Effective Conformal Descriptions of Black Hole Entropy: A Review

Jul, 2012
9 pages
Published in:
  • AIP Conf.Proc. 1483 (2012) 1, 54-62
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  • Published: Sep 24, 2012
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Abstract: (AIP)
Black holes behave as thermodynamic objects, and it is natural to ask for an underlying “statistical mechanical” explanation in terms of microscopic degrees of freedom. I summarize attempts to describe these degrees of freedom in terms of a dual two-dimensional conformal field theory, emphasizing the generality of the Cardy formula and the consequent universal nature of the conformal description.
Note:
  • To appear in Proc. of the Sixth International School on Field Theory and Gravity, Petropolis, Brazil, 2012
  • 04.70.Dy
  • 05.70.Ce
  • 05.20.-y
  • black holes
  • conformal field theory
  • entropy
  • statistical mechanics
  • field theory: conformal
  • black hole: entropy
  • dimension: 2