Journal of Holography Applications in Physics
Black Hole-String Correspondence
Document Type : Letter
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Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics and Department of Physics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305-4060, USA
Abstract
I was asked to give a brief review of the black hole-string correspondence [1] as a warm-up for a longer SITP-group discussion of a recent paper by Chen, Maldacena, and Witten [2]. Here are my notes in written form.
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[1] L. Susskind, “Some speculations about black hole entropy in string theory”, [arXiv:hepth/9309145 [hep-th]].
[2] Y. Chen, J. Maldacena and E. Witten, “On the black hole/string transition”, [arXiv:2109.08563 [hep-th]].
[3] G. T. Horowitz and J. Polchinski, “Selfgravitating fundamental strings”, Phys. Rev. D 57, 2557 (1998) DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.57.2557 [arXiv:hep-th/9707170 [hep-th]].
[4] G. T. Horowitz and J. Polchinski, “A Correspondence principle for black holes and strings”, Phys. Rev. D 55, 6189 (1997) DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.55.6189 [arXiv:hepth/9612146 [hep-th]].
[5] E. Halyo, B. Kol, A. Rajaraman and L. Susskind, “Counting Schwarzschild and charged black holes”, Phys. Lett. B 401, 15 (1997) DOI:10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00357-2 [arXiv:hep-th/9609075 [hep-th]].
[2] Y. Chen, J. Maldacena and E. Witten, “On the black hole/string transition”, [arXiv:2109.08563 [hep-th]].
[3] G. T. Horowitz and J. Polchinski, “Selfgravitating fundamental strings”, Phys. Rev. D 57, 2557 (1998) DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.57.2557 [arXiv:hep-th/9707170 [hep-th]].
[4] G. T. Horowitz and J. Polchinski, “A Correspondence principle for black holes and strings”, Phys. Rev. D 55, 6189 (1997) DOI:10.1103/PhysRevD.55.6189 [arXiv:hepth/9612146 [hep-th]].
[5] E. Halyo, B. Kol, A. Rajaraman and L. Susskind, “Counting Schwarzschild and charged black holes”, Phys. Lett. B 401, 15 (1997) DOI:10.1016/S0370-2693(97)00357-2 [arXiv:hep-th/9609075 [hep-th]].
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Volume 5, Issue 3
September 2025Pages 1-11
- Receive Date: 16 August 2025
- Revise Date: 30 August 2025
- Accept Date: 02 September 2025