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How is a Closed String Loop like a Black Hole?

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2010-04-06 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We demonstrate that under plausible assumptions the entropy and temperature associated with the small oscillations on a circular loop of radius RR and a black hole of mass M=R/2GM=R/2G are identical.

Cite

@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9508031,
  title  = {How is a Closed String Loop like a Black Hole?},
  author = {E. J. Copeland and Amitabha Lahiri},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9508031},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

6 pages, uses harvmac

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