The thermodynamic evolution of the cosmological event horizon

DOI10.1007/s10773-011-0986-5zbMath1242.83123arXiv1009.5126MaRDI QIDQ436978

Scott Funkhouser

Publication date: 17 July 2012

Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1009.5126

zbMATH Keywords

first law of thermodynamics; Hawking temperature; cosmological event horizon

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

83F05: Relativistic cosmology

83C57: Black holes

83C75: Space-time singularities, cosmic censorship, etc.

80A10: Classical and relativistic thermodynamics

83C25: Approximation procedures, weak fields in general relativity and gravitational theory

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