The second law in four-dimensional Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet gravity

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/31/15/155007zbMATH Open1296.83010arXiv1312.1323OpenAlexW2094089272MaRDI QIDQ2877429FDOQ2877429

Authors: Saugata Chatterjee, Maulik Parikh 

Publication date: 22 August 2014

Published in: Classical and Quantum Gravity (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The topological contribution to black hole entropy of a Gauss-Bonnet term in four dimensions opens up the possibility of a violation of the second law of thermodynamics in black hole mergers. We show, however, that the second law is not violated in the regime where Einstein-Gauss-Bonnet holds as an effective theory and black holes can be treated thermodynamically. For mergers of AdS black holes, the second law appears to be violated even in Einstein gravity; we argue, however, that the second law holds when gravitational potential energy is taken into account.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1312.1323

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zbMATH Keywords

entropyblack holeAdSGauss-Bonnet

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Black holes (83C57) Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc. (83C75) Relativistic gravitational theories other than Einstein's, including asymmetric field theories (83D05)

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