Gravity as a thermodynamic phenomenon
arXiv:1701.08967
Abstract
The analogy between the laws of black hole mechanics and the laws of thermodynamics led Bekenstein and Hawking to argue that black holes should be considered as real thermodynamic systems that are characterised by entropy and temperature. Black hole thermodynamics indicates a deeper connection between thermodynamics and gravity. We review and examine in detail the arguments that suggest an interpretation of gravity itself as a thermodynamic theory.
M.Sc. Thesis, Review, 61 pages
References in corpus (31)
- The World as a Hologram
- Viscosity in Strongly Interacting Quantum Field Theories from Black Hole Physics
- Thermodynamics of Spacetime: The Einstein Equation of State
- Black Hole Entropy is Noether Charge
- Entropy and Area
- On the Origin of Gravity and the Laws of Newton
- The holographic principle
- A Covariant Entropy Conjecture
- First Law of Thermodynamics and Friedmann Equations of Friedmann-Robertson-Walker Universe
- Black Hole Entropy in Canonical Quantum Gravity and Superstring Theory
- Black Hole Entropy from Loop Quantum Gravity
- Thermodynamic Behavior of Friedmann Equation at Apparent Horizon of FRW Universe
- Equipartition of energy in the horizon degrees of freedom and the emergence of gravity
- Black Hole Entropy and Entropy of Entanglement
- The Conical Singularity And Quantum Corrections To Entropy Of Black Hole
- Negative Absolute Temperature for Motional Degrees of Freedom
- Friedmann Equations and Thermodynamics of Apparent Horizons
- Friedmann Equations from Entropic Force
- Einstein's equations as a thermodynamic identity: The cases of stationary axisymmetric horizons and evolving spherically symmetric horizons
- On one-loop renormalization of black-hole entropy
- Surface Density of Spacetime Degrees of Freedom from Equipartition Law in theories of Gravity
- Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics of Spacetime: the Role of Gravitational Dissipation
- One-loop Renormalization of Black Hole Entropy Due to Non-minimally Coupled Matter
- Thermodynamics of Apparent Horizon in Brane World Scenarios
- The Holography of Gravity encoded in a relation between Entropy, Horizon area and Action for gravity
- Holographic Gravity and the Surface term in the Einstein-Hilbert Action
- Horizon entropy and higher curvature equations of state
- Gravity as elasticity of spacetime: a paradigm to understand horizon thermodynamics and cosmological constant
- Equipartition of energy and the first law of thermodynamics at the apparent horizon
- Holography in Action
- Black hole entanglement entropy and the renormalization group