Is thermodynamic irreversibility a consequence of the expansion of the universe?

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSA.2017.09.108MaRDI QIDQ2148674OpenAlexFDO

Authors Szabolcs Osváth

Publication date 24 June 2022

Published in Physica A (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physa.2017.09.108

zbMATH Keywords

second law of thermodynamicsirreversibilitylocal dynamicsmetric expansion of the universe

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical mechanics, structure of matter (82-XX)

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