Partition functions for supersymmetric black holes / Jan Manschot.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Manschot, Jan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black holes (Astronomy).

Supersymmetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (163 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This dissertation presents recent discoveries on partition functions for four-dimensional supersymmetric black holes. These partition functions are important tools to explain the entropy of black holes from a microscopic point of view within string theory and M-theory. The results are applied to two central research topics in modern theoretical physics, namely (1) the correspondence between the physics (including gravity) within an Anti-de Sitter space and conformal field theory, and (2) the relation between black holes and topological strings.

Contents:

CONTENTS; 1. PREFACE; 2. MOTIVATIONS FOR BLACK HOLE PARTITION FUNCTIONS; 3. BLACK HOLES IN M-THEORY; 4. VECTOR-VALUED MODULAR FORMS; 5. INTERPRETATIONS AND APPLICATIONS; 6. DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SUMMARY; SAMENVATTING; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography.

ISBN:

1-282-40176-9

9786612401763

90-485-0780-4

OCLC:

475653148