Black Hole Entropy and the Hamiltonian Formulation of Diffeomorphism Invariant Theories

Details Black Hole Entropy and the Hamiltonian Formulation of Diffeomorphism Invariant Theories Black Hole Entropy and the Hamiltonian Formulation of Diffeomorphism Invariant Theories

1995-06-30

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9506085v1

Phys.Rev. D52 (1995) 7011-7026

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

26 pages, REVTeX

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevD.52.7011

Path integral methods are used to derive a general expression for the entropy of a black hole in a diffeomorphism invariant theory. The result, which depends on the variational derivative of the Lagrangian with respect to the Riemann tensor, agrees with the result obtained from Noether charge methods by Iyer and Wald. The method used here is based on the direct expression of the density of states as a path integral (the microcanonical functional integral). The analysis makes crucial use of the Hamiltonian form of the action. An algorithm for placing the action of a diffeomorphism invariant theory in Hamiltonian form is presented. Other path integral approaches to the derivation of black hole entropy include the Hilbert action surface term method and the conical deficit angle method. The relationships between these path integral methods are presented.

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