Quantum Aspects of Black Holes
Beginning with an overview of the theory of black holes by the editor, this book presents a collection of ten chapters by leading physicists dealing with the variety of quantum mechanical and quantum gravitational effects pertinent to black holes. Th
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Xavier Calmet Editor
Quantum Aspects of Black Holes
Fundamental Theories of Physics Volume 178 Series editors Henk van Beijeren Philippe Blanchard Paul Busch Bob Coecke Dennis Dieks Detlef Dürr Roman Frigg Christopher Fuchs Giancarlo Ghirardi Domenico J.W. Giulini Gregg Jaeger Claus Kiefer Nicolaas P. Landsman Christian Maes Hermann Nicolai Vesselin Petkov Alwyn van der Merwe Rainer Verch R.F. Werner Christian Wuthrich
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Xavier Calmet Editor
Quantum Aspects of Black Holes
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Editor Xavier Calmet Department of Physics and Astronomy University of Sussex Brighton UK
ISBN 978-3-319-10851-3 DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-10852-0
ISBN 978-3-319-10852-0
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Preface
The decision to write this book arose in discussions among members of the Working Group 1 (WG1) of the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) action MP0905 “Black Holes in a Violent Universe,” which started in 2010 and ended in May 2014. The four years of the action have been absolutely fantastic for the research them
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