Why are black holes hot?

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dc.contributor.authorPadmanabhan, T.
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-03T15:01:44Z
dc.date.available2012-03-03T15:01:44Z
dc.date.issued2008-05-11
dc.description.abstractOne 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 flavour of the essential ideas can be provided at an elementary level as indicated here.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11007/199
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIndian Academy of Sciencesen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSnippets of Physics: A series of articles describing curiosities in theoretical physics;Resonance;Vol. 13, 2008
dc.subjectBlack Holesen_US
dc.subjectThermal spectrumen_US
dc.subjectRadiationen_US
dc.titleWhy are black holes hot?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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