Why are black holes hot?

Padmanabhan, T. (2008) Why are black holes hot? Resonance - Journal of Science Education, 24 . pp. 412-419. ISSN 0971-8044

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Abstract

One of the celebrated results in black hole physics is that black holes have a temperature and they emit a thermal spectrum of radiation. Though a rigorous derivation of this result requires quantum field theory, a favour of the essential ideas can be provided at an elementary level as indicated here.

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Keywords:Black Holes; Thermodynamics; Relativity
ID Code:73136
Deposited On:03 Dec 2011 06:21
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