Taking it to the extreme: Symmetries and dynamics of extremal black holes

Mar 6, 2024 – Mar 8, 2024

Princeton Center for Theoretical Science and Princeton Gravity Initiative, Princeton University (US)

Organizers: Gabriele Benomio (Princeton University), Delilah Gates (Princeton University), Gustav Holzegel (University of Muenster and Imperial College London), Hengrui Zhu (Princeton University)

The existence of black holes is perhaps the most spectacular theoretical prediction of Einstein’s theory of general relativity. Quite remarkably, black holes are fundamentally simple objects, as they are completely described by their mass, angular momentum, and charge. Maximally spinning (or charged) black holes are known as extremal black holes. Unlike sub-extremal black holes, extremal (and near-extremal) black holes have remained largely unexplored because of their numerous intricacies. In view of the most recent advances in understanding sub-extremal black holes, a more thorough study of extremal and near-extremal black holes now appears as a natural and promising direction for important future developments in the subject. The workshop aims at presenting two perspectives on extremal black holes, namely their symmetries and dynamics, via the combination of ideas from physics, mathematics, and numerical simulations.

Group photo

Invited Speakers: (click on speaker's name for slides) 

• Marios Apetroaie (University of Muenster)

• Stefanos Aretakis (University of Toronto)

• Mihalis Dafermos (Princeton University/University of Cambridge)

• Will East (Perimeter Institute)

• Dejan Gajic (Leipzig University)

• Shahar Hadar (University of Haifa)

• Gary Horowitz (University of California, Santa Barbara)

• Daniel Kapec (Harvard University)

• Geoffrey Lovelace (California State University)

• Achilleas Porfyriadis (University of Crete)

• Maria Rodriguez (Utah State University)

Flash Talks: (click on speaker's name for slides)

• Serban Cicortas (Princeton University)

• Ryan Unger (Princeton University)

• Diandian Wang (Harvard University)

• Hongji Wei (University of Arizona)

• Philipp Dorau (Leipzig University)

• Zack Gelles (Princeton University)

• Uri Kol (Harvard University)

• Flavio Rossetti (Instituto Superior Tecnico)