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Counting States of Near-Extremal Black Holes

Year: 1996

Type: article

Abstract: A six-dimensional black string is considered and its Bekenstein-Hawking entropy computed. It is shown that to leading order above extremality this entropy precisely counts the number of string states with the given energy and charges. This identification implies that Hawking decay of the near-extremal black string can be analyzed in string perturbation theory and is perturbatively unitary.

Source: Physical Review Letters

DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.77.2368

Authors: Gary T. Horowitz, Andrew Strominger

Institution: University of California, Santa Barbara

Language: English

Topic: Black Holes and Theoretical Physics

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Energy

Awards: HIGH ENERGY USER GROUP, G7930479153