Skip to content

Non-minimally coupled scalar fields and isolated horizons

Abhay Ashtekar, Alejandro Corichi, Daniel Sudarsky

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/0305044

Abstract

The isolated horizon framework is extended to include non-minimally coupled scalar fields. As expected from the analysis based on Killing horizons, entropy is no longer given just by (a quarter of) the horizon area but also depends on the scalar field. In a subsequent paper these results will serve as a point of departure for a statistical mechanical derivation of entropy using quantum geometry.

Create a lesson