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Entropy of Constrained Gravitational Instanton

Wu Zhong Chao

gr-qcarXiv:gr-qc/9812051

Abstract

The seeds for quantum creations of universes are constrained gravitational instantons. For all compact constrained instantons with U(1) isometry, the period β of the group parameter τ is identified as the reciprocal of the temperature. If β remains a free parameter under the constraints, then the Euclidean action becomes the negative of the "entropy". As examples, we perform the calculations for the Taub-NUT and Taub-bolt-type models and study the quantum creation of the Taub-NUT universe.

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