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Phys. Rev. Lett. 36, 985–987 (1976)

Black Holes in Thermal Equilibrium

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G. W. Gibbons and M. J. Perry
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 9EW, England

Received 1 December 1975; published in the issue dated 19 April 1976

It is argued that a black hole can remain in thermal equilibrium with a heat bath even in the presence of particle interactions. This is achieved by proving the identity of the Hartle-Hawking Feynman propagator and a certain thermal Green's function.

© 1976 The American Physical Society

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