3 papers
hep-th2008★ 44 cited
Classical and quantum gravity of brane black holes
Ruth Gregory, Simon F. Ross, Robin Zegers
We test the holographic conjecture for brane black holes: that a full classical 5D solution will correspond to a quantum corrected 4D black hole. We show that a Schwarzschild-AdS b…
hep-th2007★ 25 cited
Winding tachyons in BTZ
Mukund Rangamani, Simon F. Ross
Analysing closed string tachyon condensation will improve our understanding of spacetime in string theory. We study the string spectrum on a BTZ black hole spacetime supported by N…
hep-th2005
Black hole thermodynamics
Simon F. Ross
These notes introduce basic aspects of black hole thermodynamics. I review the classical laws of black hole mechanics, give a brief introduction to the essential concepts of quantu…