THE QUANTUM PHYSICS OF BLACK HOLES: Results from String Theory
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We review recent progress in our understanding of the physics of black holes. In particular, we discuss the ideas from string theory that explain the entropy of black holes from a counting of microstates of the hole, and the related derivation of unitary Hawking radiation from such holes.
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تاریخ انتشار 2001