The Statistical Mechanics of the (2+1)-Dimensional Black Hole
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2010-04-28 v1 High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
The presence of a horizon breaks the gauge invariance of (2+1)-dimensional general relativity, leading to the appearance of new physical states at the horizon. I show that the entropy of the (2+1)-dimensional black hole can be obtained as the logarithm of the number of these microscopic states.
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/9409052,
title = {The Statistical Mechanics of the (2+1)-Dimensional Black Hole},
author = {S. Carlip},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/9409052},
year = {2010}
}
Comments
12 pages, UCD-94-32 and NI-94011