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The Statistical Mechanics of the Three-Dimensional Euclidean Black Hole
Steven Carlip
In its formulation as a Chern-Simons theory, three-dimensional general relativity induces a Wess-Zumino-Witten action on spatial boundaries. Treating the horizon of the three-dimen…
gr-qc1996★ 2 cited
The Statistical Mechanics of Horizons and Black Hole Thermodynamics
S. Carlip
Although we know that black holes are characterized by a temperature and an entropy, we do not yet have a satisfactory microscopic ``statistical mechanical'' explanation for black…