Local temperature in curved spacetime

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/24/7/F01MaRDI QIDQ3435170zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors Detlev Buchholz, Jan Schlemmer

Publication date 25 April 2007

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

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0608133

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Equations of motion in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C10) Methods of quantum field theory in general relativity and gravitational theory (83C47)

Abstract: A physically meaningful local concept of temperature is introduced in quantum field theory on curved spacetime and applied to the example of a massless field on de Sitter space. It turns out in this model that the equilibrium (Gibbs) states which can be prepared by a geodesic observer have in general a varying temperature distribution in the neighborhood of the geodesic and may not even allow for a consistent thermal interpretation close to the horizon. This result, which can be traced back to the Unruh effect, illustrates the failure of a global notion of temperature in curved spacetime and reveals the need for a local concept, as presented here.

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