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Speaker : Suneeta Varadarajan
Abstract: The generalized second law (GSL) in semiclassical gravity was proposed in order that the second law of thermodynamics be valid near black holes. We first discuss a proof of the GSL using crossed product constructions in von Neumann algebras. Next we discuss a recent idea by Gesteau and Liu to describe stringy horizons holographically in a purely von Neumann (boundary) algebraic language . We describe its connection to causal structure in higher curvature gravity.
