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Evidence for a null entropy of extremal black holes

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2009-10-31 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We present some arguments in support of a {\it zero} entropy for {\it extremal} black holes. These rely on a combination of both quantum, thermodynamic, and statistical physics arguments. This result may shed some light on the nature of these extreme objects. In addition, we show that within a {\it quantum} framework the capture of a particle by an initially extremal black hole always results with a final nonextremal black hole.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0004003,
  title  = {Evidence for a null entropy of extremal black holes},
  author = {Shahar Hod},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0004003},
  year   = {2009}
}

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11 pages