Published January 7, 2002
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Journal article
Light sheets and the covariant entropy conjecture
Description
We examine the holography bound suggested by Bousso in his covariant entropy conjecture, and argue that it is violated because his notion of light sheet is too generous. We suggest its replacement by a weaker bound. (letter to the editor)
Availability note (English)
Available online at http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/19/L1/q201l1.pdf or at the Web site for the journal Classical and Quantum Gravity (ISSN 1361-6382) http://www.iop.org/Additional details
Identifiers
- URL
- http://stacks.iop.org/0264-9381/19/L1/q201l1.pdf; http://www.iop.org/;
- PII
- S0264-9381(02)27727-8;
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Classical and Quantum Gravity
- Journal Volume
- 19
- Journal Issue
- 1
- Journal Page Range
- p. L1-L4
- ISSN
- 0264-9381
- CODEN
- CQGRDG
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United Kingdom
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 34031316
- Subject category
- S71: CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS;
- Descriptors DEI
- BOUND STATE; CAUCHY PROBLEM; ENTROPY; HOLOGRAPHY; MINKOWSKI SPACE; QUANTUM GRAVITY; SPACE-TIME
- Descriptors DEC
- FIELD THEORIES; MATHEMATICAL SPACE; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; QUANTUM FIELD THEORY; SPACE; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES