Black hole thermodynamics
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
These notes introduce basic aspects of black hole thermodynamics. I review the classical laws of black hole mechanics, give a brief introduction to the essential concepts of quantum field theory in curved spacetime, and derive the Unruh and Hawking effects. I conclude with a discussion of entropy from the Euclidean path integral point of view and in the context of the AdS/CFT correspondence. Originally delivered as a set of lectures at the PIMS summer school ``Strings, Gravity and Cosmology'' in August 2004.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0502195,
title = {Black hole thermodynamics},
author = {Simon F. Ross},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0502195},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
44 pages, 12 figures, v2: reference added