Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Black hole thermodynamics has been called the most important available window into the nature of quantum gravity. Over the years, thermodynamics has become ubiquitous in the study of gravity. It also influenced many areas of research extending far beyond its initial scope, including local symmetries and conserved quantities, energy conditions, semiclassical gravity, analogue gravity, and relativistic quantum information. At the same time, many of the fundamental questions posed at the inception of gravitational thermodynamics remain without widely accepted answers. Our workshop aims to provide a venue for discussing this fascinating field in a relaxed environment.
https://www.stp.dias.ie/gtdbeyond
Note: due to a glitch in the recording, we unfortunately don't have all the sessions and Eleni Alexandra-Kontou is cut before the end.
(00:00:00) The second law: from Lindblad equation to black holes - Antoine Rignon-Bret
(00:32:48) Thermodynamics of asymptotically flat eternal quantum black holes in 2D - Eleni Alexandra-Kontou
(01:11:26) What Has Thermodynamics to Say about Exotic Space-Times? - Sebastian Schuster
Black hole thermodynamics has been called the most important available window into the nature of quantum gravity. Over the years, thermodynamics has become ubiquitous in the study of gravity. It also influenced many areas of research extending far beyond its initial scope, including local symmetries and conserved quantities, energy conditions, semiclassical gravity, analogue gravity, and relativistic quantum information. At the same time, many of the fundamental questions posed at the inception of gravitational thermodynamics remain without widely accepted answers. Our workshop aims to provide a venue for discussing this fascinating field in a relaxed environment.
https://www.stp.dias.ie/gtdbeyond
Note: due to a glitch in the recording, we unfortunately don't have all the sessions and Eleni Alexandra-Kontou is cut before the end.
(00:00:00) The second law: from Lindblad equation to black holes - Antoine Rignon-Bret
(00:32:48) Thermodynamics of asymptotically flat eternal quantum black holes in 2D - Eleni Alexandra-Kontou
(01:11:26) What Has Thermodynamics to Say about Exotic Space-Times? - Sebastian Schuster
