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Title: Statistical mechanics of the (2+1)-dimensional black hole

Abstract

The presence of a horizon breaks the gauge invariance of (2+1)-dimensional general relativity, leading to the appearance of new physical states at the horizon. I show that the entropy of the (2+1)-dimensional black hole can be obtained as the logarithm of the number of these microscopic states.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, California 95616 (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
6869544
DOE Contract Number:  
FG03-91ER40674
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 51:2; Journal ID: ISSN 0556-2821
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; BLACK HOLES; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ENTROPY; GAUGE INVARIANCE; GENERAL RELATIVITY THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; FIELD THEORIES; INVARIANCE PRINCIPLES; MECHANICS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; 661310* - Relativity & Gravitation- (1992-)

Citation Formats

Carlip, S. Statistical mechanics of the (2+1)-dimensional black hole. United States: N. p., 1995. Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.51.632.
Carlip, S. Statistical mechanics of the (2+1)-dimensional black hole. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.51.632
Carlip, S. 1995. "Statistical mechanics of the (2+1)-dimensional black hole". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.51.632.
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title = {Statistical mechanics of the (2+1)-dimensional black hole},
author = {Carlip, S},
abstractNote = {The presence of a horizon breaks the gauge invariance of (2+1)-dimensional general relativity, leading to the appearance of new physical states at the horizon. I show that the entropy of the (2+1)-dimensional black hole can be obtained as the logarithm of the number of these microscopic states.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevD.51.632},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6869544}, journal = {Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)},
issn = {0556-2821},
number = ,
volume = 51:2,
place = {United States},
year = {Sun Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 1995},
month = {Sun Jan 15 00:00:00 EST 1995}
}