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PIRSA:08110026

Curved space, monsters and black hole entropy

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Hsu, S. (2008). Curved space, monsters and black hole entropy. Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics. https://pirsa.org/08110026

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Abstract

I discuss a class of compact objects (\'monsters\') with more entropy than a black hole of the same ADM mass. Such objects are problematic for AdS/CFT duality and the conventional interpretation of black hole entropy as counting of microstates. Nevertheless, monster initial data can be constructed in semi-classical general relativity without requiring large curvatures or energy densities.