• DOI:10.1016/j.shpsb.2019.11.001
Corpus ID: 102351205

Conceptual analysis of black hole entropy in string theory

@article{Haro2019ConceptualAO,
  title={Conceptual analysis of black hole entropy in string theory},
  author={S. Haro and J. V. Dongen and M. Visser and J. Butterfield},
  journal={Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics},
  year={2019},
  volume={69},
  pages={82-111}
}

S. Haro, J. V. Dongen, +1 author J. Butterfield

Published 2019

Mathematics, Physics

Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

The microscopic state counting of the extremal Reissner-Nordstrom black hole performed by Andrew Strominger and Cumrun Vafa in 1996 has proven to be a central result in string theory. Here, with a philosophical readership in mind, the argument is presented in its contemporary context and its rather complex conceptual structure is analysed. In particular, we will identify the various inter-theoretic relations, such as duality and linkage relations, on which it depends. We further aim to make… CONTINUE READING

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