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Entropy and Topology for Gravitational Instantons

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arxiv hep-th/9708014 v1 pith:XUS7F5DP submitted 1997-08-04 hep-th gr-qc

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keywords gravitationalinstantonsentropycharacteristiceulerformularelationtopology
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In this work a relation between topology and thermodynamical features of gravitational instantons is shown. The expression for the Euler characteristic, through the Gauss-Bonnet integral, and the one for the entropy of gravitational instantons are proposed in a form that makes the relation between them self-evident. A new formulation of the Bekenstein-Hawking formula, where the entropy and the Euler characteristic are related by $S=\chi A/8$, is obtained. This formula provides the correct results for a wide class of gravitational instantons described by both spherically and axially symmetric metrics.

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