
The discovery in the early 1970s that black holes radiate as black bodies has radically affected our understanding of general relativity, and offered us some early hints about the nature of quantum gravity. In this paper, will review the discovery of black hole thermodynamics and summarize the many independent ways of obtaining the thermodynamic and (perhaps) statistical mechanical properties of black holes. I will then describe some of the remaining puzzles, including the nature of the quantum microstates, the problem of universality, and the information loss paradox.
Quantum Physics, gr-qc, Black hole thermodynamics, Hawking radiation, FOS: Physical sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Bekenstein-Hawking entropy, Nuclear & Particles Physics, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Mathematical Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences
Quantum Physics, gr-qc, Black hole thermodynamics, Hawking radiation, FOS: Physical sciences, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Bekenstein-Hawking entropy, Nuclear & Particles Physics, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, Mathematical Physics, Astronomical and Space Sciences
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