Bekenstein and the Holographic Principle: Upper bounds for Entropy
Abstract
Using the Bekenstein upper bound for the ratio of the entropy of any bounded system, with energy and effective size , to its energy i.e. , we combine it with the holographic principle (HP) bound ('t Hooft and Susskind) which is . We find that, if both bounds are identical, such bounded system is a black hole (BH). For a system that is not a BH the two upper bounds are different. The entropy of the system must obey the lowest bound. If the bounds are proportional, the result is the proportionality between the mass M of the system and its effective size . When the constant of proportionality is the system in question is a BH, and the two bounds are identical. We analyze the case for a universe. Then the universe is a BH in the sense that its mass and its Hubble size , t the age of the universe, follow the Schwarzschild relation . Finally, for a BH, the Hawking and Unruh temperatures are the same. Applying this to a universe they define the quantum of mass for our universe.
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@article{arxiv.1212.1711,
title = {Bekenstein and the Holographic Principle: Upper bounds for Entropy},
author = {Antonio Alfonso-Faus and Màrius Josep Fullana i Alfonso},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1212.1711},
year = {2012}
}
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4 pages, to be published in the "Proceedings of the Spanish Relativity Meeting in Portugal ERE2012: Progress in Mathematical Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology" held at Guimar\~aes 3-7 September 2012, by Springer Proceedings in Mathematics