General Information

Professor:

Prof. Dr. Frans R. Klinkhamer

Assistant:

Dr. Viacheslav Emelyanov (, )

Seminar topic:

We will discuss the book by Robert Wald:

Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime
and Black Hole Thermodynamics

Seminar time:

Tuesdays between 12:30 and 14:00

The first meeting is scheduled for October 16, 2017

Seminar place:

Seminar room 8-02 in the building 30.23

Sign-up:

If you would like to participate in the seminar, you must attend the first meeting, in which the seminar topics will be distributed.

If for some reason you cannot attend the first meeting, please contact Dr. Emelyanov beforehand.

Plan of Seminar

Topic

Section

Date

Speaker

1

Introduction and QM Pleriminaries

1.1-2.3

23.10.2017

K.G.

2

Quantum Fields in Flat Spacetime

3.1-3.3

14.11.2017

J.Q.

3

Quantum Fields in Curved Spacetime

4.1-4.4

21.11.2017

X.L.

4

Quantum Fields in Curved Spacetime

4.5-4.7

05.12.2017

K.G.

5

The Unruh Effect

5.1-5.3

19.12.2017

Z.W.

6

Classical Black-Hole Thermodynamics

6.1-6.2

09.01.2018

V.E.

7

The Hawking Effect

7.1

23.01.2018

Z.W.

8

The Generalized Second Law

7.2

30.01.2018

X.L.

9

Loss of Quantum Coherence in BH Physics

7.3

08.02.2018

V.E.