20–24 Jul 2015
Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies
Europe/Berlin timezone

Black hole evaporation in a cosmological context

22 Jul 2015, 10:00
1h
Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies

Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies

Goethe-Universität FrankfurtCampus Riedberg Ruth-Moufang-Straße 1 60438 Frankfurt am Main GERMANY

Speaker

Prof. George Ellis (Cape Town)

Description

Black hole evaporation calculations are usually carried out in a static asymptotically flat context. However real black holes are imbedded in an expanding universe filled with Cosmic Background radiation. This talk will discuss the relevant horizons and causal limits in this context, and make the case that black hole evaporation cannot take place until very late stages in the expansion of the universe, if at all.

Primary author

Prof. George Ellis (Cape Town)

Presentation materials