The Statistical Mechanics of Horizons and Black Hole Thermodynamics

Details The Statistical Mechanics of Horizons and Black Hole Thermodynamics The Statistical Mechanics of Horizons and Black Hole Thermodynamics

1996-03-26

arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9603049v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

11 pages, LaTeX

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Although we know that black holes are characterized by a temperature and an entropy, we do not yet have a satisfactory microscopic ``statistical mechanical'' explanation for black hole thermodynamics. I describe a new approach that attributes the thermodynamic properties to ``would-be gauge'' degrees of freedom that become dynamical on the horizon. For the (2+1)-dimensional black hole, this approach gives the correct entropy. (Talk given at the Pacific Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology, Seoul, February 1996.)

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