Abstract
We point out that with a specific counting of states loop quantum gravity implies that black holes perform a phase transition at a certain characteristic temperature . In this phase transition the punctures of the spin network on the stretched horizon of the black hole jump, in effect, from the vacuum to the excited states. The characteristic temperature may be regarded as the lowest possible temperature of the hole. From the point of view of a distant observer at rest with respect to the hole, the characteristic temperature corresponds to the Hawking temperature of the hole.
- Received 23 February 2016
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevD.93.084002
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Physics Subject Headings (PhySH)
Gravitation, Cosmology & Astrophysics