English

Thermodynamic Equilibrium of a Wormhole Station

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2019-06-17 v2

Abstract

We study the thermodynamic equilibrium of matter in a wormhole `station' which connects various distinct asymptotic regions of a spacetime. An example of the `station' is a traversable wormhole connecting two distant regions. The temperatures of matter in the `station' measured at various asymptotic regions are not necessarily the same. We propose a generalized `temperature' which characterizes the thermal equilibrium in the spacetime with the `station'. We additionally discuss how thermal `equilibrium' works for a multiply connected spacetime.

Keywords

Cite

@article{arxiv.1902.02957,
  title  = {Thermodynamic Equilibrium of a Wormhole Station},
  author = {Hyeong-Chan Kim and Youngone Lee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1902.02957},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

12 pages, 2 figure