Evidence for the adiabatic invariance of the black hole horizon area

Abstract

Some examples in support of the conjecture that the horizon area of a near equilibrium black hole is an adiabatic invariant are described. These clarify somewhat the conditions under which the conjecture would be true.

15 pages, REVtex, typos and references corrected, approved for publication in Phys. Rev. D

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