Black hole entropy from nonperturbative gauge theory

2001/05/31 by Daniel Kabat, Gilad Lifschytz, David A. Lowe · 2 citations
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Noncommutative and Quantum Gravity Theories #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.64.124015

published as Phys.Rev.D64:124015,2001 · LaTeX, 35 pages, 8 eps figures. v2: improved spectral analysis

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Abstract

We present the details of a mean-field approximation scheme for the quantum mechanics of N D0-branes at finite temperature. The approximation can be applied at strong 't Hooft coupling. We find that the resulting entropy is in good agreement with the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of a ten-dimensional nonextremal black hole with a 0-brane charge. This result is in accord with the duality conjectured by Itzhaki, Maldacena, Sonnenschein and Yankielowicz. We study the spectrum of single-string excitations within quantum mechanics, and find evidence for a clear separation between light and heavy degrees of freedom. We also present a way of identifying the black hole horizon.

Citations

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