PIRSA:17070031

Black Hole Entropy from BMS Symmetry at the Horizon

Carlip, S. (2017). Black Hole Entropy from BMS Symmetry at the Horizon. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/17070031

Carlip, Steve. Black Hole Entropy from BMS Symmetry at the Horizon. Perimeter Institute, Jul. 17, 2017, https://pirsa.org/17070031 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:17070031,
            doi = {10.48660/17070031},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/17070031},
            author = {Carlip, Steve},
            keywords = {Other},
            language = {en},
            title = {Black Hole Entropy from BMS Symmetry at the Horizon},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2017},
            month = {jul},
            note = {PIRSA:17070031 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Steve Carlip

University of California, Davis

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One of the basic puzzles of black hole thermodynamics is the simplicity and universality of the  Bekenstein-Hawking entropy. The idea that this entropy might be governed by a symmetry at the horizon is an old one, but until now efforts have focused on conformal symmetries, either at infinity or on a "stretched horizon."  I argue that a better approach uses a BMS-like symmetry of the horizon itself.  This avoids the limitations of previous attempts (including my own), and explains the entropy in terms of a generalization of the Cardy formula for the density of states.