Topological Roots of Black Hole Entropy
High Energy Physics - Theory
2007-05-23 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
Abstract
We review the insights into black hole entropy that arise from the formulation of gravitation theory in terms of dimensional continuation. The role of the horizon area and the deficit angle of a conical singularity at the horizon as canonically conjugate dynamical variables is analyzed. The path integral and the extension of the Wheeler-De Witt equation for black holes are discussed.
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@article{arxiv.hep-th/9405199,
title = {Topological Roots of Black Hole Entropy},
author = {C. Teitelboim},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:hep-th/9405199},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
11 pages, no figures, use latex, IASSNS-HEP 93/35