EAN: 9783319144955

SPRINGERBRIEFS IN PHYSICS BLACK HOLES THERMOD...

This book reflects the resurgence of interest in the quantum properties of black holes 
culminating most recently in controversial discussions about firewalls. On the thermodynamic
side  it describes how new developments allowed the inclusion of pressure volume terms in the
first law  leading to a new understanding of black holes as chemical systems  experiencing
novel phenomena such as triple points and reentrant phase transitions. On the
quantum-information side  the reader learns how basic arguments undergirding quantum
complementarity have been shown to be flawed  and how this suggests that a black hole may
surround itself with a firewall: a violent and chaotic region of highly excited states. In this
thorough and pedagogical treatment  Robert Mann traces these new developments from their roots
to our present-day understanding  highlighting their relationships and the challenges they
present for quantum gravity.

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