Quantized Space-Time and Black Hole Entropy

Abstract

On the basis of Snyder’s idea of quantized space-time, we derive a new generalized uncertainty principle and a new modified density of states. Accordingly, we obtain a corrected black hole entropy with a logarithmic correction term by employing the new generalized uncertainty principle. In addition, we recalculate the entropy of spherically symmetric black holes using statistical mechanics. Because of the use of the minimal length in quantized space-time as a natural cutoff, the entanglement entropy we obtained does not have the usual form A/4 but has a coefficient dependent on the minimal length, which shows differences between black hole entropy in quantized space-time and that in continuous space-time.