Black Hole Entropy from Loop Quantum Gravity
| dc.creator | Rovelli, Carlo | |
| dc.date | 1996-03-30 | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-07T10:57:55Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-07-07T10:57:55Z | |
| dc.description | We argue that the statistical entropy relevant for the thermal interactions of a black hole with its surroundings is (the logarithm of) the number of quantum microstates of the hole which are distinguishable from the hole's exterior, and which correspond to a given hole's macroscopic configuration. We compute this number explicitly from first principles, for a Schwarzschild black hole, using nonperturbative quantum gravity in the loop representation. We obtain a black hole entropy proportional to the area, as in the Bekenstein-Hawking formula. | |
| dc.description | 5 pages, latex-revtex, no figures | |
| dc.identifier | https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9603063 | |
| dc.identifier | http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9603063 | |
| dc.identifier | Phys.Rev.Lett.77:3288-3291,1996 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.77.3288 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/186922 | |
| dc.subject | General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology | |
| dc.title | Black Hole Entropy from Loop Quantum Gravity | |
| dc.type | text |