5pm - 6pm
Friday 7 October 2022
The weird world of black holes
A seminar in the Amazing Maths Seminar Series designed to give undergraduate mathematics students a flavour of mathematics research beyond the core curriculum.
39/40 AA 04
University of Surrey
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 7XH
University of Surrey
Guildford
Surrey
GU2 7XH
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Abstract
Black holes are some of the strangest objects in the universe. Initially purely theoretical concepts in the early 20th century, their existence has been observed in numerous ways, most recently via gravitational wave experiments and by observing the stars at the centre of our galaxy. I will describe how our understanding of black holes has changed over the last 100 years, and illustrate some of their key properties, including how they must play a key role in the construction of a quantum theory of gravity.