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1Department of Management Information Systems, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
We present a measurement-driven model in which the black hole horizon functions as a classical apparatus, with Planck-scale patches acting as detectors for quantum field modes. This approach reproduces the Bekenstein-Hawking area law SBH=A4ℓp2 and provides a concrete statistical interpretation of the 1/4 factor, while adhering to established principles rather than deriving the entropy anew from first principles. Each patch generates a thermal ensemble (∼0.25 nat per mode), and summing over area-scaling patches yields the total entropy. Quantum simulations incorporating a realistic Hawking spectrum produce ⟨Sk⟩=0.257 nat (3% above 0.25 nat), and we outline testable predictions for analogue systems. Our main contribution is the horizon-as-apparatus mechanism and its information-theoretic bookkeeping.
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