Quantum Mechanics of Black Holes
Steven B. Giddings
TL;DR
This paper provides a pedagogical overview of key quantum aspects of black holes, including dilaton gravity, Hawking radiation, the information paradox, and pair creation, aimed at high-energy physics students.
Contribution
It offers a comprehensive, accessible review of quantum black hole phenomena and their theoretical implications, integrating various topics in a unified lecture format.
Findings
Clarifies the role of dilaton gravity in black hole physics
Explains the mechanisms of Hawking radiation and information loss
Discusses black hole pair creation processes
Abstract
These lectures give a pedagogical review of dilaton gravity, Hawking radiation, the black hole information problem, and black hole pair creation. (Lectures presented at the 1994 Trieste Summer School in High Energy Physics and Cosmology)
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Taxonomy
TopicsBlack Holes and Theoretical Physics · Cosmology and Gravitation Theories · Relativity and Gravitational Theory