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Hawking's area theorem with a weaker energy condition

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2018-05-16 v3

Abstract

Hawking's area theorem is a fundamental result in black hole theory that is universally associated with the null energy condition. That this condition can be weakened is illustrated by the formulation of a strengthened version of the theorem based on an energy condition that allows for violations of the null energy condition. With the semi-classical context in mind, some brief remarks pertaining to the suitability of the area theorem and its energy condition are made.

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@article{arxiv.1711.06480,
  title  = {Hawking's area theorem with a weaker energy condition},
  author = {Martin Lesourd},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.06480},
  year   = {2018}
}

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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1510.02099, arXiv:gr-qc/0407042 by other authors