A note on the thermodynamics of gravitational radiation
General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
2009-11-10 v2
Abstract
It is shown that linearized gravitational radiation confined in a cavity can achieve thermal equilibrium if the mean density of the radiation and the size of the cavity satisfy certain constraints.
Keywords
Cite
@article{arxiv.gr-qc/0305030,
title = {A note on the thermodynamics of gravitational radiation},
author = {T. Padmanabhan and T. P. Singh},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:gr-qc/0305030},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
8 pages; discussion expanded and some issues clarified; revised version accepted for publication in Classical and Quantum Gravity