Benchmarking Black Hole Heat Engines
High Energy Physics - Theory
2018-12-07 v1
Abstract
We present the results of initiating a benchmarking scheme that allows for cross-comparison of the efficiencies of black holes used as working substances in heat engines. We use a circular cycle in the p-V plane as the benchmark engine. We test it on Einstein-Maxwell, Gauss-Bonnet, and Born-Infeld black holes. Also, we derive a new and surprising exact result for the efficiency of a special `ideal gas' system to which all the black holes asymptote.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1612.09272,
title = {Benchmarking Black Hole Heat Engines},
author = {Avik Chakraborty and Clifford V. Johnson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.09272},
year = {2018}
}
Comments
16 pages, 8 figures