Statistical Mechanics and Black Hole Thermodynamics

Details Statistical Mechanics and Black Hole Thermodynamics Statistical Mechanics and Black Hole Thermodynamics

1997-02-08

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9702017v1

Nucl.Phys.Proc.Suppl.57:8-12,1997

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

5 pages, LaTeX, uses espcrc2.sty; talk given at the Second Meeting on Constrained Dynamics and Quantum Gravity, Santa Margheri

Scientific paper

10.1016/S0920-5632(97)00348-4

Black holes are thermodynamic objects, but despite recent progress, the ultimate statistical mechanical origin of black hole temperature and entropy remains mysterious. Here I summarize an approach in which the entropy is viewed as arising from ``would-be pure gauge'' degrees of freedom that become dynamical at the horizon. For the (2+1)-dimensional black hole, these degrees of freedom can be counted, and yield the correct Bekenstein-Hawking entropy; the corresponding problem in 3+1 dimensions remains open.

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