Towards a Full Quantum Theory of Black Holes
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2015-06-25 v2 Astrophysics
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
This review gives an introduction to various attempts to understand the quantum nature of black holes. The first part focuses on thermodynamics of black holes, Hawking radiation, and the interpretation of entropy. The second part is devoted to the detailed treatment of black holes within canonical quantum gravity. The last part adds a brief discussion of black holes in string theory and quantum cosmology.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9803049,
title = {Towards a Full Quantum Theory of Black Holes},
author = {Claus Kiefer},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9803049},
year = {2015}
}
Comments
32 pages, needs macro lamuphys.sty, additional comments and references added, to appear in ``Black Holes: Theory and Observation'' (Springer 1998)