String model of black hole microstates

Journal Article · Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1997 · Physical Review, D

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.56.1005· OSTI ID:527080

Larsen, F ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 (United States)

The statistical mechanics of black holes arbitrarily far from extremality is modeled by a gas of weakly interacting strings. As an effective low-energy description of black holes the string model provides several highly nontrivial consistency checks and predictions. Speculations on a fundamental origin of the model suggest surprising simplifications in nonperturbative string theory, even in the absence of supersymmetry. {copyright} {ital 1997} {ital The American Physical Society}

• Research Organization: Univ. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-76ER03071
• OSTI ID: 527080
• Journal Information: Physical Review, D, Vol. 56, Issue 2; Other Information: PBD: Jul 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

66 PHYSICS
BLACK HOLES
STRING MODELS
STATISTICAL MECHANICS
GASES
SUPERSYMMETRY
THERMODYNAMICS