Black hole entropy in the Chern-Simons formulation of <span class="aps-inline-formula"><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><mn></mn><mo>(</mo><mn>2</mn><mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn><mo>)</mo><mn></mn></math></span>-dimensional gravity

Máximo Bañados; Andrés Gomberoff

doi:10.1103/PhysRevD.55.6162

Black hole entropy in the Chern-Simons formulation of $(2 + 1)$ -dimensional gravity

Máximo Bañados and Andrés Gomberoff

Phys. Rev. D 55, 6162 – Published 15 May 1997

Abstract

We examine Carlip’s derivation of the 2+1 Minkowskian black hole entropy. A simplified derivation of the boundary action, valid for any value of the level $k$ , is given.

Received 15 November 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.55.6162

Authors & Affiliations

Máximo Bañados

Centro de Estudios Científicos de Santiago, Casilla 16443, Santiago, Chile
Departamento de Física, Universidad de Santiago, Casilla 307, Correo 2, Santiago, Chile

Andrés Gomberoff