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Violation of the first law of black hole thermodynamics in gravity

arXiv:1107.0515 · doi:10.1088/1475-7516/2011/11/033

Abstract

We prove that, in general, the first law of black hole thermodynamics, , is violated in gravity. As a result, it is possible that there exists entropy production, which implies that the black hole thermodynamics can be in non-equilibrium even in the static spacetime. This feature is very different from that of or that of other higher derivative gravity theories. We find that the violation of first law results from the lack of local Lorentz invariance in gravity. By investigating two examples, we note that should be negative in order to avoid the naked singularities and superluminal motion of light. When is small, the entropy of black holes in gravity is approximatively equal to .

18 pages, no figure, version accepted for publication in JCAP

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