Tiago Vasques Fernandes will defend his PhD thesis titled: "Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanical Ensembles of Black Holes and Self-Gravitating Matter"
This thesis explores the thermodynamic properties and statistical mechanical descriptions of black holes and self-gravitating systems, contributing to the deeper understanding of gravitational physics at the intersection of general relativity, thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics.
PhD Defence Committee:
Prof. José Pizarro de Sande e Lemos
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa - Supervisor
Prof. Antonino Flachi
Keio University, Tokyo - Rapporteur
Prof. Christian Böehmer
University College London - Committee Member
Prof. José Pedro Oliveira Mimoso
Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa - Rapporteur
Prof. Filipe Carteado Mena
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa - Committee Member
Prof. Ilídio Pereira Lopes
Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa - Committee President
Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Time: 11:00 am (Lisbon time)
Venue: Amphitheatre PA-3, Mathematics Building, Instituto Superior Técnico
Also accessible via Zoom: https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/93542181027