The case for black hole thermodynamics. I: Phenomenological thermodynamics

DOI10.1016/J.SHPSB.2018.05.002zbMATH Open1402.83062arXiv1710.02724OpenAlexW2964109961WikidataQ129578157 ScholiaQ129578157MaRDI QIDQ1626481FDOQ1626481

Authors: David Wallace 

Publication date: 27 November 2018

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: I give a fairly systematic and thorough presentation of the case for regarding black holes as thermodynamic systems in the fullest sense, aimed at students and non-specialists and not presuming advanced knowledge of quantum gravity. I pay particular attention to (i) the availability in classical black hole thermodynamics of a well-defined notion of adiabatic intervention; (ii) the power of the membrane paradigm to make black hole thermodynamics precise and to extend it to local-equilibrium contexts; (iii) the central role of Hawking radiation in permitting black holes to be in thermal contact with one another; (iv) the wide range of routes by which Hawking radiation can be derived and its back-reaction on the black hole calculated; (v) the interpretation of Hawking radiation close to the black hole as a gravitationally bound thermal atmosphere. In an appendix I discuss recent criticisms of black hole thermodynamics by Dougherty and Callender. This paper confines its attention to the thermodynamics of black holes; a sequel will consider their statistical mechanics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1710.02724

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zbMATH Keywords

Hawking radiation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47) Black holes (83C57)

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