Public Outreach Talk by Prof. Netta Engelhardt (MIT)

15.07.2022

On 22.07.2022, Prof. Netta Engelhardt (MIT) will give an outreach talk on "The Black Hole Information Paradox: A resolution on the horizon?"

The talk takes place at the "Festsaal der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften", Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2 in 1010 Wien.

 

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Abstract: Can information escape from a black hole? General Relativity, which describes the behavior of black holes, and quantum mechanics, which describes the behavior of information, do not agree on the answer. This disagreement is the essence of the famous nearly 50 year old Black Hole Information Paradox. Understanding the resolution of this problem is a central pillar in the quest for quantum gravity, a theory that describes the universe at the smallest scales by unifying General Relativity and quantum mechanics. In the past three years, there has been an unprecedented amount of progress towards a resolution. I will describe the origin of the paradox and the current status in light of the new developments.