Discrete Spectra of Charged Black Holes

Details Discrete Spectra of Charged Black Holes Discrete Spectra of Charged Black Holes

2002-09-04

arxiv.org/abs/hep-th/0209039v1

Found.Phys. 32 (2002) 1851-1862

Physics

High Energy Physics

High Energy Physics - Theory

14 Pages, Latex. To appear in "Bekenstein Issues" of Foundations of Physics

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Bekenstein proposed that the spectrum of horizon area of quantized black holes must be discrete and uniformly spaced. We examine this proposal in the context of spherically symmetric charged black holes in a general class of gravity theories. By imposing suitable boundary conditions on the reduced phase space of the theory to incorporate the thermodynamic properties of these black holes and then performing a simplifying canonical transformation, we are able to quantize the system exactly. The resulting spectra of horizon area, as well as that of charge are indeed discrete. Within this quantization scheme, near-extremal black holes (of any mass) turn out to be highly quantum objects, whereas extremal black holes do not appear in the spectrum, a result that is consistent with the postulated third law of black hole thermodynamics.

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