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Recovering semiclassical Einstein's equation using generalized entropy

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2025-05-30 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

In this letter, we show that the Semiclassical Einstein's Field Equation can be recovered using the generalized entropy SgenS_{gen}. This approach is reminiscent of non-equilibrium thermodynamics. Furthermore, contrary to the entanglement equilibrium approach of deriving the semiclassical Einstein's equation, this approach does not require any such assumptions and still recovers its correct form. Therefore, in a sense, we also show the validity of the semiclassical approximation, a crucial approach for establishing a number of important ideas such as the Hawking effect.

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@article{arxiv.2404.16912,
  title  = {Recovering semiclassical Einstein's equation using generalized entropy},
  author = {Naman Kumar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.16912},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

Reformatted; added a near-equilibrium, Rindler-horizon justification for the step from Eq.(18) to Eq.(20)

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