Quantum Fields, Strings, and Black Holes:  A Primer for Non Experts, Part III - Atish Dabholkar
Channel: ICTP Mathematics
Date: 2018-02-06

Professor Atish Dabholkar (ICTP)

The study of black holes in string theory has revealed a beautiful and precise connection between the physics of quantum black holes and  topics in number theory and geometry. The goal of these lectures is to outline these connections and some of the required background in quantum field theory and string theory through examples starting with basic concepts and motivations from physics. They are aimed at mathematicians or students from  other areas of physics assuming only a rudimentary familiarity with undergraduate physics.

An expanded version will appear in an upcoming  book,

Quantum Black Holes and Modular Forms
Cambridge monographs in Mathematical Physics
Authors: Atish Dabholkar, Sameer Murthy, and Don Zagier.