Speaker
Ruth Gregory
Description
The C-metric in GR is a fascinating spacetime with a deformed horizon and a cosmic string connecting the black hole to asymptotic infinity meaning the black hole is not isolated. In spite of this, the thermodynamics of these composite solutions is well defined and can even include changes in the string tension as I will show, however the holography of such solutions is a bit more subtle. To explore such questions in a simpler set-up I've been working on 3D solutions in AdS. I will describe recent progress on acceleration and rotation in three dimensions, including accelerating "point particles" as well as BTZ-like solutions.