TY - JOUR
T1 - From Planck area to graph theory
T2 - Topologically distinct black hole microstates
AU - Davidson, Aharon
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 American Physical Society.
PY - 2019/10/18
Y1 - 2019/10/18
N2 - We postulate a Planck scale horizon unit area, with no bits of information locally attached to it, connected but otherwise of free form, and let n such geometric units compactly tile the black hole horizon. Associated with each topologically distinct tiling configuration is then a simple, connected, undirected, unlabeled, planar, chordal graph. The asymptotic enumeration of the corresponding integer sequence gives rise to the Bekenstein-Hawking area entropy formula, automatically accompanied by a proper logarithmic term, and fixes the size of the horizon unit area, thereby constituting a global realization of Wheeler's "it from bit" phrase. Invoking Polya's theorem, an exact number theoretical entropy spectrum is offered for the 2+1-dimensional quantum black hole.
AB - We postulate a Planck scale horizon unit area, with no bits of information locally attached to it, connected but otherwise of free form, and let n such geometric units compactly tile the black hole horizon. Associated with each topologically distinct tiling configuration is then a simple, connected, undirected, unlabeled, planar, chordal graph. The asymptotic enumeration of the corresponding integer sequence gives rise to the Bekenstein-Hawking area entropy formula, automatically accompanied by a proper logarithmic term, and fixes the size of the horizon unit area, thereby constituting a global realization of Wheeler's "it from bit" phrase. Invoking Polya's theorem, an exact number theoretical entropy spectrum is offered for the 2+1-dimensional quantum black hole.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.081502
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevD.100.081502
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85074342767
SN - 2470-0010
VL - 100
JO - Physical Review D
JF - Physical Review D
IS - 8
M1 - 081502
ER -