Haddad, Nidal (Date of defense: 2012-10-27)
However successful classical general relativity is, it faces non-normalizability problems at the quantum mechanical level. Nevertheless, it predicts the existence of black holes, which are thermal objects ...
Di Dato, Adriana (Date of defense: 2015-11-12)
In this thesis we have made progress on the study of higher dimensional gravity by focusing on the properties of black holes and branes and their dynamics. We have developed two main projects: • provide ...
Maccarrone Heredia, Alessandro (Date of defense: 2016-02-08)
The main objective of this thesis is to understand from a microscopic point of view some of the characteristic phenomena of rotating black holes. The inclusion of rotation gives rise to physics that ...