Thermal statistical ensembles of black holes

C. Chevalier, M. Bustamante and F. Debbasch

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2007, vol. 376, issue C, 293-307

Abstract: We consider statistical ensembles of Schwarzschild black holes and prove that these ensembles describe black holes of nonvanishing temperatures. The mean space–times associated to these ensembles are explored through exact computations of their energy distributions, total masses and calorific capacities. We discuss our results, with special emphasis on their connections with current and near future observations of astrophysical black holes, string theory and cosmology.

Keywords: Relativistic statistical physics; Black holes (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2006.10.062

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