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The Statistical Mechanics of Horizons and Black Hole Thermodynamics

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S. Carlip (U.C. Davis)

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Submitted 26 Mar 1996

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The authors' main claim For the (2+1)-dimensional black hole, this approach gives the correct entropy.

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CitationS. Carlip (U.C. Davis). "The Statistical Mechanics of Horizons and Black Hole Thermodynamics." arXiv:gr-qc/9603049 (1996). https://pith.science/paper/RCL5ZG4N
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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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s0 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. gap 0.89 0.05 0.04 asserted 1.00
s1 I describe a new approach that attributes the thermodynamic properties to ``would-be gauge'' degrees of freedom that become dynamical on the horizon. contribution 0.83 0.88 0.46 asserted 1.00
s2 For the (2+1)-dimensional black hole, this approach gives the correct entropy. result 1.00 0.87 0.44 asserted 1.00
s3 (Talk given at the Pacific Conference on Gravitation and Cosmology, Seoul, February 1996.) background 0.96 0.07 0.01 unclear 0.89

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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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