The entropy of black holes: a primer

Details The entropy of black holes: a primer The entropy of black holes: a primer

2004-01-22

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0401160v1

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

51 pages, 4 figures, talk given at the "Poincare seminar" (Paris, 6 December 2003), to appear in Poincare Seminar 2003 (Birkha

Scientific paper

After recalling the definition of black holes, and reviewing their energetics and their classical thermodynamics, one expounds the conjecture of Bekenstein, attributing an entropy to black holes, and the calculation by Hawking of the semi-classical radiation spectrum of a black hole, involving a thermal (Planckian) factor. One then discusses the attempts to interpret the black-hole entropy as the logarithm of the number of quantum micro-states of a macroscopic black hole, with particular emphasis on results obtained within string theory. After mentioning the (technically cleaner, but conceptually more intricate) case of supersymmetric (BPS) black holes and the corresponding counting of the degeneracy of Dirichlet-brane systems, one discusses in some detail the ``correspondence'' between massive string states and non-supersymmetric Schwarzschild black holes.

Affiliated with

Also associated with

No associations

Rating

The entropy of black holes: a primer does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this scientific paper.

If you have personal experience with The entropy of black holes: a primer, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and The entropy of black holes: a primer will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

Comments { 0 }

Profile ID: LFWR-SCP-O-385140