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Classical Liouville Theory and the Microscopic Interpretation of Black Hole Entropy

High Energy Physics - Theory 2008-11-26 v1

Abstract

In this paper we will give a general introduction to the role of conformal symmetry in the microscopic interpretation of black hole entropy and then compute the entropy of a Schwarzschild black hole by finding a classical central charge of the Virasoro algebra of a Liouville theory and using the Cardy formula.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0403182,
  title  = {Classical Liouville Theory and the Microscopic Interpretation of Black Hole Entropy},
  author = {Alex Giacomini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0403182},
  year   = {2008}
}

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To appear on the proceedings of the 5.International Conference on Symmetry in Nonlinear Mathematical Physics (Kyiv, Ukraine 23.-29.6.2003)