Statistical mechanics of black holes

Journal Article · Tue Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.46.2334· OSTI ID:7084132

Harms, B; Leblanc, Y ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Alabama, Box 870324, Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487-0324 (United States)

We analyze the statistical mechanics of a gas of neutral and charged black holes. The microcanonical ensemble is the only possible approach to this system, and the equilibrium configuration is the one for which most of the energy is carried by a single black hole. Schwarzschild black holes are found to obey the statistical bootstrap condition. In all cases, the microcanonical temperature is identical to the Hawking temperature of the most massive black hole in the gas. U(1) charges in general break the bootstrap property. The problems of black-hole decay and of quantum coherence are also addressed.

• DOE Contract Number: FG05-84ER40141
• OSTI ID: 7084132
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D (Particles Fields); (United States), Vol. 46:6; ISSN 0556-2821
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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