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Black hole entropy as a consequence of excision

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2019-01-08 v1

Abstract

Black hole entropy is shown to be a consequence of restricting our description of physics to the exterior of black holes. This precludes the need for a statistical mechanical description of this entropy in terms of microstates.

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@article{arxiv.1901.01902,
  title  = {Black hole entropy as a consequence of excision},
  author = {David Garfinkle},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1901.01902},
  year   = {2019}
}
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