%0 Journal Article %T Black Holes and Calogero Models %A G. W. Gibbons %A P. K. Townsend %J Physics %D 1998 %I arXiv %R 10.1016/S0370-2693(99)00266-X %X We argue that the large $n$ limit of the $n$-particle $SU(1,1|2)$ superconformal Calogero model provides a microscopic description of the extreme Reissner-Nordstr{\"o}m black hole in the near-horizon limit. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/9812034v4