On the degrees of freedom of a black hole
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2020-01-24 v1 High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
By examining whether black holes fulfill the theorem of equipartition of energy we find that the notion of degrees of freedom, previously introduced for cosmic horizons, is meaningful in the case of Schwarzschild and Kerr black holes. However, for Reissner-N\"{o}rdstrom and Kerr-Newman black holes this notion fails.
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@article{arxiv.2001.05716,
title = {On the degrees of freedom of a black hole},
author = {Diego Pavon},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2001.05716},
year = {2020}
}
Comments
8 pages, no figures. Key words: gravity, black holes, statistical mechanics, equipartition theorem. Comments appreciated