The quantum structure of black holes

2005/10/29 by Samir D. Mathur, Samir D Mathur · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Black hole (networking) #Black hole complementarity #Black hole thermodynamics #Extremal black hole #Fuzzball #Hawking radiation #Micro black hole #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Quantum Electrodynamics and Casimir Effect #String theory #White hole #gr-qc #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/23/11/r01

published as Class.Quant.Grav. 23 (2006) R115 · Review article, 58 pages, 2 figures; references added, note about topics covered

arxiv created 2005/10/29 · openalex publication_date 2006/05/10 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

We give an elementary review of black holes in string theory. We discuss black hole entropy from string microstates and Hawking radiation from these states. We then review the structure of two-charge microstates and explore how ‘fractionation’ can lead to quantum effects over macroscopic length scales of the order of the horizon radius.

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• Non-supersymmetric microstates of the D1-D5-KK system
• String hole gas in α'-corrected dilaton gravity