Black Hole Information and Thermodynamics

• Main Authors: Lüst, Dieter (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Vleeshouwers, Ward (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Physics,
• Subjects: Gravitation.; Cosmology.; Quantum field theory.; String theory.; Thermodynamics.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Quantum Field Theories, String Theory.

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...