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arxiv: hep-th/9804147 · v3 · submitted 1998-04-22 · ✦ hep-th · gr-qc

The Structure of AdS Black Holes and Chern Simons Theory in 2+1 Dimensions

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keywords blackanti-desittersourcecherndimensionsholeholes
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We study anti-de Sitter black holes in 2+1 dimensions in terms of Chern Simons gauge theory of anti-de Sitter group coupled to a source. Taking the source to be an anti-de Sitter state specified by its Casimir invariants, we show how all the relevant features of the black hole are accounted for. The requirement that the source be a unitary representation leads to a discrete tower of states which provide a microscopic model for the black hole.

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