Black Hole Entropy and the Problem of Universality

dc.creatorCarlip, Steven
dc.date2007-02-16
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T10:37:14Z
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dc.descriptionA key test of any quantum theory of gravity is its ability to reproduce the known thermodynamic properties of black holes. A statistical mechanical description of the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy once seemed remote, but today we suffer an embarrassment of riches: many different approaches to quantum gravity yield the same entropy, despite counting very different states. This ``universality'' suggests that some underlying feature of the classical theory may control the quantum density of states. I discuss the possibility that this feature is an approximate two-dimensional conformal symmetry near the horizon.
dc.description10 pages, LaTeX; talk at DICE 2006, Piombino, Italy
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0702094
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0702094
dc.identifierJ.Phys.Conf.Ser.67:012022,2007
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/1742-6596/67/1/012022
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/180313
dc.subjectGeneral Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
dc.titleBlack Hole Entropy and the Problem of Universality
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