Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 091301 (2002) [4 pages]Tachyon Condensation and Black Hole Entropy |
Atish Dabholkar
Department of Theoretical Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
Received 16 November 2001; published 13 February 2002
String propagation on a cone with deficit angle 2π(1-1 / N) is considered for the purpose of computing the entropy of a large mass black hole. The entropy computed using the recent results on condensation of twisted-sector tachyons in this theory is found to be in precise agreement with the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy.
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URL: http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v88/e091301
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.091301
PACS: 04.70.Dy, 11.25.Sq
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