Quantum Black Hole Entropy

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23 January 1998

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Published by arXiv in arXiv

Abstract

We derive an exact formula for the dimensionality of the Hilbert space of the boundary states of SU(2) Chern-Simons theory, which, according to the recent work of Ashtekar et al, leads to the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of a four dimensional Schwarzschild black hole. Our result stems from the relation between the (boundary) Hilbert space of the Chern-Simons theory with the space of conformal blocks of the Wess-Zumino model on the boundary 2-sphere.

Keywords

QUANTUM BLACK
SIMONS THEORY
HILBERT SPACE
EXACT FORMULA
HOLE ENTROPY
CHERN SIMONS
BLACK HOLE

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Version 1, 1998-01-23, ArXiv
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Published version: Physics Letters B, 439 (3-4), 267.

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