Black Hole Information and Thermodynamics

Black Hole Information and Thermodynamics by Dieter Lüst, Ward Vleeshouwers.

Based on Prof. Lüst's Masters course at the University of Munich, this book begins with a short introduction to general relativity. It then presents black hole solutions, and discusses Penrose diagrams, black hole thermodynamics and entropy, the Unruh effect, Hawking radiation, the black hole i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Lüst, Dieter (Author), Vleeshouwers, Ward (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:SpringerBriefs in Physics,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Gravitation.
Cosmology.
Quantum field theory.
String theory.
Thermodynamics.
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Table of Contents:
  • Special relativity
  • Riemannian geometry
  • Introduction to general relativity
  • General relativity
  • Einstein's equations
  • Black holes
  • Kruskal-Szekeres coordinates and geodesics of the Schwarzschild black hole
  • Conformal compactifications and Penrose diagrams
  • Penrose diagrams of charged & rotating black holes
  • Rotating black holes and black hole mechanics
  • Black hole mechanics and thermodynamics
  • Black hole thermodynamics
  • Black holes and entropy
  • Hawking and Unruh radiation
  • Quantum field theory in curved space-time backgrounds
  • Unruh und Hawking effect
  • Information loss paradox
  • Solitons in String Theory
  • Brane solutions
  • Dimensional reduction and black holes
  • Black holes in string theory from p/D-branes
  • Black hole microstate counting
  • Asymptotic symmetries in general relativity and black hole hair
  • Asymptotic symmetries of 4D space-time geometries
  • BMS charges
  • The gravitational memory effect
  • Current research on BMS-like transformations and charges of black holes
  • Quantum hair and quantum black hole vacua.

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