The limits of information

DOI10.1016/S1355-2198(01)00020-XzbMATH Open1222.83089arXivgr-qc/0009019MaRDI QIDQ720448FDOQ720448

Jacob D. Bekenstein

Publication date: 15 October 2011

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Black holes have their own thermodynamics including notions of entropy and temperature and versions of the three laws. After a light introduction to black hole physics, I recollect how black hole thermodynamics evolved in the 1970's, while at the same time stressing conceptual points which were given little thought at that time, such as why the entropy should be linear in the black hole's surface area. I also review a variety of attempts made over the years to provide a statistical mechanics for black hole thermodynamics. Finally, I discuss the origin of the information bounds for ordinary systems that have arisen as applications of black hole thermodynamics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0009019

zbMATH Keywords

entropyinformationblack holessecond lawinformation bound

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Quantum field theory on curved space or space-time backgrounds (81T20) Black holes (83C57) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10)

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