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Black holes, entropy and string theory
Author(s) -
Lopes Cardoso G.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
fortschritte der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1521-3978
pISSN - 0015-8208
DOI - 10.1002/prop.200510279
Subject(s) - supergravity , string theory , physics , theoretical physics , entropy (arrow of time) , statistical physics , mathematical physics , quantum mechanics , supersymmetry
I review insights from supergravity and string theory on the macroscopic and the microscopic description of black hole entropy.