Luna, Raimon (Date of defense: 2020-06-22)
In this thesis we apply new approaches and develop new techniques to address various issues related to fundamental aspects of modern gravitational theory and black holes. We study the behavior of ...
Licht, David (Date of defense: 2021-04-14)
In this thesis we present a new aspect pertaining to the effective field theory of general relativity in the limit of a large number D of dimensions. We demonstrate that the theory initially developed ...
Martínez Montero, Marina (Date of defense: 2016-10-14)
This thesis has focused entirely on classical and thermodynamical aspects of black hole physics. We have developed four different projects involving different kinds of black holes. 1 BLACK BRANES IN ...
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 ...