String Solitons and Black Hole Thermodynamics

TL;DR

This paper explores how string solitons contribute to black hole thermodynamics, emphasizing their compositeness and role in deriving the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy formula within string theory.

Contribution

It highlights the significance of string solitons' compositeness in understanding black hole entropy and duality in string theory.

Findings

String solitons are key to reproducing black hole entropy.

Compositeness of solitons explains bound state solutions.

String theory successfully matches Bekenstein-Hawking formula.

Abstract

We discuss the role of string solitons in duality and examine the feature of compositeness, which allows for the interpretation of general solutions as bound states of supersymmetric fundamental constituents. This feature lies at the heart of the recent success of string theory in reproducing the Bekenstein-Hawking black hole entropy formula. Talk given at 19th annual MRST meeting, Syracuse, NY, May 12-13, 1997.