Black-hole thermodynamics: Entropy, information and beyond

SAURYA DAS

Department of Physics, The University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Lethbridge,

Alberta, T1K 3M4, Canada

E-mail: saurya.das@uleth.ca

Abstract. We review some recent advances in black-hole thermodynamics including statistical mechanical origins of black-hole entropy and its leading order corrections from

the view points of various quantum gravity theories. We then examine the problem of information loss and some possible approaches to its resolution. Finally, we study some proposed experiments which may be able to provide experimental signatures of black holes.

Keywords. Black-hole thermodynamics; quantum gravity.

PACS Nos 04.60.-m; 04.70.-s