Semiclassical Quantization on Black Hole Spacetimes

TL;DR

This paper reviews black hole thermodynamics and proposes an alternative microcanonical approach, highlighting differences in decay rate predictions compared to the traditional thermodynamic framework.

Contribution

It introduces a microcanonical description of black holes, contrasting it with the standard thermodynamic approach and analyzing implications for black hole decay rates.

Findings

Microcanonical description differs from thermodynamic approach.

Decay rates of black holes are notably different in the two frameworks.

The paper critiques the thermodynamical model and offers an alternative perspective.

Abstract

The thermodynamical description of black holes is reviewed and critiqued. We present an alternative, microcanonical description of black holes and discuss the major differences. In particular the decay rates of black holes are compared in the two different pictures.