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The generalized second law of thermodynamics for interacting $f(R)$ gravity

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2015-06-22 v1

Abstract

We examine the validity of the generalized second law (GSL) of gravitational thermodynamics in the context of interacting f(R)f(R) gravity. We take into account that the boundary of the universe to be confined by the dynamical apparent horizon in a flat FRW universe. We study the effective equation of state, deceleration parameter and GSL in this interaction-framework. We find that the evolution of the total entropy increases through the interaction term. As a example, we consider a f(R)f(R) gravity with a power-law dependence on the curvature RR. Here, we find exact solutions for a model in which the interaction term is related to the total energy density of matter.

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@article{arxiv.1406.6305,
  title  = {The generalized second law of thermodynamics for interacting $f(R)$ gravity},
  author = {Ramon Herrera and Nelson Videla},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.6305},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

19 pages, 3 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1401.8283