Hawking Radiation and Black Hole Thermodynamics

TL;DR

This paper reviews the development and key concepts of Hawking radiation and black hole thermodynamics, emphasizing historical perspectives and personal insights from the author’s long-term engagement with the field.

Contribution

It provides a historical and personal overview of Hawking radiation and black hole thermodynamics, highlighting less-explored perspectives and developments over thirty years.

Findings

Historical insights into Hawking radiation

Evolution of black hole thermodynamics

Personal perspective on field developments

Abstract

An inexhaustive review of Hawking radiation and black hole thermodynamics is given, focusing especially upon some of the historical aspects as seen from the biased viewpoint of a minor player in the field on and off for the past thirty years.