The Statistical Mechanics of Horizons and Black Hole Thermodynamics
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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.
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تاریخ انتشار 1996