Ten theses on black hole entropy

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part B - Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 291-301

  Sorkin, Rafael D ^a,b  

^a PERIMETER INSTITUTE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Canada)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Black hole thermodynamics; Generalized second law; Histories quantum mechanics; Horizon entropy; Quantum gravity; Spacetime discreteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 19144362507     PISSN: 13552198     EISSN: 18792502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsb.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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