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Generic degeneracy and entropy in loop quantum gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2008-11-26 v5 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

Without imposing the trapping boundary conditions and only from within the very definition of area it is shown that the loop quantization of area manifests an unexpected degeneracy in area eigenvalues. This could lead to a deeper understanding of the microscopic description of a quantum black hole. If a certain number of semi-classically expected properties of black holes are imposed on a quantum surface its entropy coincides with the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy.

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@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0603121,
  title  = {Generic degeneracy and entropy in loop quantum gravity},
  author = {Mohammad H. Ansari},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0603121},
  year   = {2008}
}

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6 pages, 5 figures, and 2 tables. Published in section: Field Theory And Statistical Systems