Cut-off QFT and black hole entropy

Abstract

We clarify the relationship between black hole entropy and the number of degrees of freedom in the dual QFT with a cut-off. We show that simple gravity arguments predict the correct cut-off procedure.

8 pages, Latex

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• Supergravity, Non-Conformal Field Theories and Brane-Worlds
• Quasiparticle picture of black holes and the entropy--area relation