How Wrinkled is the Surface of a Black Hole?

Rafael D. Sorkin (Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico; Syracuse University)

How Wrinkled is the Surface of a Black Hole?

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arxiv gr-qc/9701056 v1 pith:N3NQB3EU submitted 1997-01-26 gr-qc hep-th

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We present evidence that, below a certain threshold scale, the horizon of a black hole is strongly wrinkled, with its shape manifesting a self-similar (``fractal'') spectrum of fluctuations on all scales below the threshold. This threshold scale is small compared to the radius of the black hole, but still much larger than the Planck scale. If present, such fluctuations might account for a large part of the horizon entropy.

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