PSI 2018/2019 - Gravitational Physics Review (Gregory)

Gravitational instantons: false vacuum decay

Gravitational perturbation theory, perturbing Randall-Sundrum

Warped compactifications: Rubakov-Shaposhnikov & Randall-Sundrum toy models

Black branes: higher-dimensional Schwarzschild, p-form charges, D3 branes, black string instability

Kaluza-Klein theory, KK black holes

Physical submanifolds: domain walls & cosmic strings

Calculation of Euclidean action & black hole entropy, Israel equations

Gravitational action: Palatini lemma, Gauss-Codazzi formalism, Gibbons-Hawking term

Rotating black holes and black hole thermodynamics

Black holes, horizons, and causal structure

Spherically symmetric spacetimes, Schwarzschild-(A)dS black holes

Cartan's formalism: connection & curvature