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Central charges and boundary fields for two dimensional dilatonic black holes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-10 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

In this paper we first show that within the Hamiltonian description of general relativity, the central charge of a near horizon asymptotic symmetry group is zero, and therefore that the entropy of the system cannot be estimated using Cardy's formula. This is done by mapping a static black hole to a two dimensional space. We explain how such a charge can only appear to a static observer who chooses to stay permanently outside the black hole. Then an alternative argument is given for the presence of a universal central charge. Finally we suggest an effective quantum theory on the horizon that is compatible with the thermodynamics behaviour of the black hole.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0312065,
  title  = {Central charges and boundary fields for two dimensional dilatonic black holes},
  author = {N. Pinamonti and L. Vanzo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0312065},
  year   = {2009}
}

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16 pages, no figures, LaTex 2e, references added