Black Holes: Thermodynamics, Information, and Firewalls

• Main Author: Mann, Robert B. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Gravitation.; Thermodynamics.; Cosmology.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.

This book reflects the resurgence of interest in the quantum properties of black holes, culminating most recently in controversial discussions about firewalls. On the thermodynamic side, it describes how new developments allowed the inclusion of pressure/volume terms in the first law, leading to a n...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction.- Black Holes.- Black Hole Thermodynamics
• Field Quantization in Curved Spacetime
• Particle Creation and Observer-Dependent Radiation
• Black Hole Radiation
• The Information Paradox
• Firewalls.- Summary.