Abstract
We review recent progress in our understanding of the physics of black holes. In particular, we discuss the ideas from string theory that explain the entropy of black holes from a counting of microstates of the hole, and the related derivation of unitary Hawking radiation from such holes.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 153-206 |
| Number of pages | 54 |
| Journal | Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science |
| Volume | 50 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2000 |
Keywords
- Black holes
- D-branes
- Holography
- Information loss
- String theory
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics
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