Why is the black hole entropy (almost) linear in the horizon area?

Physical Review D

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2001, Pages

  Gour, Gilad ^a   Mayo, Avraham E ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

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ARTICLE; CALCULATION; ENTROPY; LINEAR SYSTEM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RADIATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0034898380     PISSN: 05562821     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.63.064005     Document Type: Article

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