Gravitation, thermodynamics and quantum theory

DOI10.1088/0264-9381/16/12A/309zbMATH Open0937.83023arXivgr-qc/9901033MaRDI QIDQ4934993FDOQ4934993

Authors: Robert M. Wald 

Publication date: 30 January 2000

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

Abstract: During the past 30 years, research in general relativity has brought to light strong hints of a very deep and fundamental relationship between gravitation, thermodynamics, and quantum theory. The most striking indication of such a relationship comes from black hole thermodynamics, where it appears that certain laws of black hole mechanics are, in fact, simply the ordinary laws of thermodynamics applied to a system containing a black hole. This article will review the present status of black hole thermodynamics and will discuss some of the related unresolved issues concerning gravitation, thermodynamics, and quantum theory.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9901033

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zbMATH Keywords

black hole thermodynamicsrelationship between gravitation, thermodynamics and quantum theory

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Classical and relativistic thermodynamics (80A10) Quantization of the gravitational field (83C45)

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