Statistical Entropy of the Four Dimensional Schwarzschild Black Hole
High Energy Physics - Theory
2009-10-31 v3 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
The entropy of the four dimensional Schwarzschild black hole is derived by mapping it onto a configuration of intersecting branes with four charges. This configuration is obtained by performing several boosts and dualities on a neutral black brane of M-theory to which the Schwarzschild black hole is related by trivial compactification. The infinite boost limit is well-defined and corresponds to extremality where the intersecting brane configuration is a marginal one on which a standard microscopic counting of the entropy can be safely performed. The result reproduces exactly the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of the four dimensional black hole.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9801053,
title = {Statistical Entropy of the Four Dimensional Schwarzschild Black Hole},
author = {R. Argurio and F. Englert and L. Houart},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9801053},
year = {2009}
}
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9 pages, Latex; references added