The quantum physics of black holes: Results from string theory

Sumit R. Das; Samir D. Mathur

doi:10.1146/annurev.nucl.50.1.153

The quantum physics of black holes: Results from string theory

Sumit R. Das
, Samir D. Mathur

Producción científica: Review article › revisión exhaustiva

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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.

Idioma original	English
Páginas (desde-hasta)	153-206
Número de páginas	54
Publicación	Annual Review of Nuclear and Particle Science
Volumen	50
N.º	1
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.nucl.50.1.153
Estado	Published - 2000

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