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Quantum Gravity and Black Hole Entropy

1998/08/14 by J. W. Moffat, Moffat, J. W.
Physics and Astronomy · #FOS: Physical sciences #General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc) #High Energy Physics - Phenomenology (hep-ph) #High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th) #gr-qc #hep-ph #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.hep-th/9808091

11 pages. Plaintex. Corrections to text

arxiv created 1998/09/18 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30

Abstract

The basic features of a quantum field theory which is Poincaré invariant, gauge invariant, finite and unitary to all orders of perturbation theory are reviewed. Quantum gravity is finite and unitary to all orders of perturbation theory. The Bekenstein-Hawking entropy formula for a black hole is investigated in a conical Rindler space approximation to a black hole event horizon. A renormalization of the gravitational coupling constant is performed leading to a finite Bekenstein-Hawking entropy at the horizon.

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