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Statistical interpretation of Bekenstein entropy for systems with a stretched horizon

High Energy Physics - Theory 2009-11-07 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology

Abstract

For the 2-charge extremal holes in string theory we show that the Bekenstein entropy obtained from the area of the stretched horizon has a statistical interpretation as a `coarse graining entropy': different microstates give geometries that differ near r=0 and the stretched horizon cuts off the metric at r=b where these geometries start to differ.

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@article{arxiv.hep-th/0202072,
  title  = {Statistical interpretation of Bekenstein entropy for systems with a stretched horizon},
  author = {Oleg Lunin and Samir D. Mathur},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/0202072},
  year   = {2009}
}

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4 pages, 3 figures, Revtex; comment added in the discussion