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We use complex semiclassical method to compute scattering amplitudes of a point particle in dilaton gravity with a boundary. This model has nonzero minimal black hole mass Mcr. We find that at energies below Mcr the particle trivially scatters off the boundary with unit probability. At higher energies the scattering amplitude is exponentially suppressed. The corresponding semiclassical solution is interpreted as formation of an intermediate black hole decaying into the final-state particle. Relating the suppression of the scattering probability to the number of the intermediate black hole states, we find an expression for the black hole entropy consistent with thermodynamics. In addition, we fix the constant part of the entropy which is left free by the thermodynamic arguments. We rederive this result by modifying the standard Euclidean entropy calculation.
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Fitkevich, M., Levkov, D. & Sibiryakov, S. Semiclassical \( \mathcal{S} \)-matrix and black hole entropy in dilaton gravity. J. High Energ. Phys. 2020, 142 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/JHEP08(2020)142
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