The Thermodynamics of Black Holes
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- 9 July 2001
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Living Reviews in Relativity
- Vol. 4 (1) , 1-44
- https://doi.org/10.12942/lrr-2001-6
Abstract
We review the present status of black hole thermodynamics. Our review includes discussion of classical black hole thermodynamics, Hawking radiation from blKeywords
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