Towards a Full Quantum Theory of Black Holes
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This review gives an introduction into various attempts to understand the quantum nature of black holes. The first part focusses on thermodynamics of black holes, Hawking radiation, and the interpretation of entropy. The second part is devoted to the detailed treatment of black holes within canonical quantum gravity. The last part adds a brief discussion of black holes in string theory and quantum cosmology. Report Freiburg THEP-97/24; to appear in Black Holes: Theory and Observation, edited by F.W. Hehl, C. Kiefer, and R. Metzler (Springer, Berlin, 1998).
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