Exact Counting of Black Hole Microsates
Author(s) -
Atish Dabholkar
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/839944
Subject(s) - attractor , physics , partition function (quantum field theory) , curvature , entropy (arrow of time) , mathematical physics , string theory , string (physics) , quantum , black hole (networking) , quantum mechanics , mathematics , mathematical analysis , geometry , computer network , routing protocol , routing (electronic design automation) , computer science , link state routing protocol
The exact entropy of two-charge supersymmetric black holes in N=4 string theories is computed to all orders using Wald's formula and the supersymmetric attractor equations with an effective action that includes the relevant higher curvature terms. Classically, these black holes have zero area but the attractor equations are still applicable at the quantum level. The quantum corrected macroscopic entropy agrees precisely with the microscopic counting and moreover the entire macroscopic partition function matches the microscopic partition function for an infinite tower of fundamental string states.
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