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A Schwarzian on the Stretched Horizon

High Energy Physics - Theory 2022-06-15 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

It is well known that the Euclidean black hole action has a boundary term at the horizon proportional to the area. I show that if the horizon is replaced by a stretched horizon with appropriate boundary conditions, a new boundary term appears, described by a Schwarzian action similar to the recently discovered boundary actions in "nearly anti-de Sitter" gravity.

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@article{arxiv.2203.13323,
  title  = {A Schwarzian on the Stretched Horizon},
  author = {S. Carlip},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2203.13323},
  year   = {2022}
}

Comments

8 pages; v2: 9 pages, extended explanation of boundary conditions, other minor changes, to appear in a special issue of Gen. Rel. Grav. in memory of Prof. Thanu Padmanabhan ("Paddy")

R2 v1 2026-06-24T10:25:11.131Z