Supersymmetric black holes in string theory

@misc{citeulike:1143489, abstract = {We review recent developments concerning supersymmetric black holes in string theory. After a general introduction to the laws of black hole mechanics and to black hole entropy in string theory, we discuss black hole solutions in N=2 supergravity, special geometry, the black hole attractor equations and the underlying variational principle. Special attention is payed to the crucial role of higher derivative corrections. Finally we discuss black hole partition functions and their relation to the topological string, mainly from the supergravity perspective. We try to summarize the state of art and discuss various open questions and problems.}, author = {Mohaupt, T. }, citeulike-article-id = {1143489}, eprint = {hep-th/0703035}, keywords = {black, holes, string, theory}, month = {Mar}, posted-at = {2007-03-06 11:05:03}, priority = {2}, title = {Supersymmetric black holes in string theory}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0703035}, year = {2007} }

TY - ELEC ID - citeulike:1143489 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1143489 TI - Supersymmetric black holes in string theory N2 - We review recent developments concerning supersymmetric black holes in string theory. After a general introduction to the laws of black hole mechanics and to black hole entropy in string theory, we discuss black hole solutions in N=2 supergravity, special geometry, the black hole attractor equations and the underlying variational principle. Special attention is payed to the crucial role of higher derivative corrections. Finally we discuss black hole partition functions and their relation to the topological string, mainly from the supergravity perspective. We try to summarize the state of art and discuss various open questions and problems. KW - black KW - holes KW - string KW - theory AU - Mohaupt, T PY - 2007/Mar/05/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0703035 ER -