title: Radiation from quantum weakly dynamical horizons in loop quantum gravity.
abstract: We provide a statistical mechanical analysis of quantum horizons near equilibrium in the grand canonical ensemble. By matching the description of the nonequilibrium phase in terms of weakly dynamical horizons with a local statistical framework, we implement loop quantum gravity dynamics near the boundary. The resulting radiation process provides a quantum gravity description of the horizon evaporation. For large black holes, the spectrum we derive presents a discrete structure which could be potentially observable.
authors.affiliation: Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics, Am Mühlenberg 1, D-14476 Golm, Germany. pranzetti@aei.mpg.de
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pranzetti