From black holes to black strings and black branes | Dirac Medal 2025

From black holes to black strings and black branes | Dirac Medal 2025

Focussing on the work of 2025 Dirac Medallist Gary Horowitz, in this video ICTP Director Atish Dabholkar talks about how the generalisation of the concept of black hole to that of black strings and black branes in the context for string theory has led to important theoretical breakthroughs with profound implications in our understanding of gravity and its connection with the other fundamental forces. #DiracMedal2025 #gravity #blackholes #generalrelativity #quantumgravity #stringtheory #dirac