MONSTERS, BLACK HOLES AND THE STATISTICAL MECHANICS OF GRAVITY

• DOI: 10.1142/s0217732309031624
• Publication Date: 2009-08-27T07:31:54Z
• Authors: STEPHEN D. H. HSU; DAVID REEB
• Keywords: Black hole (networking); Statistical Mechanics; Planck mass

We review the construction of monsters in classical general relativity. Monsters have finite ADM mass and surface area, but potentially unbounded entropy. From curved space perspective, they are objects with large proper volume that can be glued on to an asymptotically flat space. At no point is curvature or energy density required Planck units, quantum gravitational effects are, conventional effective field theory framework, small everywhere. Since more entropy than a black hole equal mass, problematic for certain interpretations AdS/CFT duality. In second part paper we recent developments foundations statistical mechanics which make use properties high-dimensional (Hilbert) spaces. These results primarily depend kinematics — essentially, geometry Hilbert relatively insensitive dynamics. discuss how this approach might adopted as basis gravity. Interestingly, other highly entropic configurations play important role.