Physics

Dr. Valentin Reys
NIKHEF, Amsterdam

In this talk, I will review the principle of supersymmetric
localization in Quantum Field Theory and briefly go over some of the major
results which have been obtained using this technique in recent years. I
will then focus on the research conducted during my Ph.D., where
localization was used in conjunction with Sen's Quantum Entropy Function to
define and compute the quantum entropy of certain black holes exactly.
Comparisons to string-theoretic results will be discussed.

A second, more informal discussion will take place following the talk,
where I will comment on various technical aspects of my research (including
Euclidean supergravity and the theory of (mock) modular forms) which I
didn't have time to cover in the first part.