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MP: Theoretische und Mathematische Grundlagen der Physik

MP 14: Stringtheorie

MP 14.2: Invited Talk

Thursday, March 23, 2000, 10:50–11:25, W A317

Black Hole Entropy and String Theory — •Thomas Mohaupt — Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Fachbereich Physik, Fachgruppe Theoretische Physik, D-06099 Halle, Germany

During the last years string theory has opened up a new perspective on black hole physics. In particular an interpretation of the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy in terms of a dual ’D-brane’ or ’M-brane’ description of black holes has been proposed. We review the computation of the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy for extremal black holes in four-dimensional string compactifications with N ≥ 2 supersymmetry and its successful comparison to the counting of states in the D-brane / M-brane picture.