paper

A note on the thermodynamics of gravitational radiation

arXiv:gr-qc/0305030 · doi:10.1088/0264-9381/20/20/307

Abstract

It is shown that linearized gravitational radiation confined in a cavity can achieve thermal equilibrium if the mean density of the radiation and the size of the cavity satisfy certain constraints.

8 pages; discussion expanded and some issues clarified; revised version accepted for publication in Classical and Quantum Gravity