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