Counting black hole microstates at future null infinity
We propose a black hole microstate counting method based on the canonical quantization of the asymptotic symmetries of a two-dimensional dilaton-gravity system at future null infinity. This dilaton-gravity is obtained from the s-wave reduction of an $N$-dimensional Einstein gravity over a generic asymptotically flat black hole solution. We show that a Cardy-type formula leads to the Bekenstein-Hawking entropy. In this scenario, the quantized bulk degrees of freedom act as a source for the dual field theory operators living at future null infinity that are soft gravitons of the higher dimensional system, up to some gauge fixing.
Authors
- Vahid Reza Shajiee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0432-1675)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physics Letters B
- Published
- 2025-03-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physletb.2025.139381
- Primary Topic
- Black Holes and Theoretical Physics
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00