The fuzzball proposal for black holes: an elementary review (original) (raw)

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Abstract

We give an elementary review of black holes in string theory. We discuss BPS holes, the microscopic computation of entropy and the 'fuzzball' picture of the black hole interior suggested by microstates of the 2-charge system.

Publication:

Fortschritte der Physik

Pub Date:

July 2005

DOI:

10.1002/prop.200410203

10.48550/arXiv.hep-th/0502050

arXiv:

arXiv:hep-th/0502050

Bibcode:

2005ForPh..53..793M

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45 pages, 2 figures