Quantum Black Holes [electronic resource] /
Calmet, Xavier.author.
Carr, Bernard.author.
Winstanley, Elizabeth.author.
Written by foremost experts, this short book gives a clear description of the physics of quantum black holes. The reader will learn about quantum black holes in four and higher dimensions, primordial black holes, the production of black holes in high energy particle collisions, Hawking radiation, black holes in models of low scale quantum gravity and quantum gravitational aspects of black holes.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Black Holes in General Relativity.- Hawking Radiation and Black Hole Evaporation -- Primordial Black Holes.- Black Hole Formation in High Energy Particle Collisions -- Black Holes and Low Scale Quantum Gravity -- Conclusions.
Written by foremost experts, this short book gives a clear description of the physics of quantum black holes. The reader will learn about quantum black holes in four and higher dimensions, primordial black holes, the production of black holes in high energy particle collisions, Hawking radiation, black holes in models of low scale quantum gravity and quantum gravitational aspects of black holes.
Gravitation.
Nuclear physics.
Cosmology.
Classical and Quantum Gravitation, Relativity Theory.
Particle and Nuclear Physics.
Cosmology.