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On horizon constraints and Hawking radiation

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

Questions about black holes in quantum gravity generally presuppose the presence of a horizon. Recently Carlip has shown that enforcing an initial data surface to be a horizon leads to the correct form for the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of the black hole. Requiring a horizon also constitutes fixed background geometry, which generically leads to non-conservation of the matter stress tensor at the horizon. In this work, I show that the generated matter energy flux for a Schwarzschild black hole is in agreement with the first law of black hole thermodynamics, 8πGΔQ=κΔA8 \pi G \Delta Q = \kappa \Delta A.

Cite

@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0601044,
  title  = {On horizon constraints and Hawking radiation},
  author = {David Mattingly},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0601044},
  year   = {2007}
}