2:00–3:00 pm
Please join us:
Jonah Kudler-Flam's PhD Thesis Defense
Thursday, March 31, 2022 at 2:00 PM CDT
ON THE INFORMATION CONTENT OF BLACK HOLES AND THERMALIZED STATES
The theory of quantum information has emerged as an indispensable tool in the study of many-body, high-energy, and gravitational physics, vastly over-delivering on its initial promises in quantum communications and computation. I will discuss recent progress in incorporating the theory of quantum distinguishability in many-body and gravitational physics. I will describe how the notion of distinguishability provides a natural language and unique perspective on the physics of black hole evaporation and thermalization of isolated quantum many-body systems.
Committee Members:
Shinsei Ryu (Chair)
David Kutasov
Jeffrey Harvey
Savdeep Sethi
Jonah will be a postdoc at the Institute for Advanced Study and an affiliated fellow at the Princeton Center for Theoretical Science