Black Hole Thermodynamics

• Israel, Werner ^[1]
  1. [1] University of Victoria

     University of Victoria

     Canadá

     
• Localización: Current trends in relativistic astrophysics: theoretical, numerical, observational / coord. por Leonardo Fernández Jambrina, L.M. González-Romero, 2003, ISBN 3540019839, págs. 15-49
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • This chapter reviews the conceptual developments on black hole thermodynamics and the attempts to determine the origin of black hole entropy in terms of their horizon area. The brick wall model and an operational approach are discussed. An attempt to understand at the microlevel how the quantum black hole acquires its thermal properties is included. The chapter concludes with some remarks on the extension of these techniques to describing the dynamical process of black hole evaporation.