Bekenstein: black holes and entropy

What changed

Proposed horizon-area entropy and a generalized second law.

Scientific scope

The record is Bekenstein's sole-author 1973 Physical Review D paper. Its dimensional constant and arguments are those of that paper; it does not absorb Hawking radiation, later exact normalization or microscopic entropy derivations.

Evidence

The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is Bekenstein's sole-author 1973 Physical Review D paper. Its dimensional constant and arguments are those of that paper; it does not absorb Hawking radiation, later exact normalization or microscopic entropy derivations.

Contributors

• Jacob D. Bekenstein · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.

• APS page for Black Holes and Entropy
• CiNii record for Black Holes and Entropy

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