Complex Kerr-Newman geometry and black-hole thermodynamics
- 6 May 1991
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 66 (18) , 2281-2284
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.66.2281
Abstract
We establish that in the functional-integral expression for the grand partition function, the thermodynamic properties of a charged, rotating black hole are derived from a complex geometry. The corresponding real ‘‘thermodynamical’’ action is constructed explicitly.Keywords
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