Four-dimensional entropy from three-dimensional gravity

ORAL

Abstract

In loop quantum gravity, the boundary term at a black hole horizon is formally equivalent to an action for three-dimensional gravity. I show how to use this equivalence to obtain the four-dimensional Bekenstein-Hawking entropy from well-understood computations of the entropy of the three-dimensional black hole.

*supported in part by DOE grant DE-FG02-91ER40674

Authors

  • Steven Carlip

    • Univ of California - Davis
    • University of California, Davis