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Geometric Microstates for the Three Dimensional Black Hole?

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We study microstates of the three dimensional black hole obtained by quantizing topologically non-trivial geometries behind the event horizon. In chiral gravity these states are found by quantizing the moduli space of bordered Riemann surfaces. In the semi-classical limit these microstates can be counted using intersection theory on the moduli space of punctured Riemann surfaces. We make a conjecture (supported by numerics) for the asymptotic behaviour of the relevant intersection numbers. The result is that the geometric microstates with fixed topology have an entropy which grows too slowly to account for the semiclassical Bekenstein-Hawking entropy. The sum over topologies, however, leads to a divergence. We conclude with some speculations about how this might be resolved to give an entropy proportional to horizon area.

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hep-th 2

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2025 2

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On random matrix statistics of 3d gravity

hep-th · 2025-12-04 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

3d gravity on Σ_{g,n} × I with EOW branes equals the Virasoro minimal string random matrix model, with exact match for g=0 n=2 and inner-product formulation for negative Euler characteristic.

Surgery and statistics in 3d gravity

hep-th · 2025-06-04 · unverdicted · novelty 6.0

Introduces RMT surgery to relate off-shell 3D gravity partition functions to CFT spectral statistics via Euclidean wormholes with four-punctured sphere and trumpet boundaries.

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  • On random matrix statistics of 3d gravity hep-th · 2025-12-04 · unverdicted · none · ref 51 · internal anchor

    3d gravity on Σ_{g,n} × I with EOW branes equals the Virasoro minimal string random matrix model, with exact match for g=0 n=2 and inner-product formulation for negative Euler characteristic.

  • Surgery and statistics in 3d gravity hep-th · 2025-06-04 · unverdicted · none · ref 67 · internal anchor

    Introduces RMT surgery to relate off-shell 3D gravity partition functions to CFT spectral statistics via Euclidean wormholes with four-punctured sphere and trumpet boundaries.