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Aspects of Black Hole Quantum Mechanics and Thermodynamics in 2+1 Dimensions

arXiv:gr-qc/9405070 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.51.622

Abstract

We discuss the quantum mechanics and thermodynamics of the (2+1)-dimensional black hole, using both minisuperspace methods and exact results from Chern-Simons theory. In particular, we evaluate the first quantum correction to the black hole entropy. We show that the dynamical variables of the black hole arise from the possibility of a deficit angle at the (Euclidean) horizon, and briefly speculate as to how they may provide a basis for a statistical picture of black hole thermodynamics.

20 pages and 2 figures, LaTeX, IASSNS-HEP-94/34 and UCD-94-13

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