fixes thefnonsensical infinity that occurs very
close to the electron.
Expect the same for a black hole, we just don’t know the underlying theory that y g ykicks in at the black hole singularity.
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Quantum gravity
These questions have opened up the exciting field of gresearch known as quantum gravity.
Theorists are trying to understand the fundamental structure of space and time at very small scales. Problem is, we have no experiments to lead us in the right direction!p g
Before delving into this deep subject we hadBefore delving into this deep subject, we had better understand the theory of black holes very carefully.
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IntroductionIntroductionWhy study black holes?
General RelativityGeneral RelativityWhat is General Relativity?
Black HolesBlack HolesHow do we define a black hole?
P li iti f bl k h lPeculiarities of black holesQuantum gravity
ConclusionWhat have we learned?
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What would Einstein say?
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Theory of rulers and clocks
We all recall from kindergarten that Einstein's equations are:are:
Wh t thi ll iWhat this really means is:
How one measures distance and time = Energy Density
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Theory of rulers and clocks?
Einstein’s equations measure how much matter and energy bend the geometry of space as well as how much they slow g y p ydown clocks.
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Theory of rulers and clocks?
Slowing down of clocks can be viewed as a bending of time.
Both space and time being bent, more natural to combine the two into one object = Spacetime!
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What is Spacetime?
Spacetime is a geometric object, like a ball or a sheet, that contains time as one of its directions.
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What is Spacetime?
You can think of it like a flip book.
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What is Spacetime?
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What is Spacetime?
Every page in the flip book represents a “slice” of spacetime along a certain choice of time coordinate.p g
Important: Solutions to Einstein’s equations give the p q gstructure of all of space and all of time.
We do not yet have a solution including all the sources of matter or else we would know the future of the universe!
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What is the upshot of thinking about spacetime?
Spacetime encodes the structure of causality of the universe
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IntroductionIntroductionWhy study black holes?
General RelativityGeneral RelativityWhat is General Relativity?
Black HolesBlack HolesHow do we define a black hole?
P li iti f bl k h lPeculiarities of black holesQuantum gravity
ConclusionWhat have we learned?
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How do we define a black hole?Black holes have an event horizon (vescape > vlight)
Define black hole as a spacetime with two completelyDefine black hole as a spacetime with two completely causally disconnected regions of spacetime!
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What exactly is a black hole?
Actually that definition is not quite correct.
Event horizon = one-way membrane. We are in causal contact with stuff inside of black hole but not vice-versa.
Furthermore, we know of spacetimes with regions that p gare causally disconnected which are not black holes.
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Mystery of the lost sandwich
Common view is that if youmisplaced your sandwich and itsomehow fell into a black hole notsomehow fell into a black hole, noteven the best detective in theuniverse could find out whath d t ithappened to it.
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Mystery of the lost sandwich
What happened to the sandwich?
If we trust Einstein's equations: Sandwich fell into a region where time and space swap meaning.
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Time and space swap meaning?
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What exactly is a black hole?Could define a black hole spacetime as one where: out of many sandwiches thrown, some end up in a region where time and
i d d 't t i fi it l fspace swap meaning and don't get infinitely far away.
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IntroductionIntroductionWhy study black holes?
General RelativityGeneral RelativityWhat is General Relativity?
Black HolesBlack HolesHow do we define a black hole?
P li iti f bl k h lPeculiarities of black holesQuantum gravity
ConclusionWhat have we learned?
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Peculiarities of black holes
Actually this is again not quite right
Black holes radiate particles quantum mechanically! Sandwich might pop out!g p p
A mathematical definition exists, but it is cumbersome to write down.
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Peculiarities of black holes
Black holes leak energy!
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Quantum gravity
By conservation of energy, this means that black holes evaporate, then disappear.
This is one of the most pertinent predictions of quantum gravity and any full theory of quantum gravity needs to include this feature.this feature.
Black holes act as a testing ground for our theories ofBlack holes act as a testing ground for our theories of quantum gravity!
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IntroductionIntroductionWhy study black holes?
General RelativityGeneral RelativityWhat is General Relativity?
Black HolesBlack HolesHow do we define a black hole?
P li iti f bl k h lPeculiarities of black holesQuantum gravity
ConclusionWhat have we learned?
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What have we learned?
Solutions to Einstein’s equations encode the entire history of the universe.
Black hole spacetimes have particles (sandwiches) that don’t make it infinitely far.
The singularity implies something more fundamental is g y p ghappening at small scales which we have yet to understand.
Quantum gravity predicts that thermal radiation can escape a black hole!p
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Thank you!Thank you!SITN would like to acknowledge the following organizations g f g g
for their generous support.
H d M di l S h lHarvard Medical SchoolOffice of Communications and External Relations
Division of Medical Sciences
The Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS)
Harvard Graduate Student Council (GSC)
The Harvard Biomedical Graduate Students Organization (BGSO)
The Harvard/MIT COOP
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