
The quantum statistics of charged, extremal black holes is investigated beginning with the hypothesis that the quantum state is a functional on the space of closed three-geometries, with each black hole connected to an oppositely charged black hole through a spatial wormhole. From this starting point a simple argument is given that a collection of extremal black holes obeys neither Bose nor Fermi statistics. Rather they obey an exotic variety of particle statistics known as ``infinite statistics'' which resembles that of distinguishable particles and is realized by a $q$-deformation of the quantum commutation relations.
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High Energy Physics - Theory, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), Black holes, FOS: Physical sciences, Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Commutation relations and statistics as related to quantum mechanics (general), General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory, High Energy Physics - Theory (hep-th), Black holes, FOS: Physical sciences, Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory, General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology (gr-qc), Commutation relations and statistics as related to quantum mechanics (general), General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
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