Quantum black holes /

Quantum black holes /

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Author / Creator:	Calmet, Xavier, author.
Imprint:	Heidelberg : Springer, 2014.
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 104 pages) : illustrations.
Language:	English
Series:	SpringerBriefs in Physics, 2191-5423 SpringerBriefs in physics,
Subject:	Black holes (Astronomy) Quantum theory. Black holes (Astronomy) Quantum theory.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11082568

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Other authors / contributors:	Carr, Bernard, 1949- author. Winstanley, Elizabeth (Astrophysicist), author.
ISBN:	9783642389399 3642389392 3642389384 9783642389382 9783642389382
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed November 25, 2013).
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Calmet, Xavier. Quantum Black Holes. Dordrecht : Springer, ©2013 9783642389382
Standard no.:	10.1007/978-3-642-38939-9

Table of Contents:

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.