Introduction to Black Holes, Information and the String Theory Revolutionn: The Holographic Universe
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Over the last decade the physics of black holes has been revolutionized by developments that grew out of Jacob Bekenstein's realization that black holes have entropy. This revolution has culminated in a remarkable principle called "the holographic principle," which is now a major focus of attention in gravitational research, quantum field theory and elementary particle physics. Leonard Susskind, one of the co-inventors of the holographic principle as well as one of the founders of string theory, develops and explains these concepts.
Pt. 1Black holes and quantum mechanics11The Schwarzschild black hole32Scalar wave equation in a Schwarzschild background253Quantum fields in Rindler space314Entropy of the free quantum field in Rindler space435Thermodynamics of black holes516Charged black holes557The stretched horizon618The laws of nature699The puzzle of information conservation in black hole environments8110Horizons and the UV/IR connection95Pt. 2Entropy bounds and holography9911Entropy bounds10112The holographic principle and anti de Sitter space12713Black holes in a box141Pt. 3Black holes and strings14914Strings15115Entropy of strings and black hole165
