Entropy of (2+1) dimensional de Sitter space in terms of the brick wall method

1998/10/22 by Won Tae Kim
Physics and Astronomy · #Black Holes and Theoretical Physics #Cosmology and Gravitation Theories #Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena #hep-th

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevd.59.047503

published as Phys.Rev. D59 (1999) 047503 · 6pages, revtex, no figures to appear in Phys. Rev. D

arxiv created 1998/10/22 · openalex publication_date 1999/01/21 · arxiv updated 2009/11/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28

Abstract

We calculate the statistical entropy of a scalar field on the background of three-dimensional De Sitter space in terms of the brick wall method and finally derive the perimeter law of the entropy.

Citations

• Particle creation by black holes
• Aspects of black hole quantum mechanics and thermodynamics in 2+1 dimensions
• Generalized second law of thermodynamics in black-hole physics
• Black Holes and Entropy