Black Hole State Counting in Loop Quantum Gravity: A Number-Theoretical Approach
Black Hole State Counting in Loop Quantum Gravity: A Number-Theoretical Approach
We give an efficient method, combining number-theoretic and combinatorial ideas, to exactly compute black hole entropy in the framework of loop quantum gravity. Along the way we provide a complete characterization of the relevant sector of the spectrum of the area operator, including degeneracies, and explicitly determine the number of …