Box of ideal gas in free fall

DOI10.1016/J.PHYSLETB.2013.02.035zbMATH Open1323.82006arXiv1108.6301OpenAlexW2077459323MaRDI QIDQ887969FDOQ887969

Authors: Dawood Kothawala 

Publication date: 4 November 2015

Published in: Physics Letters B (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study the extit{quantum} partition function of non-relativistic, ideal gas in a (non-cubical) box falling freely in arbitrary curved spacetime with centre 4-velocity u^a. When perturbed energy eigenvalues are properly taken into account, we find that corrections to various thermodynamic quantities include a very specific, sub-dominant term which is independent of extit{kinematic} details such as box dimensions and mass of particles. This term is characterized by the dimensionless quantity, Xi=R_00 Lambda^2, where R_00=R_ab u^a u^b and Lambda=�eta hbar c, and, quite intriguingly, produces Euler relation of homogeneity two between entropy and energy -- a relation familiar from black hole thermodynamics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.6301

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Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Statistical thermodynamics (82B30) Quantum equilibrium statistical mechanics (general) (82B10) Kinetic theory of gases in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B40)

Cites Work

• Black holes and entropy
• Fermi Normal Coordinates and Some Basic Concepts in Differential Geometry
• Gravity and nonequilibrium thermodynamics of classical matter
• Statistical mechanics of gravitating systems

Cited In (2)

• A statistical mechanical problem in Schwarzschild spacetime
• Study of ideal gases in curved spacetimes

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