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Lower dimensional black holes

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A survey of black hole physics in two spacetime dimensions is presented. Basic properties, specific solutions and quantum aspects are considered in turn. The relationship between string theoretic black holes and those arising in other (1+l)-dimensional theories of gravity is discussed.

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Mann, R.B. Lower dimensional black holes. Gen Relat Gravit 24, 433–449 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00760418

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