Black Holes in Thermal Equilibrium

Gibbons, G.W.; Perry, M.J.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.36.985

Black Holes in Thermal Equilibrium

G.W. Gibbons
(
- Cambridge U.
)
,
M.J. Perry
(
- Cambridge U.
)

Mar, 1976

6 pages

Published in:

Phys.Rev.Lett. 36 (1976) 985

DOI:

10.1103/PhysRevLett.36.985

Report number:

Print-76-0185 (CAMBRIDGE)

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It is argued that a black hole can remain in thermal equilibrium with a heat bath even in the presence of particle interactions. This is achieved by proving the identity of the Hartle-Hawking Feynman propagator and a certain thermal Green's function.

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