Statistical mechanics of Kerr-Newman dilaton black holes and the bootstrap condition

Abstract

The Bekenstein-Hawking ``entropy'' of a Kerr-Newman dilaton black hole is computed in a perturbative expansion in the charge-to-mass ratio. The most probable configuration for a gas of such black holes is analyzed in the microcanonical formalism and it is argued that it does not satisfy the equipartition principle but a bootstrap condition. It is also suggested that the present results are further support for an interpretation of black holes as excitations of extended objects.

RevTeX, 5 pages, 2 PS figures included (requires epsf), submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett