Microscopic interpretation of black hole entropy

Abstract

It is shown, using conformal symmetry methods, that one can obtain microscopic interpretation of black hole entropy for general class of higher curvature Lagrangians.

15 pages, based on a lecture given by S. Pallua, to be published in Particle Physics and the Universe, Proceedings of the 9th Adriatic Meeting, eds. J. Trampetic and J. Wess (Springer-Verlag, 2004); v2: typos corrected, references added

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