Surface tension, hydrophobicity, and black holes: The entropic connection
Condensed Matter
2014-10-13 v1 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology
High Energy Physics - Theory
Abstract
Recent calculations have shown that the linear proportionality between black hole entropy and area can be explained by performing a density matrix calculation for a massless free field theory. By applying the same formalism to an empirical fluid ``field theory,'' entropic quantities such as surface tension can be calculated in a novel fashion. Good agreement with experiment is obtained for a number of liquids. This approach may lead to a practical new technique for the evaluation of thermodynamic quantities important entropic components. Implications for the protein folding problem are discussed.
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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/9601111,
title = {Surface tension, hydrophobicity, and black holes: The entropic connection},
author = {David J. E. Callaway},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/9601111},
year = {2014}
}
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18 pages, plain LATEX, to appear in Physical Review E