Mechanics and Equilibrium Geometry of Black Holes, Membranes, and Strings
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v1
Abstract
This course is designed to give a mathematically coherent introduction to the classical thory of black holes and also of strings and membranes (which are like the horizon of a black hole in being examples of physical systems based on a dynamically evolving world sheet) giving particular attention given to the study of the geometry of their equilibrium states.
Cite
@article{arxiv.hep-th/0411259,
title = {Mechanics and Equilibrium Geometry of Black Holes, Membranes, and Strings},
author = {Brandon Carter},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0411259},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
93 page latex file (with typo corrections and redrafted C.P. diagrams) of contribution to BLACK HOLE PHYSICS (NATO ASI C364) ed. V. de Sabbata, Z. Zhang (Kluwer, Dordrecht, 1992) 283-357