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Statistical Entropy of Near Extremal Five-branes

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-10-30 v1

Abstract

The Hawking Beckenstein entropy of near extremal fivebranes is calculated in terms of a gas of strings living on the fivebrane. These fivebranes can also be viewed as near extremal black holes in five dimensions.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9605016,
  title  = {Statistical Entropy of Near Extremal Five-branes},
  author = {Juan M. Maldacena},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9605016},
  year   = {2009}
}

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8 pages, uses harvmac