The canonical ensemble reloaded: the complex-stability of Euclidean quantum gravity for black holes in a box

Abstract We revisit the stability of black hole saddles for the Euclidean path integral describing the canonical partition function Z(β) for gravity inside a spherical reflecting cavity. The boundary condition at the cavity wall couples the transverse-traceless (TT) and pure-trace modes that are tra...

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Main Authors: Donald Marolf, Jorge E. Santos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2022-08-01
Series:Journal of High Energy Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2022)215