Physics – High Energy Physics – High Energy Physics - Theory
Scientific paper
2001-02-22
Int.J.Mod.Phys. D10 (2001) 833-858
Physics
High Energy Physics
High Energy Physics - Theory
24 pages, Latex, Review article to appear in Int. J. Mod. Phys. D, v2 additional references
Scientific paper
10.1142/S0218271801001207
In this review, we summarize exact results for the three-dimensional BTZ black hole. We use rigorous mathematical results to clarify the general structure and properties of this black hole spacetime and its microscopic description. In particular, we study the formation of the black hole by point particle collisions, leading to an exact analytic determination of the Choptuik scaling parameter. We also show that a `No Hair Theorem' follows immediately from a mathematical theorem of hyperbolic geometry, due to Sullivan. A microscopic understanding of the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy, and decay rate for massless scalars, is shown to follow from standard results of conformal field theory.
Birmingham Danny
Sachs Ivo
Sen Siddhartha
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