The resolution of an entropy puzzle for 4D non-BPS black holes

Abstract

We show the equality between macroscopic and microscopic (statistical) black hole entropy for a class of four dimensional non-supersymmetric black holes in N = 2 supergravity theory, up to the first subleading order in their charges. This solves a long standing entropy puzzle for this class of black holes. The macroscopic entropy has been computed in the presence of a newly derived higher-derivative supersymmetric invariant of [1], connected to the five dimensional supersymmetric Weyl squared Lagrangian. Microscopically, the crucial role in obtaining the equivalence is played by the anomalous gauge gravitational Chern-Simons term