Quantum Black Holes

• Main Authors: Calmet, Xavier (Author), Carr, Bernard (Author), Winstanley, Elizabeth (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Physics,
• Subjects: Physics.; Gravitation.; Cosmology.; Nuclear physics.; Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.; Particle and Nuclear Physics.

Written by foremost experts, this short book gives a clear description of the physics of quantum black holes. The reader will learn about quantum black holes in four and higher dimensions, primordial black holes, the production of black holes in high energy particle collisions, Hawking radiation, bl...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Black Holes in General Relativity.- Hawking Radiation and Black Hole Evaporation
• Primordial Black Holes.- Black Hole Formation in High Energy Particle Collisions
• Black Holes and Low Scale Quantum Gravity
• Conclusions.