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We give an approach for studying quantum gravity effects on black hole thermodynamics. This combines a quantum framework for gravitational collapse with quasi-local definitions of energy and surface gravity. Our arguments suggest that (i)…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-05-12 Viqar Husain , R. B. Mann

I give a fairly systematic and thorough presentation of the case for regarding black holes as thermodynamic systems in the fullest sense, aimed at students and non-specialists and not presuming advanced knowledge of quantum gravity. I pay…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-06-18 David Wallace

Since Stephen Hawking discovered that black holes emit thermal radiation, black holes have become the theoretical laboratories for testing our ideas on quantum gravity. This dissertation is devoted to the study of singularities, the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-07-14 V. H. Satheeshkumar

Black holes are more than just odd-looking curiosities in gravity theory. They uniquely intertwine the basic principles of General Relativity with those of Quantum Theory. Just by demanding that they nevertheless obey acceptable laws of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-11-28 Gerard t Hooft

In 1974 Steven Hawking showed that black holes emit thermal radiation, which eventually causes them to evaporate. The problem of the fate of information in this process is known as the "black hole information paradox". Two main types of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-02-09 Erik Aurell , Michał Eckstein , Paweł Horodecki

The phenomenon of black hole thermodynamics raises several deep issues which any proper theory of quantum gravity must confront: to what extent does the inclusion of the back-reaction alter the thermal character of the radiation, how can…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-08-31 Per Kraus

Black holes exist all over our Universe, possessing a very wide range of masses. At the moment, they serve as a probe to test general relativity at astrophysical scales, but in the future they may also give us information about gravity at…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-10-24 Tiago V. Fernandes

A version of massive gravity, namely conformal massive gravity, is employed to study the behavior of thermodynamic geometry for both the static and the rotating regular black holes. Whereas in thermodynamic geometry singularity can be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-12-10 Saheb Soroushfar , Reza Saffari , Amare Abebe , Haidar Sheikhahmadi

This article is divided into three parts. First, a systematic derivation of the Hawking radiation is given in three different ways. The information loss problem is then discussed in great detail. The last part contains a concise discussion…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2017-08-03 Badis Ydri

Black hole thermodynamics is a crucial and foundational aspect of black hole physics, yet its observational verification remains exceptionally challenging. The photon sphere of a black hole, a manifestation of strong gravitational effects,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-12-29 Si-Jiang Yang , Shan-Ping Wu , Shao-Wen Wei , Yu-Xiao Liu

This SpringerBrief is based on a masters course on black hole thermodynamics and the black hole information problem taught by Dieter L\"ust during the summer term 2017 at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universit\"at in Munich; it was written by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-11-27 Dieter Lust , Ward Vleeshouwers

A coarse-grained version of the effective action is used to study the thermodynamics of black holes, interpolating from largest to smallest masses. The physical parameter of the black hole are linked to the running couplings by…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2014-04-23 Kevin Falls , Daniel F. Litim

Bekenstein-Hawking formalism of black hole thermodynamics should be modified to incorporate quantum gravitational effects. Generalized Uncertainty Principle(GUP) provides a suitable framework to perform such modifications. In this paper, we…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Kourosh Nozari , S. Hamid Mehdipour

The thermodynamic quantities such as the local temperature, heat capacity, off-shell free energy and the stability of a black hole involving a global monopole within or outside the $f(R)$ gravity are examined. We compare the two classes of…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2015-06-12 Jingyun Man , Hongbo Cheng

Although we know that black holes are characterized by a temperature and an entropy, we do not yet have a satisfactory microscopic ``statistical mechanical'' explanation for black hole thermodynamics. I describe a new approach that…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-01-27 S. Carlip

We give a review of classical, thermodynamic and quantum properties of black holes relevant to fundamental physics.

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2017-08-23 José P. S. Lemos

These notes aim to provide an introduction to the basics of black hole thermodynamics. After explaining Bekenstein's original proposal that black holes have entropy, we discuss Hawking's discovery of black hole radiation, its analog for…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2025-05-20 Edward Witten

The prediction that black holes radiate due to quantum effects is often considered one of the most secure in quantum field theory in curved space-time. Yet this prediction rests on two dubious assumptions: that ordinary physics may be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2009-11-10 Adam D. Helfer

An introduction to generalized thermodynamics of quantum black holes, in the one-loop approximation, is given. The material is aimed at graduate students. The topics include: quantum evaporation of black holes, Euclidean formulation of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-10-13 Dmitri V. Fursaev

We trace the origins and development of black hole thermodynamics across the past half-century, emphasizing the framework's relation to classical thermodynamics, and the vital role played by the notions of equilibrium, stationarity, and…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2023-09-26 Fil Simovic