The fuzzball proposal for black holes: an elementary review
2005/02/03 by S.D. Mathur, Samir D. Mathur · 944 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Calculus (dental) #Computation #Entropy (arrow of time) #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions #String (physics) #String theory #gr-qc #hep-th
paper · pdf · doi:10.1002/prop.200410203
published in Fortschritte der Physik 53(7-8), 793-827 (Wiley) · 45 pages, 2 figures; Lecture given at the RTN workshop `The quantum structure of space-time and the geometric nature of fundamental interactions', in Crete, Greece (September 2004)
arxiv created 2005/02/03 · openalex publication_date 2005/06/30 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05
Abstract
Abstract We give an elementary review of black holes in string theory. We discuss BPS holes, the microscopic computation of entropy and the 'fuzzball' picture of the black hole interior suggested by microstates of the 2‐charge system.
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