Phys. Rev. D 46, 2334–2340 (1992)Statistical mechanics of black holesReceived 8 May 1992; published in the issue dated 15 September 1992 We analyze the statistical mechanics of a gas of neutral and charged black holes. The microcanonical ensemble is the only possible approach to this system, and the equilibrium configuration is the one for which most of the energy is carried by a single black hole. Schwarzschild black holes are found to obey the statistical bootstrap condition. In all cases, the microcanonical temperature is identical to the Hawking temperature of the most massive black hole in the gas. U(1) charges in general break the bootstrap property. The problems of black-hole decay and of quantum coherence are also addressed. © 1992 The American Physical Society URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.46.2334
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevD.46.2334
PACS:
97.60.Lf, 04.20.Cv
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