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Statistical description of the black hole degeneracy spectrum

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: We use mathematical methods based on generating functions to study the statistical properties of the black hole degeneracy spectrum in loop quantum gravity. In particular we will study the persistence of the observed effective quantization of the entropy as a function of the horizon area. We will show that this quantization disappears as the area increases despite the existence of black hole configurations with a large degeneracy. The methods that we describe here can be adapted to the study of the statistical properties of the black hole degeneracy spectrum for all the existing proposals to define black hole entropy in loop quantum gravity.

Source: Physical review. D. Particles, fields, gravitation, and cosmology/Physical review. D. Particles and fields

DOI: 10.1103/physrevd.83.104013

Authors: J. Fernando Barbero G., Eduardo J. S. Villaseñor

Institutions: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto de Estructura de la Materia, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

Language: English

Topic: Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories

Subfield: Nuclear and High Energy Physics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

Funder: Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación

Award: G3695152163