Microscopic formulation of black holes in string theory
Mar, 2002166 pages
Published in:
- Phys.Rept. 369 (2002) 549-686
e-Print:
- hep-th/0203048 [hep-th]
Report number:
- TIFR-TH-02-07
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Abstract:
In this Report we review the microscopic formulation of the five dimensional black hole of type IIB string theory in terms of the D1-D5 brane system. The emphasis here is more on the brane dynamics than on supergravity solutions. We show how the low energy brane dynamics, combined with crucial inputs from AdS/CFT correspondence, leads to a derivation of black hole thermodynamics and the rate of Hawking radiation. Our approach requires a detailed exposition of the gauge theory and conformal field theory of the D1-D5 system. We also discuss some applications of the AdS/CFT correspondence in the context of black hole formation in three dimensions by thermal transition and by collision of point particles.Note:
- (v2) To appear in Physics Reports: 168 pages, 4 figures. References and clarifications added Report-no: TIFR/TH/02-07
- black hole
- string model
- dimension: 5
- membrane model
- thermodynamics
- radiation: Hawking
- supergravity
- gauge field theory
- field theory: conformal
- space-time: anti-de Sitter
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