Absence of log correction in entropy of large black holes

Abstract

Earlier calculations of black hole entropy in loop quantum gravity led to a dominant term proportional to the area, but there was a correction involving the logarithm of the area, the Chern-Simons level being assumed to be large. We find that the calculations yield an entropy proportional to the area eigenvalue with no such correction if the Chern-Simons level is finite, so that the area eigenvalue can be relatively large.

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