Wormholes and the Thermodynamic Arrow of Time
arXiv:1911.03021 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevResearch.2.043095
Abstract
In classical thermodynamics, heat cannot spontaneously pass from a colder system to a hotter system, which is called the thermodynamic arrow of time. However, if the initial states are entangled, the direction of the thermodynamic arrow of time may not be guaranteed. Here we take the thermofield double state at dimension as the initial state and assume its gravity duality to be the eternal black hole in AdS space. We make the temperature difference between the two sides by changing the Hamiltonian. We turn on proper interaction between the two sides and calculate the changes in energy and entropy. The energy transfer, as well as the thermodynamic arrow of time, are mainly determined by the competition between two channels: thermal diffusion and anomalous heat flow. The former is not related to the wormhole and obeys the thermodynamic arrow of time; the latter is related to the wormhole and reverses the thermodynamic arrow of time, i.e. transferring energy from the colder side to the hotter side at the cost of entanglement consumption. Finally, we find that the thermal diffusion wins the competition, and the whole thermodynamic arrow of time has not been reversed.
arXiv comment39 pages, 23 figures; calculated the von Neumann entropy; added Appendix E; added Figs. 17 and 23; changed the style of figures; corrected typos
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