3 papers
hep-th2021
Black hole singularities across phase transitions
Yan Liu, Hong-Da Lyu, Avinash Raju
We study the behavior of black hole singularities across the Hawking-Page phase transitions, uncovering possible connections between the physics inside and outside the horizon. We…
hep-th2020
Quantum Chaos in Topologically Massive Gravity
Yan Liu, Avinash Raju
We study quantum chaos of rotating BTZ black holes in Topologically Massive gravity (TMG). We discuss the relationship between chaos parameters including Lyapunov exponents and but…
hep-th2017
Aspects of Higher Spin Theories, Conformal Field Theories and Holography
Avinash Raju
This dissertation consists of three parts. The first part of the thesis is devoted to the study of gravity and higher spin gauge theories in 2+1 dimensions. The first part deals wi…