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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.

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@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