International Workshop on Strings, Black Holes and Quantum Information
Information
In this TFC workshop, we invite experts on the subjects of string theory, black holes and quantum information,
to present their current understanding and recent results in these fields.
Our aim is to provide a platform for discussions and an exchange of ideas for future research.
The invited speakers are
Masahiro Hotta (Tohoku U.)
Andreas Karch (Washington U.)
Sung–Sik Lee (Perimeter)
Robert Mann (Waterloo)
Eduardo Martin–Martinez (Perimeter)
Hiroaki Matsueda (SNCT)
Robert Myers (Perimeter)
Yasusada Nambu (Nagoya U.)
Tatsuma Nishioka (Tokyo U.)
Masahiro Nozaki (YITP)
Kyriakos Papadodimas (CERN)
Masaki Shigemori (YITP)
Tadashi Takayanagi (YITP)
Date
September 7, 2015 – September 11, 2015
Venue
TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity 3F, Lecture Theater, Katahira Campus, Tohoku University [Access]
Schedule
- Mon. September 7
- 12:30 – 13:30
- Kyriakos Papadodimas (CERN)
- The black hole information paradox and the smoothness of the horizon (Review) [Slides]
- 15:30 – 16:30
- Andreas Karch (Washington U.)
- Entanglement Entropies for Probe Branes [Abstract] [Slides]
- 17:00 – 17:30
- Short talk: Yasuaki Hikida (Rikkyo U.)
- Higgs phenomenon and N=3 higher spin holography [Slides]
- 17:30 – 18:00
- Short talk: Shotaro Shiba (Kyoto Sangyo U.)
- Thermodynamics of intersecting black branes from interacting elementary branes
- Tue. September 8
- 09:30 – 10:30
- Robert Mann (Waterloo)
- Black Hole Information: From Thermodynamics to Firewalls (Review) [Slides]
- 11:00 – 12:00
- Kyriakos Papadodimas (CERN)
- A holographic reconstruction of the black hole interior [Slides]
- 15:30 – 16:30
- Eduardo Martin–Martinez (Perimeter)
- Are firewalls really cataclysmic events? [Abstract] [Slides]
- 17:00 – 18:00
- Discussion
- Wed. September 9
- 09:30 – 10:30
- Robert Mann (Waterloo)
- Super–Entropic Black Holes [Abstract] [Slides]
- 14:00 – 15:00
- Yasusada Nambu (Nagoya U.)
- Entanglement and correlation of quantum fields in an expanding universe [Abstract] [Slides]
- 15:30 – 16:30
- Masahiro Nozaki (YITP)
- Quantum Entanglement of Local Operators in various CFTs [Abstract] [Slides]
- 17:00 – 17:30
- Short talk: Song He (YITP)
- Quantum dimension as entanglement entropy in 2D CFT [Slides]
- 17:30 – 18:00
- Short talk: Yoshiki Sato (Kyoto U.)
- Comments on entanglement entropy in the dS/CFT correspondence [Slides]
- 14:00 – 15:00
- Masaki Shigemori (YITP)
- The puzzles and microstructures of black holes [Abstract] [Slides]
- 17:00 – 17:30
- Short talk: Tokiro Numasawa (YITP)
- Entanglement Entropy in String Theory [Slides]
- 17:30 – 18:00
- Short talk: Noburo Shiba (YITP)
- Entanglement Entropy of Disjoint Regions in Excited States : An Operator Method [Slides]
- Fri. September 11
- 09:30 – 10:30
- Hiroaki Matsueda (SNCT)
- Geometry and Dynamics of Information Spacetime Derived from Entanglement Spectrum
[Abstract] [Slides]
- 11:00 – 12:00
- Masahiro Hotta (Tohoku U.)
- The fall of the black hole firewall [Abstract]
Registration
Closed
Contact
Satoshi Watamura
Email: watamura*tuhep.phys.tohoku.ac.jp (change * to @)