On thermodynamics of black p-branes

Abstract

Thermodynamic properties of a class of black $p$-branes in $D$-dimensions considered by Duff and Lu are investigated semi-classically. For black $(d-1)$-brane, thermodynamic quantities depend on $D$ and $d$ only through the combination $\tilde{d}\equiv D-d-2$. The behavior of the Hawking temperature and the lifetime vary with $\tilde{d}$, with a critical value $\tilde{d}=2$. For $\tilde{d}>2$, there remains a remnant, in which non-zero entropy is stored. Implications of the fact that the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy of the black $(d-1)$-brane depend only on $\tilde{d}=D-d-2$ is discussed from the point of view of duality.

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