Non-equilibrium thermodynamics of gravitational screens

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/32/21/215002zbMATH Open1329.83044arXiv1405.4881OpenAlexW1545756185MaRDI QIDQ3462091FDOQ3462091

Laurent Freidel, Yuki Yokokura

Publication date: 4 January 2016

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

Abstract: We study the Einstein gravity equations projected on a timelike surface, which represents the time evolution of what we call a gravitational screen. We show that such a screen behaves like a viscous bubble with a surface tension and an internal energy, and that the Einstein equations take the same forms as non-equilibrium thermodynamic equations for a viscous bubble. We provide a consistent dictionary between gravitational and thermodynamical variables. In the non-viscous cases there are three thermodynamic equations which characterize a bubble dynamics: These are the first law, the Marangoni flow equation and the Young-Laplace equation. In all three equations the surface tension plays a central role: In the first law it appears as a work term per unit area, in the Marangoni flow its gradient drives a force, and in the Young-Laplace equation it contributes to a pressure proportional to the surface curvature. The gravity equations appear as a natural generalization of these bubble equations when the bubble itself is viscous and dynamical. In particular, it shows that the mechanism of entropy production for the viscous bubble is mapped onto the production of gravitational waves. We also review the relationship between surface tension and temperature, and discuss black-hole thermodynamics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1405.4881

zbMATH Keywords

holographynon-equilibrium thermodynamicsspacetime thermodynamics

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Measures of information, entropy (94A17) Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

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