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Microscopic derivation of the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy formula for non-extremal black holes

arXiv:hep-th/9711138 · doi:10.1016/S0550-3213(98)00023-6

Abstract

We derive the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy formula for four and five dimensional non-supersymmetric black holes (which include the Schwarzchild ones) by counting microscopic states. This is achieved by first showing that these black holes are U-dual to the three-dimensional black hole of Banados-Teitelboim-Zanelli and then counting microscopic states of the latter following Carlip's approach. Higher than five dimensional black holes are also considered. We discuss the connection of our approach to the D-brane picture.

Misprints corrected, discussion section expanded, some references added. Version to appear in Nucl. Phys. B. 29 pages, latex

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