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Minimal length and black hole area quantization
Author(s) -
Dvali G.,
Gomez C.
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
fortschritte der physik
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.469
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1521-3978
pISSN - 0015-8208
DOI - 10.1002/prop.201100044
Subject(s) - planck length , quantization (signal processing) , planck , physics , black hole (networking) , virtual black hole , theoretical physics , black hole thermodynamics , quantum mechanics , quantum , planck scale , mathematics , computer science , micro black hole , algorithm , quantum gravity , computer network , routing protocol , routing (electronic design automation) , link state routing protocol
In this talk we discuss implications of the concept of the minimal length, the Planck length, for black hole physics, and argue, that it naturally leads to quantization of black hole area in Planck units.