Eugenio Bianchi is an Italian

theoretical physicist Theoretical physics is a branch of physics that employs mathematical models and abstractions of physical objects and systems to rationalize, explain and predict natural phenomena. This is in contrast to experimental physics, which uses experime ...

and assistant professor at the Pennsylvania State University who works on loop quantum gravity and

black hole thermodynamics In physics, black hole thermodynamics is the area of study that seeks to reconcile the laws of thermodynamics with the existence of black hole event horizons. As the study of the statistical mechanics of black-body radiation led to the developm ...

. He has derived the Bekenstein-Hawking formula

S=\frac

for the

entropy Entropy is a scientific concept, as well as a measurable physical property, that is most commonly associated with a state of disorder, randomness, or uncertainty. The term and the concept are used in diverse fields, from classical thermodynam ...

of non-extremal black holes from loop quantum gravity, for all values of the Immirzi parameter.

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at the Pennsylvania State University. Loop quantum gravity researchers Italian relativity theorists 1979 births People from the Province of Benevento Living people Pennsylvania State University faculty {{Italy-physicist-stub