The fuzzball proposal for black holes

@article{Skenderis2008TheFP,
  title={The fuzzball proposal for black holes},
  author={Kostas Skenderis and Marika Taylor},
  journal={Physics Reports},
  year={2008},
  volume={467},
  pages={117-171}
}
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