A Schwarzian on the Stretched Horizon

Abstract

It is well known that the Euclidean black hole action has a boundary term at the horizon proportional to the area. I show that if the horizon is replaced by a stretched horizon with appropriate boundary conditions, a new boundary term appears, described by a Schwarzian action similar to the recently discovered boundary actions in "nearly anti-de Sitter" gravity.

arXiv comment8 pages; v2: 9 pages, extended explanation of boundary conditions, other minor changes, to appear in a special issue of Gen. Rel. Grav. in memory of Prof. Thanu Padmanabhan ("Paddy")

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