Senior Thesis

Null Geodesics and Holography

Mark G. Jackson

April 25, 1999

Thesis Committee: M. Ronen Plesser, Alfred Lee, Arlie Petters

ABSTRACT: I extend the analysis of the ``expanding horizon'' theory of Sussking in relation to the 't Hooft holographic conjecture.  Using General Relativity and numerical simulations to study the null geodesics emerging from black holes perpendicular to a given projection plane at infinity, I verify that all horizons from Schwarzschild and charged black holes must expand upon the screen.  Explicit images in some specific cases are also calculated.

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