Date of Award
2012
Document Type
Dissertation
Degree Name
Ph.D. in Physics
Department
Physics and Astronomy
First Advisor
Luca Bombelli
Second Advisor
Micah B. Milinovich
Third Advisor
Emanuele Berti
Relational Format
dissertation/thesis
Abstract
In this dissertation we study black-hole horizons in general relativity and in Gauss-Bonnet gravity. We generalize Wald's "black-hole entropy is the Noether charge" construction to the first-order formalism of these theories. Next we construct the "membrane paradigm" for black objects in Gauss-Bonnet gravity and demonstrate how the horizon can be vieas a membrane with fluidlike properties. Holography is invoked to relate the transport coefficients obtained for the horizons in the membrane paradigm with the transport coefficients which describe the hydrodynamic limit of the boundary gauge theory.
Recommended Citation
Mohd, Arif, "Horizons, Holography And Hydrodynamics" (2012). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 769.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/etd/769