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Bekenstein and the Holographic Principle: Upper bounds for Entropy

General Physics 2012-12-11 v1

Abstract

Using the Bekenstein upper bound for the ratio of the entropy SS of any bounded system, with energy E=Mc2E = Mc^2 and effective size RR, to its energy EE i.e. S/E<2πkR/cS/E < 2\pi k R/\hbar c, we combine it with the holographic principle (HP) bound ('t Hooft and Susskind) which is Sπkc3R2/GS \le \pi k c^3R^2/\hbar G. 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 RR. When the constant of proportionality is 2G/c22G/c^2 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 MM and its Hubble size RctR \approx ct, t the age of the universe, follow the Schwarzschild relation 2GM/c2=R2GM/c^2 = R. Finally, for a BH, the Hawking and Unruh temperatures are the same. Applying this to a universe they define the quantum of mass 1066g\sim 10^{-66} g 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}
}

Comments

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