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Although black holes provide a unique probe of gravity in its most extreme regime, they are not just a laboratory for exploring classical general relativity. Their quantum effects are also important and in this book we have presented a brief state-of-the-art overview of our current understanding of these effects. In the absence of a final theory of quantum gravity, we have seen that understanding the quantum properties of black holes provides a glimpse of the elusive laws of fundamental physics underpinning the Universe.
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Calmet, X., Carr, B., Winstanley, E. (2014). Conclusions. In: Quantum Black Holes. SpringerBriefs in Physics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-38939-9_7
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